I’ve tried my best to send personal invitations to people, but now the removalists are here, and I haven’t got my proper computer in Adelaide anyway, so I don’t have email addresses, and facebook keeps eating my messages…and anyway, what’s a blog for if not the occasional piece of shameless self-promotion?
Here is a cut and paste of the invitation, but I can’t work out how to get the cover off the pdf, but you can see it here. Also, there should be logos for the school, Wakefield Press and Fox Creek Wines all of whom are awesome. I was a bit shy about having a launch, but because of them it will be fabulous.
Do come. I’d love to see you.
Sturt Street Community School and Wakefield Press invite you to
the launching of a fabulous new novel Black Dust Dancing
by TRACY CRISP
When: 5:30 pm Monday 23 March 2009
Where: The Quadrangle,
Sturt Street Community School, 221–239 Sturt Street, Adelaide.
Tracy Crisp is an author, comedian and a past member of the school
committee; her two boys were also students at Sturt Street.
Ten dollars from the sale of each book on the day will be donated to the school.
Refreshments served and wines supplied courtesy of Fox Creek Wines.
adelaide from adelaide 
As an ex-Gilles Street Primary, I still get the urge to chant childish, competitive things when I hear Sturt Street Primary. They beat us at soccer that one time. Oooh … we’ll get ’em!
Congratulations. Self-promote away I say. Hope the launch goes well. With Fox Creek wines on board I’m sure it will.
Am I allowed to bring my camera for blogging purposes?
Good luck at the Launch, I hope you have a fantastic time !
I’d love to come but have been too peripatetic of late. I hope it goes really well, and look forward to reading the book.
(More live blogging??)
Unable to make it after work (all the way from Perth), but hope you have a great time.
Plug away kiddo! Best of luck with it
I would tell my parents to go, but would be too annoyed at them if they read it before I do (childish I know). Will snap up a copy when I’m in Adelaide in April… Enjoy it!
Please let Pav take her camera for those of us who can’t be there – and enjoy the hell out of yourself. I can’t wait to read it.
I would dearly love to be there and finally meet you but I’ll have a drink tonight (or three) in your honour and know that your book (which I’ve ordered) will arrive soon. Congrats!
Congratulations. I hope your book was launched like a Voyager probe into the far reaches of the Solar System. Except I meant that to sound like I wished it would be hugely successful, instead of a bit like I wished it would go far away in space. So congratulations again (she says, twisting her hair anxiously). Hey, just like a real-life book launch.
Hope it was bulk ace.
Have a wonderful launch, Tracy – I look forward to reading it soon. Congratulations!! in anticipation.
Do please blog it, PC.
Imagine if I could attend?
Anyway – I’m so proud *with* you/for you/of you.
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OOooohhh, how I’d love to be there!
Wish I could be there, too! Aren’t you amazing?
Yes, please let Pav, please.
I’d love to come – have a wonderful time !
it’s not here yet (the States) that i can find. Will it be published over here?
Congrats!
I’m coming, with my girls, and my camera, but we’re going out afterwards, and Tuesday is my busy singing day, and Wednesday is my busy teaching day, so PC should get to the bloggage first… But I will be laying my hands on (another) copy of THE BOOK, because I like mine too much to let it out of my hands, and I need to re-read it soonish, but I NEED to send a copy to my mum, who I think will enjoy it enormously.
I hope it goes swimmingly, can’t make it though…I’ll check Pav’s place afterwards.
You are a wonder: Congratulations.
Sadly, I cannot make it on Monday but I will certainly be thinking of you and snapping up my online copy. I would SOOOO love to join you.
Shall raise a glass for you on the day.
Deborah, it will be good to meet you. I will be the traditionally built lady of moderately mature years in the Viet Cong black pyjamas that are my default all-purpose outfit.
(If the plumbers turn up, and finish cleaning the tree roots out of the drains, early enough for me to get there.)
Sorry I won’t be able to be there – but you enjoy every moment of it. You deserve it.
Well done you!!
And I look forward to Pav’s photos.
I hope you do get there, Pav – it would be good to meet you (in 40 minutes or so now). I will be the lady of somewhat mature years accompanied by three girls.
Oh congratulations! And hope it went well. I rang up my fave bookshop where it’s on order and gently reminded the bookshop owner to chase it up a bit.!!
W00t!
Damn. I can’t believe I was in Adelaide for this and read it two days too late. I hope the book goes really well.