Neil Gaiman – 28 September

Neil Gaiman, a bit of a legend when it comes to comics (in fact, one of the very few comics writers to be lauded by the mainstream press thanks to his work on Sandman and it’s Death spin-offs), and an increasingly popular mainstream author whose work seems to have escaped the fantasy stigma (American Gods, Anansi Boys, Good Omens are all his; the last co-written by Terry Pratchett) was in town promoting his new book, Fragile Things. I already did a pretty comprehensive write-up of the evening over on a comic blog that I contribute to, but I thought I’d just mention it here as well.

Very interesting to see the following he had as well – most signings draw fifty-odd people at the most; this one drew about five hundred!