Launching a book in the time of Covid

On Thursday, my third book was published. Speaking to my Mum on the phone, she said: ‘well, you said you didn’t want a book launch this year – now you haven’t got one.’ She was right – I had a big launch party for my second book last year, at the beautiful Hatchards bookshop in London, with champagne and a book signing and even the presence of Bill Nighy* – and although I loved it, I also found it quite stressful, so this year I’d already sworn off the whole thing.

Of course, when the day came t...