What Really Happens On a Book Tour

I’m almost at the end of a book tour that’s taken me to six different states and territories in Australia over three weeks and eighteen events. I have no idea what day it is, I’ve eaten so much hotel room service that I’m about to turn into a club sandwich, and I’ve almost used up all of my signing pens (Artline Calligraphy 4.0, in case you’re wondering!) It’s been a fun and exhausting whirlwind of bookshop visits and reader events, aeroplanes and hotels, book signings and interviews.

My book tou...