NZ visit
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett Does New Zealand.
21/6 6pm Talk/reading: Children Literary Assn, St Cuthberts College Hall,
AUCKLAND (while the jetlag clangs -- and according to Corgi,
those events which seem to be for kids are open to everyone)
22/6 2.30pm Signing session, Whitcoulls LAQ, WELLINGTON; 6.30pm Wtgn
Children's Book Assn, BP Theatre
23/6 12.30pm Talk/reading, Otago Uni Bookshop, Logan Park High School, DUNEDIN
5.00pm Signing session, Whitcoulls CAS (wossit mean?) CHRISTCHURCH
6.30pm Talk/reading, Canterbury public library
24/6 On to Ikon.
Before anyone asks -- in between all this I'm doing ten interviews or
travelling or having meals (usually on the plane, as far as I can see).
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
Terry
Colin MacDonald
> 5.00pm Signing session, Whitcoulls CAS (wossit mean?)
A RAM pack guru asks this? It means "column address strobe".
Colin
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Mitchell Brandsma
>Attn all those who've posted asking for details:
>Terry Pratchett Does New Zealand.
Hmmm... I've got my "McKusick does Oz" T-shirt (the man of BSD fame)
from when he toured earlier in the year. Do we get to buy "Pratchett
does NZ" and/or "Pratchett does Oz" shirts? 8)
[Kiwi-land info conveniently eaten. *burp* Pardon me]
- Mitchell Brandsma (mee...@perth.DIALix.oz.au :)
michael jones
>Attn all those who've posted asking for details:
>
>Terry Pratchett Does New Zealand.
[stuff about Auckland annihilated]
>22/6 2.30pm Signing session, Whitcoulls LAQ, WELLINGTON; 6.30pm Wtgn
> Children's Book Assn, BP Theatre
>
>23/6 12.30pm Talk/reading, Otago Uni Bookshop, Logan Park High School, DUNEDIN
> 5.00pm Signing session, Whitcoulls CAS (wossit mean?) CHRISTCHURCH
^^^
At a guess I'd say Cathedral Square, but I'm not sure as I'm not from
Christchurch and I don't know if there's a Whitcoulls in Cathedral Square.
BTW the LAQ should stand for Lambton Quay, at least it had better 'cos that's
where I'll be :-)
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> tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:
>> 5.00pm Signing session, Whitcoulls CAS (wossit mean?)
>A RAM pack guru asks this? It means "column address strobe".
Cute, but probably wrong.
"Whitcoulls LAQ" stands for Whitcoulls, Lambton Quay, so I assume
"CAS" is some sort of reference to one of the major streets in the
Christchurch shopping district.
- Tony Q.
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El Technicolour
> In article <771021...@unseen.demon.co.uk>, tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:
> >Attn all those who've posted asking for details:
> >
> >Terry Pratchett Does New Zealand.
>
> > 5.00pm Signing session, Whitcoulls CAS (wossit mean?) CHRISTCHURCH
> ^^^
> At a guess I'd say Cathedral Square, but I'm not sure as I'm not from
> Christchurch and I don't know if there's a Whitcoulls in Cathedral Square.
CAS presumably stands for "Cashel Street", where Whitcoulls have their biggest
branch. Its right in the city center. They often have two-bit hacks plugging
their books there.
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Terry Pratchett
>CAS presumably stands for "Cashel Street", where Whitcoulls have their biggest
>branch. Its right in the city center. They often have two-bit hacks plugging
>their books there.
>
>
Terry
Darren Gedye
>Subject: NZ visit
>Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 20:42:39 +0000
Whitcoulls is one of our largest chains of bookstores. My guess is that CAS
stands for Cathedral Square and LAQ stands for Lambton Quay. Obviously they
don't expect you to find your own way there.
The poster in my local library advertising the Wellington 6.30 venue said
something about maybe being able to buy you a drink afterwards. Looking at
your schedule I think that may be wishful thinking. Quite why everything is
being organised by Childrens books associations is a bit beyond me though.
