A French bar, book lovers and my publication day – what a combination!
When Paperback Jan (Jan Smith) who runs the paperback exchange in the Deux-Sèvres urged me to have a mini-launch in France, I wasn’t quite sure.
The bash at Waterstones Tunbridge Wells on 12 March was to be the official UK launch. Would anybody be interested here in France?
I needn’t have worried. I put out an invitation on various English groups’ websites and Jan spread the word during her February visits in the region.
The Bar de la Paix is where we have our monthly book club and where Jan brings her paperbacks each month. I’d been interviewed the week before by the Le Courrier de l’Ouest and a reporter from La Nouvelle République turned up on the day. Excellent.
Scarcely had I arrived than I was pounced upon by the reporter and by people waving euros in my face! It was mayhem, but wonderful mayhem.
Great photos. I’m thrilled your publication day was such a success and can’t wait to read my copy when it arrives.
Thanks, Debs. We had a ball! And I had no books left in my box. 🙂
I hope you enjoy reading INCEPTIO as much as I did writing it.
It looks as if it was a fantastic start to the life of your novel, Alison. Good luck with it all, ou bien Bonne Chance!
Liz X
Merci mille fois, Liz. It was great fun. Not only did we have Le Courrier de l’Ouest run a piece beforehand: http://alison-morton.com/blog/in-the-press/, but La Nouvelle Republique covered the event http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Loisirs/Livres-cd-dvd/n/Contenus/Articles/2013/03/02/Les-livres-rassemblent-les-Anglais-du-Thouarsais-1354205
Incroyable!
What a triumph. It sounds a really lovely event (and, judging by that first pic, you all colour coordinated so well, lol). What a great start in life for INCEPTIO.
It was terrific fun and everybody was so enthusiastic. One reader at the lunch today said she was forced to close her copy of INCEPTIO yesterday last night as it was 1am in the morning and she had to get up at 6am. 😉
Gosh, sounds great fun – with those photos, you almost didn’t need to write any words, the smiles on everyone’s faces say it all! Looking forward to reading it on my Kindle!
Thanks, Debbie. It was a terrific day. I spoke to I don’t know how many people and loved it! It’s a very affirming moment when people love your book so much they pay out money to read it. And people were so impressed by the look of it. The cover has won so many friends.