Book signing at Timperley Library 12.1.13

Well, that went well! Hi folks, Today, I thought I would share with you how my first book signing went. As some of you know, it was held at Timperley Library on Saturday 12th January. I have to say, I’ve never been so excited. So much so, that the night before, I had to down rather a lot of cake and a few scoops of left-over Christmas sherry, and the result was a very disturbed night, due to recurrent symptoms of gastric reflux! My poor little Vauxhall Corsa’s boot was packed to the brim with all that I needed for the day, from the books themselves to a bowl full of sweets, three thermos flasks filled with orange juice, a bag full of half price plastic beakers from the Co-Op, my new book signing pens and pencil case which my best friend Sarah gave me for my birthday, thank you letters, bottles of wine for my lovely helpers, a box of chocolates for the librarians, flyers, tablecloths my A-frame and my red money box! I was very grateful to Sarah as she had offered to help with the money side of things. We were able to set up really early so that when the library opened, we were organised and ready for the crowds. My A-frame sat outside the main entrance, showing off my posters for both my books, framed by colourful balloons and fluorescent stickers. To advertise my event, the library had made a lovely eye-catching display on their notice board. I was really impressed. It meant a lot that they had gone to so much effort. Well, there weren’t the crowds that I was expecting but a steady stream of interested people came to chat and some bought books. I was so giddy with excitement that I wrote the wrong date on one of them, in fact I nearly misspelt my own name. My friend and photographer, Mandy came as pre-arranged and she took a selection of photos. Her friend Shirley came to help and it was lovely to meet such an interesting lady. I was well supported by some great friends and family and I’m really grateful. I learned a lot from the event too which will help me to better organise my next event. I’m currently thinking about where to hold my next signing. Contacting mother and baby groups could be a good start, so if any of you know any such groups who would like me to come and give a talk about ‘childhood immunisation’ or ‘accidents in the home’ or ‘common childhood illnesses’ then please let me know. That’s all for today so see you next week Cathx