On Saturday 8th October, 1-3pm, I'll be signing copies of Glass Houses at Waterstones in Harrogate and it would be lovely to see you
there.
The event is part of the nationwide Waterstones Bookshop Day
with quizzes and prize draws taking place around the store, not to mention the
opportunity to try out the new Harrogate Waterstones café. Being somewhat of an
Aficionado of Harrogate coffee shops, and purely for research purposes obviously,
I have had a couple trips to the extensive café on the first floor where I
secured one of the window seats over-looking the high street and the special
offer cappuccino with toasted teacake. I can vouch for it being a quality
experience, suitable for chatting or writing, and you know, surprisingly
reasonable.
Apart from the relief of seeing friendly faces so that I don’t
look like the girl who wandered into the store and fancied a sit down, it
would be wonderful if we could fill the shop and really celebrate the traditional
bookshop. It isn't that I'm averse to on-line sales or eBook
reading. It's simply that I'd like both formats to travel hand in hand into the
next few years so that those who want to browse in book shops, seek
recommendations, read the blurb, flick to the middle pages and carry the book
home in a cute little (environmentally friendly) paper bag, will still have the
opportunity to do so.
For further details, click here.
Hope to see you on Saturday – please come and say
hello!
Awesome. It's a little too far for me to travel, but I hope you have a wonderful, reader-filled shop :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Annalisa, I really hope I manage to organise something nearer you one day. It would be so good to finally meet - and thank you personally for constantly reading my posts and diligently commenting :)
DeleteI really wish I could come, it sounds great fun. Hope you get lots of like minded book lovers to come and that they all buy loads of books but especially yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lyn :) And don't worry, I have you down for other venues...
DeleteI'm partial to writing in coffee shops, and favour the ones with good teacakes :o) I'm too far away to attend, but I hope you have a wonderful day and sell lots of books - and celebrating traditional bookshops is definitely a Good Thing!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! You can't beat a good teacake, even if you do risk a splodge of jam on the page... Sorry you can't join us but I'll keep you posted about venues in other places :)
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