The audience was packed, the atmosphere was great and the books were much in demand. It was a wonderful celebration of Cherry Smyth’s debut novel Hold Still.

The books

One of the first happy buyers, many were to follow

The audience crowding round the grand piano

The audience enjoying themselves

Having a drink

Some fans can’t wait until they get home and start reading there and then.

Cherry Smyth introduces Hold Still

and treats us to an excerpt

and another one for good measure

The author with the publisher

That’s an interesting question!

People queuing to get their book signed

A special dedication

A happy end to the evening

A big thank you to the October Gallery for providing such a lovely venue and to Cherry for finding a wonderful pianist and photographer.

The printed book is now available to order from this website and all good bookshops in the UK and the USA, and shortly also from Amazon.com.

The ebook is available in Kindle and epub formats from this website and in Kindle format from all Amazon websites.

For bulk orders please contact the publisher: bernadette@hollandparkpress.co.uk, + 44 (0) 7792611929