The Sunday Salon – Meeting Maureen Johnson

The very awesome Maureen Johnson came to town last Friday, and I had the pleasure of meeting her. Initially she was going to do an actual event, but when that imploded for unknown reasons she let us know via Twitter when she’d be going to Waterstone’s to sign their stock, so we could have an impromptu ninja-style gathering.



A group of about fifteen people (which included fellow book bloggers Darren and Raimy-rawr) was there when she arrived, and for the following half an hour or so we stood around shuffling awkward and talking. Maureen Johnson said that this was by far the most awkward event (or non-event) she’d ever done, and she even took our picture for posterity – here we are, posing awkwardly at her request:


Posing awkwardly for the picture Maureen Johnson took.
However, if there’s such a thing as good awkward this was certainly it. People were obviously very happy to see her, and she was exactly the same as she is on twitter – hilarious and eccentric and approachable and fun to be around. Several books were signed, a unicorn she thrust into my hands was used to redecorate a display of John Green’s Paper Towns, awkward pauses were had, and Halloween books and Christmas preparations were discussed.

Redecorating.
I wanted to thank Maureen Johnson for being a constant source of humour, intelligence, insight, and reasonableness whenever someone’s wrong on the internet, but you know how those things always slip your mind at the time. Someone thanked her for #YASaves, though, which was very apt.


Getting my book signed.

To those of you going to her Proper Event in London next Saturday, please enjoy it for the rest of us, and make sure you tell us all about it!