All about my launch

It was fabulous. I wish I could offer you photographic evidence of it's fabulousness, but none of my regular photographers were there. So you'll just have to trust me when I say – it was fabulous.

Books were sold. Food was eaten. Drinks were consumed. I had many a pot of Kilkenny, and I was happy [image error]

It took place in PJ O'Reilly's Irish Pub, in Civic. I wanted a party atmosphere, because this is something momentous to celebrate and let's be honest – there's no guarantee I'll ever have a trilogy to launch again. And since the gadda are Irish, of COURSE it had to be at an Irish pub.

The atmosphere was very convivial – lots of chatter, lots of laughter. I had all my family there, which is always wonderful – I didn't know my brother Christopher was coming but he drove FOURTEEN hours from Brisbane to get there – that's love.

Kaaron Warren gave the launch speech, and I was quite blown away by it, particularly when Kaaron complimented my wordcraft. I don't see myself as that skilled in that area, so to have someone as magnificent at it as Kaaron to compliment it made me a very happy girlie.

I read a portion of the book – it was really hard to choose what to read. In the past two books, finding a dramatic scene that didn't give away too much of the plot was easy. But in Rogue Gadda, it's HARD! Finally, I chose a scene where we get to spend time again with Jack Gorton – not that dramatic, but fun.

I signed books and then we sat, and ate, and drank, and chatted, and it was exactly the experience I wanted.

If you're in Canberra and you want a signed copy of Rogue Gadda (or indeed Secret Ones or Power Unbound), Dymocks Canberra Centre have some right now. They sold books on the night for me and were quite fabulous.

So, there it is. Rogue Gadda is all baptised, launched and now its out in the world and I just have to wait and see if it finds its place and gets some love, or not.