So I got my copy of the highly anticipated The Recovery of Rose Gold from the Michael Joseph (An imprint of Penguin) debut Party – at Henley Literary Festival. When I say I got it, I did go and get it, what I didn’t manage to do was actually be on board The Hibernian when it set sail. I was…
The Guest List – Lucy Foley Blog Tour Review
My thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for letting me on the guest list for this blog tour for – The Guest List – Lucy Foley’s second foray into publishing. A joy to read and be part of, published by Harper Collins Uk on 20th February 2020. Another murder. Another mystery. Guests are called to a remote island…
Orenda Books Roadshow Hungerford 7th March hosted by Hungerford Books
13 Authors – 4 Events – Orenda Roadshow – Great work Karen Sullivan loves to find new authors, with fresh voices, who push genres in different directions, with their quirky beautiful writing, she wants goosebumps and with these authors, she has got all those things. What a great evening – 13 authors from several countries – Iceland, Finland, Germany, France,…
Ransom Riggs – Book Signing St James Church, Piccadilly, London, 6th November 2018
Firstly what a fabulous venue! I’ve been to a few book signings – never one in such a beautiful setting. Designed in 1672 by Architect Sir Christopher Wren, consecrated in 1684. But then severely damaged during the second world war in 1940, which Ransom wrote about in his first Novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, published back in 2011. And…
Jodi Picoult – A Spark of Light Henley Literary Festival 28/10/18
I hold my hands up – I have never read any of Jodi’s books before, (though I do have some in my ‘To Read’ pile) – but I know about them. And this is why I wanted to see for myself, to hear what this woman is all about, in her own words. Because she has written some award-winning…
Salisbury Literary Festival – 20/10/2018 – CJ Tudor & Stuart Turton
I booked my tickets and headed off to Salisbury – a popular city – with its own cathedral, renown for its iconic clock- the oldest clock in the world, built in 1386 and the tallest spire 123 metres tall, but less of that, as I didn’t go to see the cathedral (but neither did the Russian spies). Google gave me that…
Book Signings….
Have you ever been to a book signing? They are often held during store opening hours or in the Evenings – these tend to be called ‘Events’ rather than signings and can be a panel of Authors or just a lone Author. I became aware of the Literary Lunch I went on by signing up to Clare Mackintosh’s newsletter –…
