An unexpectedly good evening (most of the regulars had said they would not be able to make it, so I did not have high hopes).

I guess that I was the only member of that rarest of minorities, a Londoner (although, in my heart, I don't even think of myself as British); we had three women from the US, a S African dude and our resident Irishman.

Mary's novel is going from strength to strength, but thank god I managed to not like 2 sentences...

See y'all in a fortnight...

Yes, if you want to get lots of people to turn up, then just announce there will be wine available - simples.
Really good night, Clare and Mary read some more extracts from their excellent novels, Tim had a great new poem (that wasn't about foxes) we had a new member join us and Alistair turned up in the pub afterwards - result!

Don't forget we are meeting next week, with or without wine, and that Bilal will be at Willesden Green library on Monday at 7pm for a 'How to get Published' event with Gary Pulsifer from Arcadia Books and author Simon Acland.

From Nov we will meet in the library centre on the 1st and 3rd Thurs of every month.

The dates for the next 6mths are:

27 Oct
3 Nov
17 Nov
1 Dec
15 Dec
5 Jan
19 Jan
2 Feb
16 Feb
1 Mar
15 Mar
5 Apr
19 Apr

We did indeed, as advertised, have an alfresco wgwg last night. A balmy night ensued but we discovered that it is really hard to read in a garden after it gets dark. We also learnt why it's called an Indian Summer and, oh yes, if I might mention it once more, that Jarred's got a story on Radio 4 this Sunday at 19.45.

To celebrate the good weather we will be meeting in the garden of The Rising Sun pub tonight at 8pm. The pub is two minutes from the library centre at 25 Harlesden Road - go down Grange Road (on the right hand side of the library centre) and turn right at the end of the road, the pub is now in sight on the left of Harlesden Rd. See you there!