Events 2008

LAURA LOCKINGTON, JESSICA FELLOWES, MELANIE WHITEHOUSE
Cupboard Love, Mud & the City, The Tail of Augustus Moon - triple book launch by invitation only
Tuesday 23rd September 2008, 6.30-8.30pm
Julie's Restaurant & Bar, 135 Portland Road, Holland Park, London W11 4LW.
Nearest tube: Holland Park

STEVE ROWLAND
Hollywood Heat - book party
Tuesday 12th August 2008, 6.30-9.30pm, The Beauchamp, Knightsbridge, London.
With ex-Big Brother contestants mixing with Hollywood players on a very warm summer evening in Knightsbridge, this was great fun with everyone enjoying the London Heat!

      
 

Above clockwise: Steve Rowland with Carol Biss, Sally Farmiloe and Richard O'Brien.
Below: Carol Biss, Steve Rowland, Sally Farmiloe, Charlotte Ellis and Jilly Johnson.





Above: Steve Rowland with Cindy Jackson, Anneka Svenska, Jilly Johnson, Liz Fuller

BYRONY HILL
A Compost Kind of Girl - book signing
Saturday 2nd August 2008, 11am-3pm, South Downs Nurseries, Hassocks.

JULIET DESAILLY
Ma'at's Feather - book launch
Wednesday 23rd July 2008, 6.30-8.30pm, Kirkdale Bookshop, Sydenham, London.

   

KAREN EBERHARDT SHELTON
Karen Eberhardt Shelton is reading from her book A Women’s Guide to Saving the World at Ways With Words Festival at Dartington, Devon.  She will be there on Sat 19^th July at 4 pm in the Dukes Room.

ANN ALLESTREE
Triptych of a Young Wolf - book launch, by invitation only
Wednesday 9th July 2008, 6.30-8.30pm, Christie's, London.

 
Guests were careful not to put their glasses on the million pound table as Ann Allestree delivered a rousing speech about wolves at Christie's.

REG CARR
The Last Tango of Senor Menendez - book launch, private party
Sunday 29th June 2008











DEBORAH HILTON
Champagne, Charlie and Me - book signing
Saturday 21st June 2008, 10.30-12.30pm, Waterstones Colchester, 16 Culver Precinct.

COLONEL MICHAEL HICKEY
Single-Handed, Letters from the Front - book launch, attended by the Dalgleish family who contributed the letters and illustrations from Kenneth Dalgleish.
Thursday 19th June 2008, Leicester Military Museum.

BERYL ARMSTRONG
Where Shadows Fall - book signing
Saturday 14th June 2008, Waterstones Crawley, 4-6 The Martlets.

DEBORAH HILTON
Champagne, Charlie and Me - book signing
Monday 9th June 2008, 12.30-2.30pm, Books Etc, 54 London Wall, London EC2.

 
 









RONALD HEARN
The Little Boy Who Listened, Portrait of a Medium - book signing with Gibraltar-born medium, Arthur Molinary
Thursday 5th June 2008, 12-2pm, The Gibraltar Bookshop, Gibraltar.

Left below: Ronald Hearn, and right, with Bernadine of the Gibraltar Bookshop and Arthur Molinary, at the most successful signing the Bookshop had seen.

 
 














PAULINE HYDE
Midas Man - book launch, by invitation only
Thursday 29th May 2008, 6-8pm, San Lorenzo, London.
Attended by Sir Donald Sinden, Simon Callow, Liz Brewer and the Master himself, Sir Derek Jacobi, the night was a huge success with Midas Man, champagne and fabulous canapes enjoyed by all.


 
 

Above: Pauline Hyde, Pauline and Mr Lorenzo, Sir Donald Sinden

Below: Sir Derek Jacobi, Carol Biss MD, Pauline Hyde and Simon Callow at the Midas Man book launch.

 



COLONEL MICHAEL HICKEY
Single-Handed, Letters from the Front - book signing
Thursday 29th May 2008, 12-2pm, The Hungerford Bookshop, Hungerford.

SANDRA MURPHY
A Headbanger's Ball - book signing
Saturday 24th May 2008, 1-3pm, Waterstones Guildford, High Street.

 
 









KAREN EBERHARDT-SHELTON
A Women's Guide to Saving the World - book event
May 2008, Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival

 
 







Above: Karen Eberhardt Shelton, Elaine Brook and Claire Short at the signing and book talk in the festival.


