Authors like to relax in their rooms before a session, some because they want to prepare themselves and some because this is a time to recuperate from the hectic lives they lead. I belong to the latter, I love to linger over my first cup of tea and answer the messages on my mobile phone but I look forward to the breakfast room because this is the time for bonding.
Authors you have never met up only read are all there together. There is an exchange of books, conversations, opinions on what is happening in the literary circle and in the world. It is the time to catch up on how the festival is doing, to find out if the sessions are running on time so one can rush or take it easy to reach the venue and to find out what else is there in the city to catch up.
To be continued
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