I will be there if I have to walk in on my knees!
Darren Gedye D.G...@IRL.CRI.NZ
Industrial Research Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Brad Turcotte
In a previous article, tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) says:
>I have only one bit, I'll have you know.
Great, now I'm going to be up all night thinking about Pterry's
bit. <sigh>
Brad.
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Ross Smith
>In article <771021...@unseen.demon.co.uk> tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:
>>From: tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett)
>
>> Children's Book Assn, BP Theatre
>
>The poster in my local library advertising the Wellington 6.30 venue said
>something about maybe being able to buy you a drink afterwards. Looking at
>your schedule I think that may be wishful thinking. Quite why everything is
>being organised by Childrens books associations is a bit beyond me though.
>I will be there if I have to walk in on my knees!
Hang on -- is this 6.30 fixture open to the public then? From the reference
to a Children's Book Association I assumed it would be a private function.
Can you just walk in, or do you need to book in advance, or is it by
invitation only, or what? I'll be in Welly overnight, and I'd like to hear
Terry talk...
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Julian Orbach
Once upon a time, m...@math.canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
>CAS presumably stands for "Cashel Street", where Whitcoulls have
>their biggest branch. Its right in the city center. They often
>have two-bit hacks plugging their books there.
And Pterry quipped
>I have only one bit, I'll have you know.
And I foolishly retorted:
Yeah, and it's got a parity error.
Julian
(Somehow, I don't think mere smilies are going to get me out of this
one.)
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Terry Pratchett
>In article <D.Gedye.10...@irl.cri.nz> D.G...@irl.cri.nz (Darren Gedye)
> writes:
>>In article <771021...@unseen.demon.co.uk> tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk
> (Terry Pratchett) writes:
>>>From: tprat...@unseen.demon.co.uk (Terry Pratchett)
>>
>>>22/6 2.30pm Signing session, Whitcoulls LAQ, WELLINGTON; 6.30pm Wtgn
>>> Children's Book Assn, BP Theatre
>>> [ rest of the country munched ]
>>
>>The poster in my local library advertising the Wellington 6.30 venue said
>>something about maybe being able to buy you a drink afterwards. Looking at
>>your schedule I think that may be wishful thinking. Quite why everything is
>>being organised by Childrens books associations is a bit beyond me though.
>>I will be there if I have to walk in on my knees!
>
>Hang on -- is this 6.30 fixture open to the public then? From the reference
>to a Children's Book Association I assumed it would be a private function.
>Can you just walk in, or do you need to book in advance, or is it by
>invitation only, or what? I'll be in Welly overnight, and I'd like to hear
>Terry talk...
>
>My understanding is that everything is open to public. I would certainly hope
so.
The reason the Childrens Book Association is involved is that (regardless of
promises that Soul Music will be there in time) the only book KNOWN to be
there is Johnny and the Dead. Besides, Corgi have a PR presence in NZ;
Gollancz do not, at least directly.
Terry
Andy Howard
RS> to a Children's Book Association I assumed it would be a private function.
RS> Can you just walk in, or do you need to book in advance, or is it by
RS> invitation only, or what? I'll be in Welly overnight, and I'd like to hear
RS> Terry talk...
He's a very entertaining speaker with (as you might expect) a natural,
understated sense of humour.
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Karl Leaning
In article <771540...@unseen.demon.co.uk>, Terry Pratchett writes:
>
> The reason the Childrens Book Association is involved is that (regardless
of
> promises that Soul Music will be there in time) the only book KNOWN to be
> there is Johnny and the Dead. Besides, Corgi have a PR presence in NZ;
> Gollancz do not, at least directly.
>
> Terry
>
Soul music is out, I have a copy. As for the CLAs holding the meetings,
this would be due to latest PB book from Corgi being Johnny and the Dead.
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