On Wednesday I attended the London Book Fair at the Olympia in West Kensington. I met new friends at the fika for Nordic translators, attended a couple of the events, and spent most of the time browsing the exhibitor booths. One highlight was receiving a picture book in Swedish that I've wanted to read!
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| London Book Fair 2024 |
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| Children's book publisher Nosy Crow |
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| Walker Books booth (Candlewick in the US) |
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| ARC from Kate DiCamillo! |
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| Illustrator Awards |
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| From the first floor |
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| Literary Translation Centre |
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| The British Library |
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| Bodleian and Ashmolean |
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| Bloomsbury |
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| Greystone |
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| Floris |
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| Need to find this Beatles book! |
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| Love this! |
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| Classy Kensington |
Also, it's hot cross bun season! I have tried two varieties so far—from the Two Magpies Bakery on Timber Hill in Norwich and from Bread Source. I was expecting the bun to be sweeter, but it's more like a plain dinner roll with fruit in it. They do love dried fruit here. There will be a longer post from me about tea soon—I promise!
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| Tea with hot cross bun |
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| Another instance of a hot cross bun |
Cherry and magnolia are blooming at this time of year, snowdrops, daffodils, and violets, too. I heard from two ladies at church that the hedgehogs are active in their gardens. The regional word for hedgehog is 'hodmedod.' Norwich Cathedral's herb garden was open this afternoon, and I walked through on my way to the book group I'm part of during Lent. There are nettles out already as well. I plan to find a safe spot to pick them!
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| Norwich Cathedral's herb garden |
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| Herb garden |
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| Smultron! |
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| Daffodils |
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| Stinging nettle |
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