Neil Gaiman

In town as Guest-of-Honor for the science fiction convention Continuum, Neil Gaiman will also be appearing at the State Library of Victoria on Monday July 18th, 6:30-8pm. Entrance fees are $10/$5 concession and bookings are essential: ring 8664 7014 or email to youthlit@slv.vic.gov.au. Actually, Melbourne isn't the only place that Neil Gaiman will be appearing. You can read the full schedule on his weblog. There he reports that he'll be signing in Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane - on successive days. Hope he's got time to eat in there somewhere.

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