Newswomen's Club of New York

I've been in New York for a few days now, pretending not to mind the snow and hail, and eating as much cherry pie as possible. Yesterday, the first Geek Nation event of the trip, hosted by the wonderful Newswomen's Club of New York (they promised to put my book next to Eleanor Roosevelt's in their library!), was a talk at the Book Culture bookshop off Broadway. It was a brilliant night and packed out... I'd like to think this was because of me alone, but I should really also thank the wine and cheese platter, plus the amazing networking power of Kristina Cooke from Reuters, who organised everything (she is second from the right in the picture above).

Yesterday was special for another reason too: In the afternoon I was invited to coffee with Krishna Guha, who is the vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the closest I have ever come to being in a building that feels like Hogwarts), to tell him about the book. Turns out, like me, he is a bit of a geek too.

Today, the weather is gorgeous and so I'm planning on a long walk and some soul food in Harlem. If you happen to finish work early then please do head down to Columbia University's Journalism School, where I'll be part of a panel discussion about science in India with legendary geek, Professor Sree Sreenivasan. It's free and there will also be refreshments.

Finally, Geek Nation, although available everywhere else in the world, is not yet out in the US unless you order export or Kindle editions through Amazon. So if you are in the Big Apple and would like your own copy of the beautiful hardback, then head down to the Book Culture store on West 112th Street, off Broadway. But be quick because they have limited stock.