RONALD HEARN
The Little Boy Who Listened, Portrait of a Medium - book launch
Friday 25th April 2008, 7-9pm, The College of Psychic Studies, South Kensington, London.
Ronald Hearn and Arthur Molinary will also be signing copies of the book in Arthur's birthplace, Gibraltar, at The Gibraltar Bookshop on the 5th June 2008 from 12-2pm.

 Ronald Hearn with Arthur Molinary, the subject of his book.

 Hugely successful launch at The College of Psychic Studies.


Dave Clark (of the Dave Clark Five), Michael Hewitson (Elton John's road manager) and medium Arthur Molinary enjoying themselves at the launch of The Little Boy Who Listened.





LONDON BOOK FAIR 2008
We had a very successful London Book Fair at stand R435. Authors, foreign rights buyers, sales, distributors and digital book producers all visited the stand to discuss future ventures and celebrate the successes of the last year.

    At the stand

    










(left) Richard Cuddington with his book, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Bite Size Verse  and (right) Wendy Turner, Gary Webster and Carol Biss with Gary's book, Debt Rescue.

Paul Nagle, author of Ironic, hosted a champagne party, advertised in the Bookseller Fair Dailies, at which Karen Banyan-Thomas was delighted to win a fantastic trip to Portugal.

   























(top left) Sunday, the night before the Fair; (top right) Paul Nagle with winner Karen Banyan-Thomas; (bottom left) Paul Nagle with Times journalist, Damian Barr; (bottom right) Paul Nagle with Carol Biss, MD.


BELINDA MORSE 
Calamity & Courage
27 March 2008
Attended by a maharajah's grandson, the former Headmaster of Westminster school, and a future author with the Book Guild, Penelope Craig, Belinda Morse enjoyed a marvellous book launch for her new book, Calamity & Courage, at The Oriental Club, London. 

SUSI OSBORNE
Ripples of Life
31 January 2008
Borders Cheshire Oaks Ellsmere Port hosted a hugely successful book signing for Susi Osborne's new book.

Susi has also had a book signings at Hale Bookshop, Waterstones Trafford Centre in Manchester, Borders Birmingham, Borders in Leeds, Waterstones in Orchard Square in Sheffield, Waterstones Bold Street in Liverpool, Borders Speke in Liverpool, and Winsford and Wharton local libraries.

Event 2007

Wizzy-Woo takes Hollywood by storm! 
HELGA HOPKINS
Wizzy Woo
Castlepoint Waterstones
Book signing
November 2007


GARY WEBSTER
Debt Rescue
Archangel club,
London
26 July 2007

Soap stars came out in force to be snapped by Hello! for Gary's new book that describes his and wife Wendy Turner's year of financial hell.



ROGER COOK
More Dangerous Ground
El Vino's Wine Bar
Fleet Street, London
26 April 2007

Famous journalist's haunt El Vino's was packed in celebration of the publication of Roger Cook's 'inside story'... all had a wonderful time.



YASH KUMARI VARMA  Polar Stories
Waterstone's, Harrow
10 November 2007
24 February 2007

Yash Kumari Varma holds the rapt attention of the many young fans of Polar Stories at Waterstone's in Harrow





DANIEL PELTZ
Daffodils Before Swallows
Timothy Taylor Gallery,
London
3 July 2007

LONDON INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR 2007

This year's fair took place in April, at Earl's Court in London and was a great success for us, with many people visiting our stand and complimenting us on our list of books.


EMMA MILNE
The Truth about Cats and Dogs
Waterstone's, York
28 June 2007

Dogs and well-behaved owners were invited along to Waterstone's in York for an unusual canine literary event to mark the publication of TV personality Emma Milne's expose of the harsh cruelties of pedigree pets, The Truth about Cats and Dogs.


ROBERT FALLON
The Itsy Bitsy Family &
The Dream Maker
October 2007

The author read's his books to a rapt audience.


JOHN PIPER
Motherkillers
Budapest, Hungary
June 07

John Piper travelled to Hungary to launch Motherkillers, which is partly set in the country.


SALLY PATRICIA GARDNER
Lillian's Story
3 March 2007

A large crowd gathered at Waterstone's in Hastings to meet Sally Patricia Gardner and hear her read from her compelling new novel.