Day six of the festival and all is not sweetness and light. Rumour has it that Di Blunt, who has the lucrative festival bookshop concession, is spitting blood. Secondhand booksellers from the town have been seen in the booksigning queues in the shop, armed with piles of their own books, in order to get those all-important value-enhancing author scribbles on the inside cover. Blunt is not amused.
Still, the crafty scamps should be easy to spot among the army of little girls who will be waiting excitedly in line for Jacqueline Wilson later today. But will they have the staying power? The new children's laureate is famed for once having signed books for a full eight hours. Expect a blog from the queue later today.
