The Busy Book Fair (night of 05/02/2024)

I am walking along a street. There is a gang of street drinkers. One of them yells at a woman something like 'rip it!'. He appears to be a dwarf, and is so unthreatening that people start to make fun of him.
I look up and see that I am outside of a bookshop. I am excited by this and enter. Is it a bookshop or some kind of book fair? I eagerly scan the shelves of one stand, just outside of the main hall. The stand gets crowded with people and I am annoyed that I cannot see the books for sale. The narrow passageway is jammed with people.
I enter into the main door through some kind of turnstiles. The actor Sylvester McCoy is there. he tells me that the actress Sophie Aldred is ill and next year she will become 'a ghost' - meaning she will die. he encourages me to reassure her. I try to do so, and I tell her that my friend 'Carlos' is also dying - no idea who Carlos is... She looks a bit puzzled at me.