Dinner by KellBailey on flickr

We are hoping that, in the tradition of previous Unconventions, a lot of the attendees at the event will want to come out on Saturday evening for a group meal.

This is a great opportunity to relax and spend some social time with a group of BookCrossers outside of the sometimes hectic events of the Unconvention itself.

To this end, our local contact has arranged provisional bookings at four fantastic Nottingham restaurants, all within an easy walk of The Britannia Hotel.

We have a great selection for you, from an Italian restaurant / bar to a tandoori kitchen and from a traditional pub / restaurant to an ‘all you can eat’ Chinese with Brazilian Spitroast barbecue.

We hope there’s something in there to suit all tastes! If you want to find out more, visit our dedicated Saturday Evening Meals page.

Knitting by tsuacctnt on flickr

This is the last call for knitted or crocheted squares for the Nottingham Raffle Blankets! If you would like to make a contribution to this very exciting project you have until 16th September to get your squares to beebarf.

Every knitted or crocheted square provided will help to create one of two entirely individual BookCrossing and Bally themed blankets – one for adults and another for children. These will be two of the shining stars amongst a fabulous selection of raffle prizes – the lucky winners will each be taking a unique souvenir of the Nottingham Unconvention home with them.

To find out more visit the Raffle Blanket page or contact beebarf via PM. And of course a big thankyou to everyone who has already been hard at work with their knitting needles and crochet hooks!!

Knitting by tsuacctnt on flickr

Would you like to be part of an exciting Unconvention knitting/ crocheting project?

A rather splendid sounding one-of-a-kind blanket is being created for the raffle at the 2011 BCUK Unconvention and we would love as many people as possible to be involved in creating it. The blanket will be made up of 6″ x 6″ squares, all sewn together to create an item any BookCrosser would be proud to own (we’re sure Ballycumber and/ or Bally Hood will feature in there somewhere).

Many thanks to beebarf for volunteering (being volunteered?!?) to coordinate the project. If you want to find out the full details about how to take part, visit our dedicated Raffle Blanket webpage.

You have until 1st September to get your knitted squares to beebarf so get those knitting needles and crochet hooks out now!