Jo Cotterill

I’ve been Doing Lots over the past few months. And the trouble with Doing Lots is that sometimes you get Very Tired.

I am currently very tired – to the extent that a daily nap has had to become part of my routine – I know!! Me, the whirlwind of activity and…zzz. Recently *adopts fake West-Country accent* oi have mostly bin spendin’ moi toime watchin’ Jonathan Creek. And sleeping on the sofa.

Jonathan Creek, in case you haven’t come across it, is a series that ran on and off about a man who designs magic tricks and who ends up solving lots of murder mysteries (especially those of the locked-room sort). It’s like Midsomer Murders crossed with F/X – Murder By Illusion, and the episodes were mostly an hour long, and so it’s perfect exhaustion viewing. And Netflix currently has all the episodes ever made! My only complaint is that I appear to be down to my final episode…woe!

But there have been Other Things Happening, and I should have blogged about them too but I’ve been too tired. So here, in photos, is a quick round-up of Stuff I Have Done since returning from Germany:

Shrewsbury Bookfest – such a wonderful, wonderful occasion! An amazing shortlist for A Storm of Strawberries to be on, and all the authors were able to come! I didn’t win but it was SUCH a wonderful occasion. Many thanks to the amazing organisers, the teachers, staff and children involved, and to Aaron Child for the wonderful photos.

I have also…

That’s it for now! Back to the sofa for another nap…