… to my book launch for ‘Fun Poems for Children’
In order to set the scene, please imagine that
instead of being on my blog, you are in a small indy book shop, at a book festival
or in a library.
There is a pile of my shiny new books on a central
table (not too many as I had to get them on the bus and they always feel
heavier on the way home…)
There is juice in cartons – un-chilled - and
some supermarket wine with screw-cap lids. Paper cups but thankfully no
homemade nibbles or bags of over-exposed crisps to get the books greasy.
You have your smile fixed in place. (Jeez another
book!)
Then you see that even in paperback this one is only
£3.98 and you breathe a sigh of relief. An easy present for niece, grandchild,
neighbour’s friend’s cousin’s nephew and it’s only the price of a
city latte.
OK this might have been worth missing time with
Netflix.
Thank god she’s got a couple of musicians so it won’t
all be readings. Anyhow she isn’t the sort to bang on about her ‘JOURNEY’ as a
writer because if you have to listen to one more of those you’ll definitely abscond with a bottle of that wine to yourself
– and that’d be dodgy as she doesn’t drink and has no idea how to choose
drinkable cheap wine.
There is usually an anecdote – so here’s one. I once did a book launch at Hexham library
for (I think) the first of my dragon books. A guy turned up with his son –
parked him by the book pile. Selected a copy and handed it to his son. The son
read. The dad headed off to the café. 45 minutes later dad returned. Indicated
to the boy it was time to go. Boy put the book – now with a bent cover and
spine – back on the pile and they both departed. Without a word. And that wasn’t my worst terrestrial book launch!
Even without current restriction this is – as far as
book launches go – my idea of heaven. So, here it is -
Do get a copy for a little person in your life,
either the e-version 99p ($1.20) or the gift paperback book version £3.98 ($4.95)
and say something nice about it on Amazon or Goodreads if you can spare a
moment.
Thank you so very much for attending.
Love
Amanda
xxx