Robert guest speaking at the Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 8th April 2011.
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Now that's doable!
/enters into calendar.

Cheers Uncle Nick, that means we have ONE member of the audience. That will please the organiser.
Beers afterwards??
And before and during, probably?
That's local to me, so I should be able to get along to that. :)
I'm also told that it's party night over at the Sugarfoot Stomp ( http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/2011/03/10/sugarfoot-stomp-kings-and-queens-ball/ ), a mere 5 miles or 15 minutes in the car away from the Old Joint Stock, hosted by Dr. When and going on until 2am...
How does nipping over there when the SF even winds down sound, everyone?
I can't see anything about ordering tickets. Are they on the door?
I've just had an email about it, I'm told it's "wildly expensive at £2 in"... so I'm assuming that it's a fairly open event, with tickets on the door 
I've even got people from my writing club interested. 
Excellent! I've sent Robert a Forum Message with the details (Simon has offered up the guest quarters for travelling VIPs
), so if we can tempt him away from the SF crew with the promise of more beer... after a diplomatic amount of time, of course, can't go stealing other people's guests!

I've just had an email about it, I'm told it's "wildly expensive at £2 in"... so I'm assuming that it's a fairly open event, with tickets on the door