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View From the Bar – The Twelve Trees Book Launch
When I first started blogging I had every intention of blogging on a regular basis but then BookExpo Canada, which was this past Sunday and Monday, crept up and swallowed a huge portion of my time. So while I was busy organizing author signings and booth furnishings (”can you throw in two more shelves for the same price?”) the blog topic posts quickly piled up, and up, and up. With BookExpo now done for another year and perhaps its last in its current form (click here for more details) I can turn my attention back to my regular publicity activities including blogging – oh how I’ve missed it and it’s calming nature. First up the book launch for J.D. Carpenter’s Twelve Trees.
So it’s somewhat fitting that I spent the majority of the Twelve Trees book launch behind the bar. Let me explain in case you’re unfamilar with this mesmerizing stream of conscience novel from J.D. Carpenter. Twelve Trees is the story of ex-racetrack journalist Priam Harvey, previously seen in Carpenter’s Campbell Young Mysteries Bright’s Kill, and 74 Miles Away (which was just nominated for the 2008 ReLit Awards), sitting on a stool in McCully’s Tavern on the first anniversary of his firing from Sport of Kings magazine and the coincident departure of his girlfriend Barbara betting the horses with the local bookie when events conspire to unseat him. The electric gathering of people – fellow Dundurn colleagues and Carpenter’s family, friends, and former students – raised their glasses in celebration of Carpenter’s debut literary novel, which the Quill & Quire compared to the writings of British author Dick Francis, on June 4th at Nicholas Hoare Books. Below are some photos taken during the launch.
Nicholas Hoare Books closed their store for us – Thanks, Chris!
Family and friends celebrate a job well done.
J.D. signing books.
Director of Sales & Marketing Margaret Bryant, fellow Dundurn author Michael Blair, President & Publisher Kirk Howard
Mmmmm …. yummy food!
J.D. Carpenter and his wife Karen.
Web Marketer and fellow server Ehren Cheung talks blogging with Michael Blair.
Jane Gibson and VP of Sales & Marketing Beth Bruder.
J.D. Carpenter reads from Twelve Trees.
Tags: book launch, BookExpo, Campbell Young Mysteries, fiction, J.D. Carpenter, mystery, spring 2008, Twelve Trees About the author
Erin is a publicist for Dundurn Press. She reads a wide variety of books (maybe even too many!) and wields a vast amount of positively optimistic power over what should and shouldn't be done in the universe.
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v cool and classy evening