On Saturday 3 June, Triskele Books returned to The English Restaurant in Spitalfields for our third book launch at this venue. This time, we brought some friends.
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| L-R: Catriona Troth, JD Smith, Gillian Hamer, JJ Marsh, Jessica Bell, Alison Morton |
The celebrations were for six books: Sacred Lake by Gillian Hamer, Bad Apples by JJ Marsh, The Silent Kookaburra by Liza Perrat and The Rebel Queen by JD Smith (Triskele Books) with Dear Reflection by Jessica Bell and Retalio by Alison Morton, two of our favourite friends and ALLies.
Readings, interviews, photographs, chats, fizz and food, it was all a good book launch should be and we want to do it all over again. Here are a few shots of the event:
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| The guests |
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| The authors |
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| The party |
Guests were challenged to match the ideal accompaniments to each book. How would you do?
- Ice cold Gin & Tonic with a twist of lime service with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sorbet.
- Ale, red wine and ginger cake sat around a fire pit on a summer's night.
- A Virgin Mary, while listening to PJ Harvey in a cafe in Santorini.
- Wiener Schnitzel followed by strong coffee with French brandy, to the sounds of Bach's Toccata.
- Grilled sardines, coffee with a shot of aguardente and the theme from La Lettre.
- Retalio
- Dear Reflection: I Never Meant to be a Rebel
- Sacred Lake
- The Rebel Queen
- Bad Apples
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| The Winner - Roz Morris with prize and goody bag |
And we finally got to meet our Big 5 Competition winner in person! Sophie Wellstood came along to celebrate with us. If all goes to plan, she'll soon be having a launch party of her own.
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| Triskele Books with Sophie Wellstood |
Thank you to all our guests for coming along to support us and roll on next time!
Photos courtesy of Erika Bach, Jane Davis, Ellen Durkin and Roz Morris
Wonderful photos! Thank you for a lovely afternoon, and best of luck with your books.
ReplyDeleteWhat Anita said! And thank you for the prize!
ReplyDeleteDelighted to have shared the day with the Triskelites and fellow ALLi Jessica Bell.
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ReplyDeleteGlad to see this book launch party. Everyone seems to have good time here. Couple of day’s back I was invited to one book launch party thrown at superb event space San Francisco where some famous authors were also present. It was really great to meet them and get inspiration for writing.
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