'Oof,' exclaimed Beatrice. 'I thought I was never going to warm up in this city. Now it feels like a heatwave.'
Caspian wiped the perspiration from his brow and looked up at Beatrice. 'You should try Edinburgh. It's even colder. Emotionally, as well.'
'No thank you. But speaking of the Es, what about the Emergency? What must we do next?' She lifted herself off him and started opening the drawers.
She tapped down them, reading each label. 'Direct action. Positive message. Hope.'
She smiled down at Caspian. 'I have it. Let's do a zine workshop! With your contacts with the leaders, surely we can sign them up?'
Caspian laughed. 'I wouldn't have thought you liked zines.'
'Well, aesthetically they leave something to be desired. But they're a great thinking, making and doing tool. Collaborative, too. Surely it's worth a try?'
Caspian jumped to his feet, and started pulling open the drawers. 'Ja, let's do it.'
'Come,' said Beatrice. 'We have a planet to save.'
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The COP26 Kabuff: A Beatrice Deft Short
Historia CortaThe 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...
