The Firestation Book Swap began its world tour at the Much Ado Bookshop in Alfriston, Sussex on Saturday, May 8th.

Scott Pack and Robbie Hudson hosted this lively and original event in the War Memorial Hall. Entry was £5 or free for those who brought a home-made  cake of which there were several delicious examples. The audience were invited to swap books with the panel and with each other. They wrote questions on slips of paper which were ‘lucky-dipped’ for out of a glass jar and fired at Lesley and Mick Jackson. This warm, inclusive event road-shows around the UK – check out  Scott Pack’s blog  (link below) for more detail and  for his review of A Kind of Vanishing.

http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2010/05/now-you-see-her.html

L-R: Scott Pack, Lesley Thomson, Mick Jackson and Robbie Hudson

Lesley gave a talk about how she uses her own photography in fiction at the second Creative Network event – held at the Fabrica Art Gallary in Brighton (March 2010).

Lesley was guest speaker at  Brighton & Hove’s Chamber of Commerce with an audience of 80 members. The Chamber holds regular breakfast meetings for local companies. This gives people a chance to meet and discover new opportunities for their businesses in the course of conversation. Lesley talked about how her extensive portfolio career has contributed to not only the writing of fiction but to her ability to work with her publishers to promote her books.