The party has landed! A Marvellous Party – our new book, written by Ian Elmslie – is now here. In fact, it’s not just here – as any self-respecting party should, it’s got out and about already. Copies are in the post to flats and houses all over the UK, they’re making their way to Spain and Germany, and a big boxful are flying out to the States as I type this blog.
A Marvellous Party arrived on Tuesday, with the rain. This meant a lot of scurrying from pavement to hallway, hallway to pavement and back again till all the boxes were safely squirrelled away in Ignite Villas. Two hours later, we were on a train to London, taking a goodly number of books down to an impatient and excited author. On arrival, we learned that three boxes of books take up more space than is ideal on an evening rush-hour Tube, that dragging 35kg of weight from tube train to escalator to the bottom of a flight of stairs (stairs?? oh god…) is overrated, that whichever exit to the surface you use will be the one furthest from the bar where your author is waiting, and that the pint of beer you have once you’ve got your breath back may well be the best thing you’ve tasted in your life.
Since then, we’ve been fulfilling all the advance orders and plotting publicity campaigns. This morning, we finally had the chance to sit down, draw breath, look at what we’ve achieved, and revel in a sense of great pride at helping bring this beautiful, delightful, entertaining, book into the world. It really is very, very good.
Oh, and if you’ve missed out so far, you can get your copy here. Be sure we’ll pop it in the post as soon as we can.
