{"id":12278,"date":"2017-10-14T08:37:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=12278"},"modified":"2017-10-16T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T00:39:07","slug":"towards-white-launched-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/towards-white-launched-in-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards White Launched in Sydney!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Chris Maait<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019m still taking it all in, but on Thursday night Towards White<\/em> was launched by the amazing Joanne Anderton<\/a> in Sydney. The biggest battle was getting my 12 year old son to wear jeans, not shorts, but after that everything went really well. The bookshop, Harry Hartog in Warringah Mall, set up a beautiful seated area and a couple of high stools for Jo and I, as well as a fabulous autograph table. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Then drinks were poured \u2013 champagne, red wine and juice; snacks were laid out \u2013 homebaked banana bread (not by me, my wonderful friend Lindie, because her banana bread is THE BEST!), cheese platters, chips and grapes; books stacked the shelves; the banner was pulled up; and we were ready to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t believe the number of people who came to see me \u2013 from so far away as well, even the central coast \u2013 all to spend some of their precious time supporting this book. Amazing! I felt so guilty when I got home because I couldn\u2019t talk to everyone as much as I wanted \ud83d\ude41<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Zoya Nojin<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you so much to Harry Hartog manager Abby for arranging this launch, and to Mel for introducing me and Jo. For those who don\u2019t know Jo<\/a>, she <\/span>writes speculative fiction for anyone who likes their worlds a little different. <\/span>Her adult science fiction\/fantasy novels, Debris, Suited <\/i>and Guardian<\/i>, have been published by Angry Robot Books and Fablecroft Publishing, and shortlisted for both Aurealis Awards and Ditmar Awards for \u2018best novel\u2019. Her short story collection,\u00a0<\/span>The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories<\/span><\/em>\u00a0won the Aurealis Award for ‘best collection’, and the Australian Shadows Award for ‘best collected work’. And she launched *my* book!! How lucky am I!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mel introducing us<\/p><\/div>\n

She also asked me some fairly grueling questions about Towards White<\/em> \u2013 like how much of me personally went into the character Becky Dales, why Iceland for a setting, what kind of research did I do for the science side of things, what\u2019s all this about eating disorders, and what advice would I give aspiring writers. If you\u2019d like to know the answers, I guess you\u2019ll have to invite me along to speak at an event near you soon! He he.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also did a reading and signed a few books.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few \u2013 so many! Towards White<\/em> is now No.1 on the Harry Hartog Bestseller List (well, at Warringah Mall). I left a heap of autographed books there too, so if you\u2019d like one, please go and support them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I can also post autographed copies to any interested Aussies for $35 total (includes postage to anywhere in Australia), and it should also be in all good Aussie bookstores and online retailers (including overseas). <\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who came last night, to everyone who joined me in Canberra for the launch<\/a> there a couple of weeks ago, for IFWG<\/a> for publishing Towards White<\/em>, and for all your support over the years \u2013 including reading this. I\u2019m truly honoured. Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now here are a heap of piccies from Thursday night:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Jo Anderton<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Gayle Connor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Chris Maait<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Chris Maait<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Rivqa Rafael<\/p><\/div>\n

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To read more about Towards White<\/em>, just click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m still taking it all in, but on Thursday night Towards White was launched by the amazing Joanne Anderton in Sydney. The biggest battle was getting my 12 year old son to wear jeans, not shorts, but after that everything went really well. The bookshop, Harry Hartog in Warringah Mall,\u2026<\/p>\n

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