It’s been a busy year. At least, in terms of travelling about. In late September, we were off to Bowness-on-Windermere for a very relaxed Lakes International Comic Art Festival. A pleasure to be there, as always, and with no talks, signings or table to attend this year, we just hung out chatting with people, which was great for a change. For an account of the weekend, check out Andy Oliver’s post on Broken Frontier. Then in early October (ie. the following weekend) we were off again, this time to the Festival des Livres d’en Haut in Lille. We were in France early last month for a mini signing tour, when the French edition of Force Majeure, the final volume in Bryan’s Grandville series, came out. At the festival in Lille, we had just two long afternoons sitting at the signing table, chatting with readers. And, of course, getting to know some of the other festival guests over the weekend, which is always a pleasure. If we’re invited back, though, we’ll go dressed for the Arctic; the hall we were in was as cold as a tomb!