Drink, Shop and Do

Thank you to the members of the Camden Girls Book Club and to Drink, Shop and Do (http://www.drinkshopdo.com/Drink,_Shop_%26_Do/Drink,_Shop_%26_Do_—_Home.html) for an excellent evening earlier this week at their book group. I loved all the questions and am really pleased you liked the book so much.

Vancouver book launch

I was very honoured on my recent family trip to Vancouver to have a Canadian book launch held for me by Elsie Smith. It was perfectly timed for the Jubilee and had the theme of a unique British tea - ladies' only as well!  There were cucumber sandwiches, petits fours, scones and all sorts of other treats, as well as champagne to calm my nerves before I did my first ever book reading. I was thrilled to be able to sign some copies of my book and answer a lot of excellent questions about the writing process and how I came up with the idea behind my book.  My world book tour has now encompassed England and Canada - next stop Scotland. I am attaching a photo with apologies for the greenish hue which is because the camera battery was almost flat. Thank you to all those who attended and above all to Elsie for making it such a special, memorable occasion for me.

Daily Mail review

Thank you so much to the Daily Mail for publishing a review and such a good one.  Here is a link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2152711/CHICK-LIT.html and I am also attaching a pdf.

Book signings - Waterstone's and Foyle's

Have had a lovely morning signing books for the shelves in Waterstone's Leadenhall Market and Foyle's in St Pancras, so if you are looking for a copy of Pictures at an Exhibition, both have stock.

Launch party for Pictures at an Exhibition

I had a great time at the launch party for Pictures at an Exhibition last Thursday. I was really pleased to sell more than 100 copies of the book - which was as many as Waterstone's had ordered in. If you were disappointed, please do find another way to get hold of a copy, either through Amazon or ordering it in through your local bookshop. Lots of photos to follow in due course and thank you all for your support.

Financial Times review!

I was really pleased to find that the FT reviewed Pictures at an Exhibition this weekend and praised its "inventive conceit" and "ekphrasis". I had to look this one up even though I am a Classicist so maybe I should have known already - anyway it means 'description of paintings'!

Reading Guide for Bookclubs!

I am thrilled that Random House have produced some reading notes to accompany Pictures at an Exhibition. Hopefully all you bookclubs who are reading the novel will find them interesting! If there are any extra questions you think we should add, just let me know.