… should be (cut out and stick on your fridge if you’re of frail memory):
1. True friends and family – they will buy your book and turn up to your launch party, actually enjoy it and tell their friends.
2. Your publicist – I would say this… but honestly publicists have enough rubbish to deal with [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 13, 2007
The Man Booker and other prizes
I got the phone call as I was putting my grocery shopping into the back of the car. ‘Kate, The Gift of Rain… it’s on the Booker longlist! Can you get to the publicity meeting, Thursday….’
I didn’t drop my shopping but I did drop everything else for about 48 hours. The UK press, quite naturally, [...]
