'Ah, you must be Beatrice Deft?' asked a middle-aged, blue-suited man at Stand 451, his hand extended. 'Welcome, we've been waiting for you.'
Beatrice nodded, and shook his hand briefly.
'Yes, that's me. And you are...?'
'Kelvin Wemyss,' he replied. 'Local representative of the International Publishers Caucus. You've received the papers?'
Beatrice gestured to the document wallet. 'I understand our mission is to tackle the industry's carbon footprint?'
'Excellent, correct. If you want to look at the rest of this Zone, there is time beforehand. The event is not until this afternoon. Give yourself time to enter the Blue Zone, though - security is tight.'
'Agreed,' Beatrice said, and turned on her highly stylish and comfortable heels to explore.
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The COP26 Kabuff: A Beatrice Deft Short
Storie breviThe world of international book fairs has ground to a halt for over a year and a half. But when Beatrice Deft, International Publishing Consultant, receives a summons to Scotland to attend an even bigger and - some might argue - even more urgent eve...
