John's UK trip for the Paper Towns UK release: London and Edinburgh (2010)
story · status: followed over 2 videos (2010) · last event: told (2010-08-16)
In August 2010 John spent a weekend in London and Edinburgh around the UK release of Paper Towns, with a bookstore meet-up, a packed club reading and nerdfighters on a hill.
Told alongside: John invites Nerdfighters to see him in Munich (July 2010) and in London or Edinburgh (August 2010)
About: London, Edinburgh, Paper Towns
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-11 | update | John's new website, JohnGreenBooks.com, lists forthcoming Nerdfighter gatherings and other events, in places like Washington, D.C., Munich, Edinburgh and London. | Mmmm....PARTS 00:02:17 |
| 2010-08-16 | told | John recounts his weekend in London (Alex Day and Charlie, Piccadilly Circus, a bookstore meet-up and an overflowing club reading) and Edinburgh (nerdfighters on a hill, the Folly), a trip the description ties to Paper Towns' UK release. | Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh 00:00:02 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — announcement: The description says John's UK trip was to support Paper Towns, which had just been published there. — video description
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — announcement: John thanks everyone who gathered in London and Edinburgh and says he can't wait to come back to the UK. — video description
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: In London a department store 'ordered' John to lust for a red purse; he mocks a consumer mania in which wanting a handbag no longer suffices and you must be sexually attracted to it. (playful) — 00:00:02
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John visited Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell at their flat: Charlie made tea, Alex read a quiz from Pick Me Up magazine, to which he has a two-year subscription, and they watched YouTube. — 00:00:02
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: At Piccadilly Circus John met Ningmaster Tom, Lidewij and Nerdfighter Tobias, to whom his half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson is dedicated; they went to Funland, mostly simulated murder. — 00:00:42
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John met many nerdfighters at a bookstore who said good morning to Hank; one had a ukulele version of Hank's guitar and many were in the PEN15 Club. — 00:01:12
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: With his secret sister Rosianna, John went to an East End basement club to read while three musicians, including Tom Milsom and Alex Day, played. — 00:01:12
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John feared nobody would come to the club, which rarely hosts book signings, but too many came, so they held two shows, one in the club and one upstairs; a magical night for him. — 00:01:12
- 2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: After staying up almost all night, John took a train to Edinburgh, where nerdfighters on a beautiful hill said good morning to Hank and songsfrompaul sang. — 00:02:00