Kate’s big night
As some of you may well know, Neil Gaiman came to Washington College yesterday. This was a huge deal as far as Chestertown was concerned but an even bigger deal for Kate, who has been a Neil Gaiman fan since her teen years. In fact, she apparently made her dad take her to a comic shop in London when she was 16 (they were already in England, don’t worry) so she could meet him at a signing.
You can imagine how chuffed she was to be introducing him here as a literary professional.
I haven’t heard yet all of the minutia of Neil’s visit and Kate’s time with him – and I’m sure there are some amazing stories – but I can say that her introduction to his reading and Q&A last night was stupendous and it seemed as though Neil had a truly fun time being here. So, despite the stress of moving the venue three times, the chaos of bringing in such a major author and the logistics of making the actual day/evening happen, it was well worth it.
At the very least, for Kate. 🙂