Indie Book Day in Auckland

[P.D.R.]

For those of you near enough to get there this is a day to celebrate Indie books. They will be on sale. I know Tui and Antony will be there. I'm trying to get there.

Auckland Independent Book Festival

A festival to showcase New Zealand's own independently published authors and illustrators. There will be hundreds of different books covering the full spectrum of genres and age groups.

The inaugural Auckland Independent Book Festival will be held in Devonport on Saturday 16th August, an initiative to let the reading public know great books for all ages are still being written and published.

All ages.
When: 16th August, 10 am - 4 pm
Where: St Paul's Church Hall (now the National Chess Centre)
1. Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland 0624

Region: Auckland
Cost: Free to Public
Disabled Access: Yes
Contact: Facilitator, Louise de Varga (www.kapowaibooks.co.nz)
Tel: 09 445 9392.
Email: c4s@clear.net.nz or contact@kapowaibooks.co.nz

[Carolyn]

I'll be there too - really looking forward to it. My ebooks are on CreateSpace and Amazon, and my calendars are on Lulu.com. I'll be there with children's writer and poet, Amanda Edwards, and I'll also be representing my father's paperback and ebooks. If you missed out on his recent free givaway of "The Gentle Giants" (by Gordon McKenzie)don't miss the fair for more giveaway opportunities. www.ventimgilaaltawords.com See you there.

[P.D.R.]

Alas, I'm on the waiting list. The stalls sold out. Still, finding the airfare was impossible unless other authors chipped in and no one has any money either!!!!

The organiser has offered to sell our Writer's Choice books for a commission.

[P.D.R.]

Been offered a share of a table!
Now to find the airfare.Cheapest so far is $268 but I've no pals to stay with any more. And how to get round Auckland without a car is a problems. Ah well. One at a time. it's Devonport so I could catch the ferry! Sigh, this is where I miss my husband who was so good at finding places.

[P.D.R.]

Wonderful, all settled. Airfares paid! Bed and board sorted due to really kind people here. Who will be there?

Now who is going to look after my animals? Must find some good WWOOFers.

[P.D.R.]

Any South island writers lurking here. I will sell your books for you if you like. Get in touch.

[P.D.R.]

I think I will call my table the South Island Indie writers as I have seven writers asking me to sell their books.

If you are around do please come and make yourself known so I will have voices to put to faces. There are free lollies!

And it will be nice to meet you all.

[Carolyn]

Mine will be called 'Inspired by the Italian Riviera ...' look forward to meeting you too!

[P.D.R.]

Oh good! See you there, Carolyn.

[Antony]

Looking forward to this :)

[P.D.R.]

It will be a good time. I'll catch up with you nice GR people and be able to chat to readers.

[Sue]

So looking forward to meeting you! I will be sharing a table with Julie Scott, author of the Chittens series for children, J.L. Pawley, who is midway through publishing her YA series Generation Icarus (about teens who grow wings) and Rich Copping (aka Chard Andrews), a ship's captain who's about to bring out a maritime thriller set in Auckland in the future. We are all ex Pear Jam authors forging ahead (okay then, mostly floundering around) in the SP world.

[P.D.R.]

Sounds good. We can discuss the best ways to get distributors and the best way to promote our books.