MY FIRST BOOK LAUNCH PARTY 2!!!
Paul is overjoyed when Glyn returns the copy of POEMS TO MAKE BEARS GROWL that one punter had been using as a beer mat!!
Glyn, Fran, Carlos and Neph look a little blurred after a few drinks and a bit of Mouse of Commons!
"Please, Mr Writer... Will you sign my book? Oh, go on..."
Paul considers his request... "You're that J.K. Rowling woman, aren't ya guvnor?"
"Errr... Yes!! I am she..." lies Paul, unconvincingly.
Harry is overwhelmed by the wonders of J.K.'s autograph. "You're writing about mice these days then? Not that Potter, chap?"
Neph was chuffed that he'd managed to read one whole page. It had only taken him three drinks. Carlos thinks life is better off blurred!!
Carlos stops moving for just a second to pose with the new book! Yay! Give that man a Charlie Grrr badge! :-)
One happy author, at the end of his first book launch party... Roll on September for the next one!!! :-)
MY FIRST BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
LOCATION: FITZROY TAVERN, LONDON
FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST 2006
THE PHOTOS...
PART ONE!!!
Hi! This is the first of two posts from the book launch from MOUSE IN A BOTTLE, last friday. That said - it was as much a party for POEMS TO MAKE BEARS GROWL too - and I think that particular book got in the photos more!! Never mind - it was a great evening and I shall definitely be doing it again... Thanks to everyone who was able to make it - sorry it was all a bit last minute!! Enjoy the photos - they'll be more on friday!! Paul :-)
Neph (right) looks very impressed with the new book! Carlos (left) meanwhile, does a "Hello mum!"
Harry (left) and Aidan (right) delve back into the Chandler poetry archive!!!
Calum was overjoyed upon finding yet another typo!!!
Calum and Paul were surprised to learn that their friend Glyn was the new landlord!! (Can you see the Charlie Grrr badge on Glyn's shirt?)
MORE FRIDAY!!!
MOUSE IN A BOTTLE FINALLY RELEASED!!!
Hi,
Gladstone McWhiskers says hi too! That's the mouse in the picture, if you haven't guessed. Thanks very much to Neph for doing such a great job!!
Anyway, it's finally time to announce the "birth" tomorrow, Friday 11th August 2006 of yet another new delivery in the Chandler book range!!!
As mentioned in previous post - the book is called Mouse In A Bottle and it's the second Mouse of Commons novel. Once again, it features Gladstone McWhiskers - The Mouse of Commons and his assistants Ollie Louse and Bell. It was originally written at the same time as the first novel, back in 2000, but was then lost for 5 years. Here it has been unearthed, proudly dusted off and presented for your delictation! :-) MOUSE IN A BOTTLE tells the tale of a mysterious blue bottle in an antique shop - a small boy possessed by an evil spirit - an fiendish nemesis from the dim and distant past and a threat that could wipe out Gladstone McWhiskers, the current Mouse of Commons - once and for all.
You can take a look at the two books on the following links:
http://www.lulu.com/content/230667This is the Paperback version, at £7.99.
http://www.lulu.com/content/376200This is the Hardback version, at £13.99.
I'd just like to thank Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge for the stirling work they did on proof-reading the book - and they've just confirmed that they're happy to do the next one too! Yay!! (See more later in this post!!)
I have been trying to keep the prices of the books on Lulu.com nice and round - but unfortunately the exchange rate keeps changing and so that the ones that I nicely calculated at exact amounts last week are now all odd prices! (ie: Effectively they're actually cheaper in pounds than they were a week or two ago!)
Hopefully we should have some photos from tomorrows mini-book launch to post on here early next week.
Oh - and finally - the other news is that as of yesterday, the third Mouse of Commons book MOUSE IN BEAR'S CLOTHING was sent off to Lisa and Andrew for final proof-reading. I am now working on finishing edits of MOUSE TALES AND MICE TAILS and am about five chapters into GLADSTONE MCWHISKERS AND THE MOUSES OF PARLIAMENT which will be available by the new year.
That's it for now!!!
Mouse Commonsly hugs to you all!
Paul :-) x
Paul is overjoyed when Glyn returns the copy of POEMS TO MAKE BEARS GROWL that one punter had been using as a beer mat!!
Glyn, Fran, Carlos and Neph look a little blurred after a few drinks and a bit of Mouse of Commons!
"Please, Mr Writer... Will you sign my book? Oh, go on..."
Paul considers his request... "You're that J.K. Rowling woman, aren't ya guvnor?"
"Errr... Yes!! I am she..." lies Paul, unconvincingly.
Harry is overwhelmed by the wonders of J.K.'s autograph. "You're writing about mice these days then? Not that Potter, chap?"
Neph was chuffed that he'd managed to read one whole page. It had only taken him three drinks. Carlos thinks life is better off blurred!!
Carlos stops moving for just a second to pose with the new book! Yay! Give that man a Charlie Grrr badge! :-)
