Nearly finished my Canada tour and it's all gone swimmingly so far!! My second day in Vancouver was even better than the first -- three good school events, then a great signing that night -- a very big crowd, and I was signing for an hour and a half!!! Had to get up early the next morning (06.00!!!) to fly to Toronto. Did an event in a big book store that night. It wasn't as big as the Vancouver events, but it was a very good sized crowd for a bookstore. I don't usually enjoy store events as much as those which are set up in other venues -- I'm always having to compete against background noise, passers-by, etc. It's something you just have to do as an author, so I don't moan about it, but it's much nicer when I get a venue like a town hall or school gym, where it's just me and the audience. That said, the people in this particular store had gone to a lot of effort to make it as intimate an experience as possible, even providing me with a small stage from which to address the crowd, so it was better than most store events that I've done in my time!!! This morning I did an interview with CBC radio -- it will be airing on a show called "Definitely Not The Opera", though I'm not sure of the date. Then I did another good school event, before finishing up with a small event in a fab litlte bookstore. Normally I prefer large-scale events, but the staff at the store had personally contacted each of the fans, inviting only hardcore Shansters, so it was a lot of fun!! I've just got one more event, on Friday, in a school, and then that will be that!!! Overall I've really enjoyed my visit -- I've discovered a much larger fan base than I thought I had in Canada! Now that my vampire books are all available here, and now that I've seen I have so many fans here, I'll hopefully be able to return some time in the future, and give more notice next time, to give fans a chance to pitch for me. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who made the effort to come and see me. I hope you all enjoyed the events as much as I did!!!