Mum and I had already spent a good half an hour looking through the bookstore- picking up three free books, the ones belonging to the authors and a few random ones. At 11:15 or so, the first author arrived- Jennifer Kloester and begun her time as celebrity cashier. She rang up my copy of her new (and first) YA book- 'The Cinderella Moment' and then signed it for me- telling me that my way of spelling 'Ely' was incredibly pretty. And of course, we got one of the other cashiers to take a picture for us. Jennifer was honestly, so so lovely and I'm very excited to read her book!
Next, we met Max Barry- author of Jennifer Government, Syrup etc. We bought his brand new book, 'Lexicon' which is set in Australia and features a mysterious organisation who have powers with words. We had a little bonding session over the fact that we both studied Literature in High School and the fact that I wanted to write, then of course- it was signing and picture time. Just like Jennifer, Max was so nice and both mum and I are really looking forward to his book.
And finally, we met Jay Kristoff- author of YA book 'Stormdancer' which is the first book in the 'Lotus War' series, the second book 'Kingslayer' is due out in September this year.
As I mentioned in the little introduction thing- there were many cosplayers at this event. There were lots of Star Wars, some medieval knights and ladies, Disney princesses, two Batman's (which was a little awkward for them) and of course, my favourite- Doctor Who.
All in all, it was a wonderful day. I will be doing a proper Book Haul of all the books I got very soon so look out for that if you're interested in seeing what I got. And of course, reviews of the books will be up sometime soon as well.
