Authors speech at the book launch it is lovely to see such a big crowd here today thank you all for supporting the event and in particular to geoff morris mc and judith justice prakash goh for their introductions. Im posting up today the text of the speech i made to launch the alliance of independent authors groundbreaking new book, opening up to. In addition, the book room collective has a proud record of launching books. My job is to launch a book which ive actually read skipping some of it, but i have read it. My book launch speech i officially launched my book, singapore version 2. If you want to write a speech for a book launch, you should write with a good mood and positive thoughts, so that after reading the first lines of your speech, people would not want to put the book down, but continue to read it. My book launch speech at the london book fair debbie young.
Writing launching speeches might give you the overwhelming feeling since you do not get to write a speech every day or even at least once a month since launching events do not happen on a daily and usual basis. Speech at the launching ceremony for the book the story of the. An author mustnt talk about their book much during their own speech. Author bolaji eyo recently hosted an event for the launch of what i never knew when i said i do, a concise guide to maintaining healthy relationships. Speaking wont do you much good if the speeches coming out of your mouth arent memorable ones. Mayor gives keynote speech at book launch onwards and upwards. Sally bibbs latest book strengthsbased recruitment and development. I needed to talk about how i got there, to that moment, standing holding a copy of a wicked kind of darkin front of family, friends and bookindustry guests. It sometimes takes many years to write a book and years to conceptualize and create a product. This is unusual for a person launching a book, in my.
Successful book signings help drive word of mouth, move books, built your credibility and platform as an author, speaker and expert in your. A book launch plan for firsttime authors without an. Alternative proposals for a better singapore, on sunday 30 january at the oxford hotel. Hosting book launches and events the book room at byron. The local media especially radio attract bigger fish like sharks around chum, but they might only attend if theres a story within a story and nothing attracts a story as much as celebrity. That role is for the person launching your novel, in my case the brilliant irina dunn. But if you do not have enough inspiration and ideas for a good text. The story of the eel and other stories from uripiv. This was a joint book launch with my workers party colleague yaw shin leong, who has written a chinese book, towards political development and vibrancy. If done well, the book launch will help draw people to you online because theyve read your book and enjoyed it, not because youve tweeted at them to buy it. Tips for a successful book launch well, first and foremost, press coverage is pretty vital.
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