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24 October 2023

Willow Lake Estates Craft and Vendor Fair

Event date: 11/18/2023 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Export event

Willow Lake Estates Craft and Vendor Fair

The fall Craft and Vendor Fair at Willow Lake Estates is a favorite shopping option for holiday gifts, so I'm going to try offering books. I'm used to selling books at an author fair, but I've never tried a craft fair before. I hope it goes well!

Recently, I chatted with a couple of authors who have set up tables at farmers' markets and craft fairs and they said it was worth their time and the entry fee. There is the novelty of it, to be the only book among a bunch of vegetables, but I wonder if people set on bringing home fresh tomatoes are in the mind-set to consider a book. 

Since this is an event where people look for fun gifts to give in December, I'm hoping this will be a successful outing for Agatha Annotated. I am certain that there are folks who are shopping for a mom or auntie and have no idea what to get them. But they will remember that Mom or Auntie likes Agatha Christie and this book is new, so she doesn't have it yet. Problem solved!

I will be sharing a display table with my Dad who makes clever little wooden toys. That's more like what should be at a craft fair! Between us, I hope to see a lot of folks shopping our booth. If you are in the area, please stop in to see us and all of the other vendors!

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This website is the home of the Agatha Christie database as annotated by Kate Gingold, hence the name Agatha Annotated.

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Kate Gingold

... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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