And so the curtain fall. Two weeks, 1300 views, 22 articles, 4 interviews, most of the major events covered, a good challenge at the fringe, and we arrive at the end.
If truth be told, I was going to do write ups of two events for the festival, and paint my names in lights. Yet Stuart Maconie’s ‘Hope and Glory’ was less of an event and more of a riotous tour of anecdotes from his years of experience in and around the music scene, and proliferations of his various ‘urban myths’ (David Bowie invented Connect Four…). For a brief time Maconie looked as though he would talk at some length about his book, only to launch into more anecdotes. This was no bad thing, though made it impossible to summarise.
And Allan Stratton’s event – a film screening of ‘Life, Above All’, the adaptation of his novel Chanda’s Secrets – should not be so much written about, as experienced. The film was incredibly powerful, and dealt with the topic of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa with deft assurance: I’m all ready part way through the book.
I can only suggest you try them both for yourself.
The multi-media end of the blog fell through though. A heady mix of my own ineptitude with ‘new technology’ and WordPress not playing ball has resulted in a podcast recorded, and ready for upload, though with no way to broadcast it to the world. The photoblog also didn’t quite materialise, though we’ve had plenty of (high quality!) photography scattered throughout the many articles that appear on this blog.
Despite these minor draw backs though, I think this blog has been a success, as it has slowly spread the message of literature into the heart of the Midlands.
Thank you to Writing West Midlands for organising the festival, thank you to the writers that have made this blog, and thank you for reading.
And to finish, here is a warts and all collage of all the good, bad, and really mediocre pictures my poor little camera took… because I couldn’t quite figure out how to do a slideshow.
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