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Have just made 130 little 'Anna and Chloe' cakes...
... ready for the library launch event tomorrow evening.
Felt like an Apprentice contestant, especially when the first batch all ran over ths sides! But now have 120-ish acceptable ones, all ready to be iced in blue or yellow (the colours of the book cover) with an A or a C on each. For those of you who haven't read 'Coping with Chloe' (and why not? :)), Anna and Chloe are the twins. Blue is also Coventry's colour (come on, Sky Blues!), so that will be appropriate for my fellow author Ann Evans' book, 'Children's History of Coventry'.
Tomorrow evening, 6-8pm at Coventry Central Library, if anyone is near enough to make it. It's a ticketed event, but if you email or whispher me, I'll make sure you are able to get in.
Please wish us luck, anyway. We're having author talks, performances by local young people, questions from the audience, surprise guests, food and wine.
And it all has to finish for 8pm, as that's when the library closes for the night. Whew!
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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj219/sglasbey/fav-Cakes2.jpg
Woke up early and have just rewritten my talk. Am bringing in Martin Amis and his 'brain damage' comment - and the reviewer's comment that no teacher could be as imaginative and caring as Miss Tough. Should get the teachers in the audience going :)
OMG this is really happening and I'm scared!
Thanks, Liz. :)
My head is spinning and I'm not sure how it went, but everyone is telling me it went well. My publisher came up from London and said she really enjoyed seeing Anna and Chloe come alive in the girls' performance. They were really good! About 40 people came, and they asked lots of questions and bought quite a few books. Food and wine seemed to go down well, including the Anna & Chloe cakes. We gave most of what was left to the library staff (who were wonderful), so they will be feasting tomorrow!
Thanks for al the good wishes and support.
And yes, Lou, Mr Amis was well and truly kicked! :)
http://rosalie-warren.blogspot.com/2011/07/talking-books-coventry-central-library.html
Hoping for more pictures soon, but we need to get various permissions first.