REVIEWS 'After five minutes of reading... you'll be too busy wetting your pants with laughter... Rankin's style is unique and very unlike his current contemporaries... if you're in the mood for a book that will deliver on the laughs (and proper belly laughs, mind you) whilst still being literate as any 'serious' fiction out there, the 'The Witches of Chiswick' is for you.'SF CROWSNEST TOUR/EVENTS Robert's tour will now be supported by Waterstones who will be producing their own POS and adverts. Roberts tour started on Saturday 2nd August with a signing at Waterstones in Chiswick. 80+ people turned up and they sold over 90 hb's. Further dates were: * Waterstones, Newcastle, Tuesday August 5th, 6.30pm, Event35 people, approx 40+ books sold* Waterstones, Leeds, Wednesday August 6th, 7.00pm, Event40 people, approx 45 books sold* Waterstones, Bradord, Thursday August 7th, 6.30pm, Event40 people, approx 50 books sold* Waterstones, Trafford Centre, Manchester, August 8th, 1.00pm, Signingslow start here, sold about 15 books* Waterstones, Deansgate, August 8th, Event, 7.00pm, Event45-50 people, books sold equalled about 55* Borders, Cheshire, August 9th, Signing, 1.00pm30-40 people turned up, a shocking turnout. We sold about 50 books in all.* Ottakar's, Milton Keynes, August 12th, 6.30pm, Eventcancelled* Waterstones, Coventry, August 13th, Signing, 1.00pm25 people turnedup and had books signed, some bought two.* Waterstones, Birmingham, August 13th, Event, 7.00pmvery good event, had about 45 people, all bought books and some reserves too.* Andromeda, Birmingham, August 14th, Signing, 12.00pmsigned lots of stock and had a few fans turn up.* Kulture Shock, Norwich, August 14th, Event, 6.30pm35-40 people, they hired a hall for us. Absolutely brilliant.* The Gamer's Guild, Redhill, August 19th, Signing, 1.00pm20 people got books signed.* Waterstones, Reading, August 19th, Event, 7.00pmgrat turn out, had about 50 people, all bought books.* Waterstones, Bristol, August 20th, Event, 7.00pmBiggest turn out, 60+ people. All bought books and some even bought two.* Ottakar's, Yeovil, August 21st, Signing, 1.00pmWhat I thought would be a slow signing turned out to be quite steady. We must have had about 35 people turn up, all of whom bought books and some bought extra.* Waterstones, Exeter, August 21st, Event, 6.30pmAround 28 people turned up here, not a good shop, but they were a nice crowd!