and did so with style and more than a touch of glamour! The event began with a reception where most of these photos were snapped. Please forgive for I have forgotten some name (pls don't be shy if it's you or someone you know - let me know).Blogger is playing up so I will just list the pictures in order.
Roger Sanderson (aka Gill Sanderson) and Anne Ashurst (aka Sara Craven)
Louise Allenand Evelyn Ryle
Jenny Haddon, Catherine King and Trisha Ashley
Carol Townend and Kate Hardy (who has a great write of the lunch on her blog)
Julie Cohen(who also has a wonderful write on her blog) and another author
Judy Astley
Susie Vereker, Brigid Coady and Carol
Biddy and moi!
Jane Wenham-Jones and you know who
Mary Zacaroli, Carol Sheldon (agent) and Elizabeth Harris
Emma Beswetherick (editor Piatkus) with Paola Ehrlich (Piatkus) and Cath Burke (editor MIRA)
Jane Wenham-Jones and Katie Fforde
Julia Gregson receiving the Romantic Novel of the Year Award for East of the Sun
Julia celebrating.
Judy Piatkus shortly after she received the Life Time achievement award
Jan Jone Jan Jonesand Catherine JonesCatherine Jones (aka Kate Lace)
Victoria Connelly and Jean Fullerton
The winner of the Romance Prize, India Grey
The pub afterwards!
Fellow Novel Racer Cally Taylor and I - amazingly still standing!
Katie Fforde, Susannah Kearsley (short listed author for the main award) and Janet Gover
I have run out of steam I'm afraid................ will post links to other blogs with more detail.
What's the buzz on the health of the British publishing industry? Every time writers here get together, it's all about house layoffs and plummeting print runs.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you, Liz. Great photos too.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see everyone looking so gorgeous and glam
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had such a great time!
It was great to see you again. I loved your jacket, gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYou're such a wiz with the camera, all the photos I took were hopeless. Thanks for posting these.
Brilliant - so great to see you all there. You look very glam, Liz. A couple of nice photos of Katie, too.
ReplyDeleteOoh thanks for that Liz, I love looking at photies. Glad you had a good time. x
ReplyDeleteWas a great do, Liz, and so lovely to see you.
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks Liz. Lovely to see pictures of the event.
ReplyDeleteIt was lovely to see you again - even if briefly.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. Thank you for posting.
I do note one common feature of most of our pics - glassware! SNORT!
Good to know that you arrived home safely. :-)
great pics Liz - looked like a good do!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos, Liz! (What does it say about me that I just took pictures of the food?)It's enabled me to put some faces to names. I see you have Emma Dunford down as an agent, when she's an editor with Piatkus, and I think that's Paola Ehrlich, their publicity person, next to her who was also on our table.
ReplyDeleteShe is Emma Beswetherick now. The one on the right is Cath Burke - the Mira editor who has been involved with the RNA anthology.
ReplyDeleteCorrections made Jan and Jane :-)
ReplyDeleteCS - posted the scuttlebutt that I heard on today's post.
Susie - how the cold has gone!
Nell missed you.
Tanks Leigh.
Thanks Debs. No would believe I bought the jacket in ehem...Asda. Great to see you too :-)
Thanks ChrisH and L-plate.
JJ - next year try and plan a trip home at the right time and you can be my guest :-)
Ray-Anne - I wish I had taken a picure of your fab shoes :-)
FP - it was wonderful.
Jane the food was brilliant and very worthy of photos but I was too busy eating it!!!!
How good of you to post all these photos. Especially with blogger acting up!
ReplyDeleteI wanna go next year!
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