Book Launch: BITTER SWEET by Hattie Williams

The ME Team gathered at Goldsboro Books yesterday to celebrate the UK launch of BITTER SWEET by Hattie Williams. The party was bustling with lots of excited guests there to celebrate Hattie’s remarkable debut. Goldsboro was decorated with artfully arranged copies of BITTER SWEET everywhere, including a gorgeous window display.

We all went outside for the speeches and Charlotte Mursell, Hattie’s editor, started by raising a toast to Hattie’s amazing achievement. Hattie then made a speech thanking the many people who have helped her along the road to publishing BITTER SWEET, including her agent, Juliet Mushens, and the whole Orion team who have worked on her book.

Then, everybody was welcomed back inside for slices of a chocolate cake decorated to look like the BITTER SWEET cover. We can attest that the icing was out-of-this-world! Thank you to the brilliant team at Goldsboro for hosting such a wonderful launch and huge congratulations to Hattie!

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