Book Festivals

I have never been to a book festival. I have always wanted to go to one. Who wouldn’t? (someone who doesn’t read books but..) there are never any in my area. By area, I mean like my whole country? See I live in the U.K. and most book festivals are in Scotland ( like Edinburgh) or in London. I can’t travel that far so here I am wallowing in self-pity for my lack of ability to go to a book festival. I’ve never actually met an author, my school never had an author visit so…yeah. Also when I would read in high school, I would hide all evidence that I did. I was quite popular in high school and I would not be if people found I read books. My closest friends knew (the one I was with for registration) but otherwise, no one knew. Do I regret it? Not really but somewhat. I was friends with every clique and group as I didn’t really fit into one. The people that would read books outwardly were judged and seen as overachievers. I always had high grades and if I added reading books to that equation I would be labelled as an overachiever. So yeah I hid my bookishness.