May 2018 – Leife Shallcross

It’s about 10pm in the UK on Wednesday 2 May right now, but it’s early in the morning on Thursday, 3 May, here in Canberra, Australia. Which is an exciting day, because that’s the day the hardback of The Beast’s Heart is released in the UK.

Squee!

Hodder are taking my Beast on a bit of a blog tour. Here are the dates!

The Beast's Heart Blog Tour Poster

And here’s a few pics of the launch here in Canberra last week, from my lovely colleague Amber O’Shea.

Two women sitting in front of a wall of bookshelves. They are immersed in conversation. — Angela Slatter asking me tricksy questions.

FullSizeRender001002003 — Harry Hartog Booksellers thought they could only fit 80 people in the shop. As it turns out, they can get about 120 people in.

A woman sitting at a small desk with a book open in front of her. She is writing on the first page of the book. She is looking down at the book and smiling. — My partner gave me a lovely fountain pen to sign the books with. So I spent the entire evening terrified I was going to blot someone’s book. (Spoiler: it all ended happily ever after with no blots.)

A woman sitting at a table. She is holding a pen and has paused in the act of writing something in the book open in front of her. She is laughing. — What? They sold ALL the books? Every single copy?

It went brilliantly. We sold every copy of the book. There wasn’t a single one left in the shop. James at Harry Hartogs closed off the RSVPs at 80, because he thought he could only fit about that many in the shop. As it turns out, he can fit about 120 people in the shop. (He was pretty happy with it all.)