Edinburgh Book Festival

[maggiebee]

Bookings for the Festival open today so I was up bright and early to join the queue when booking opened at 8.30 am. On the dot of 8.30 am I was number 668 in the queue? I am now at 519 so next year I think I'll probably log on at 0001 lol. Going to be a long morning.

[maggiebee]

Yippee, finally made number 1 and tickets now booked. Roll on the 20th of August, looks like a great day out ahead.

[Mamyalynne]

Well done for your perseverance, enjoy the day.

[zebo]

Glad you got to the front, enjoy the Festival.
In the days when you could visit the White House by queuing for tickets, a friend told me to get there before 07:30, as the kiosk opened at 08:00, so I got the family up at silly o'clock as we were staying outside DC. We got to the kiosk at 07:15 and we were first. By 08:00, there were 3 others behind us, the family never lets me forget that if I'm trying the chivvy them along.

[jno]

I queued for hours when I went to the White House, zebo (back in Jimmy Carter's day), so that was actually a wise move.

[jno]

lol, I see from the related questions that this is not the first time you have posted from the queue!

[maggiebee]

It's the same every year jno. Always think I'm up early enough and logged in. Everybody must have the same idea lol.

[RandyMarsh]

Is there much problem with people on drugs or getting drunk and reading loudly?

[maggiebee]

Definitely not Randy - it's really quite a sedate affair. I'm going with a friend to hear Germaine Greer, Val McDermid and Alexander McCall Smith. You can have a drink but seldom see anything stronger than tea/coffee.

[ethandron]

Maggie, we had a similar problem booking for one of the proms at the royal Albert hall. I don't know how people get to be first in the phone queue, took us five hours. Still, we got what we wanted in the end so it was worth the effort :)
I've read a lot of Alexander McCall Smith, lucky you to hear those three!

[janbee]

I've been to a few of the Edinburgh book festivals over the years and they're always terrific. Enjoy your day. It'll be wonderful.