A Tale of Two City Book Signings
Posted on Mar 15, 2009 under Juliet Archer's Diary |Saturday 14th March: a sunny spring day in London and a real buzz in the air - not of bees, but of people out enjoying themselves in our capital city.
Fortunately, a good many found their way into Borders Oxford Street. On the ground floor they were confronted by Lyn from Choc Lit, giving out leaflets about my book signing; as they came up the escalator to the first floor I was lying in wait, pen poised, at my little table flanked by two pink heart-shaped balloons; and, if they managed to escape to the second floor, they were greeted by strategically placed notices in Starbucks.
There were people from just down the road and people from all over the world, particularly the US and Europe. In fact, my first sale was to a lovely Norwegian man whose daughter studied Russian literature - like myself and also Anna Elliot in my forthcoming version of Persuasion. And an old University friend, who I hadn’t met for years, was as surprised to see me as I was to see him!
From 12 noon until 4.45pm I smiled and chatted and signed and was even interviewed by a roving reporter from London Metropolitan University’s student mag, VerveZine. The staff were great and my book sold very well.
Shortly after 5 I met fellow author Victoria Connelly for a coffee and catch-up. Her latest book Molly’s Millions is out now in hardback, with the paperback available in June. She’d just been to a meeting of the Romantic Novelists’ Association on - guess what - Publicising Your Novel. Unfortunately, I was too busy publicising mine to attend …
My next book signing event was also due to be in London, at Borders Charing Cross Road on 19th March. This time it was going to be a talk at 6.30pm followed by a book signing, but unfortunately it had to be rearranged. So watch this space - or rather the Events Calendar!
