Captain Looroll Launches!

Last week was a very busy week as my new picture book Captain Looroll launch into the big wide world! I did two window displays at Bags of Books in Lewes and The Book Nook in Hove as well as a little event thing at the latter. On the whole Captain Looroll seemed to go down well. as always with a new book you are petrified that no one will like it and self confidence takes a real battering! It didn’t help that when I arrived last Friday in the pouring rain at the bookshop in Hove to start on my window painting, there was a queue round the block for people waiting (in the pouring rain) to get a book signed by David Walliams! It was so busy I couldn’t get in and as I trudged off back past the huge queue to get a cup of tea (in the pouring rain) I thought my life would make a good sit com! “Don’t worry, they’ll be no such problems tomorrow” I joked upon my return and indeed I was right. When I finished the window just in time for my event thing the following day a smattering of kids and their bemused parents turned up to see a middle aged man read a book about a superhero toilet roll! As I was setting up, one kid, aged about 8ish asked me if I could read a different book instead! I told him I’m contractually obliged to read only my own books. He didn’t look pleased! All in all though over the few days Captain Looroll seemed to go down ok though and the window looked pretty colourful!