So for those of you that don’t know, (it can’t be many) I went to Waterstone’s, Finchley Road in London today. It was a lovely day with plenty of people coming to see what Waldo is all about.

I should start by thanking everyone at Waterstone’s for their efforts prior to my arrival. As you can see from the photos they made some lovely posters based on the Waldo logo and even had a go at drawing Waldo and Shelly on the chalkboard! Even when I got there, the staff ventured out into the O2 Centre armed with flyers and balloons, all in aid of spreading the word of Waldo and to get people to come into the store. Also there were pa announcements that ‘author David Burgess’ was about to do a reading. They were instrumental in getting people to come over and talk to me and learn all about the book. I even had cups of tea and biscuits on tap! So a big MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone there!!! Woop woop!

I hadn’t actually read Waldo the Worm aloud since November, today I must have read it about 20 times. I was a bit rusty on the fist couple of goes and made a few of the words up on the spot, but after a while I got back into the swing of things. I was quite nervous about today, as it was difficult to promote it so far away from home, but I was glad that a few friendly faces came along and showed some support.

It was really good to reach a whole different group of people that had perhaps never heard of Waldo or his adventure, it was great to have kids being so attentive and parents asking questions about how the project came about and commenting on how it was good to see a book with such a strong moral core.

I am well and truly ‘cream crackered’ now! And I think an early night is in order! So all that is left for me to say is a thank you to everyone at Waterstone’s and also thanks to everyone that came along and made it special.

Night Night