{"id":362,"date":"2011-03-15T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lynhughes.com.au\/?p=362"},"modified":"2011-03-15T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T03:29:48","slug":"launch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Flock Book Launch a Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-411\" title=\"Flock_sq-6902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_sq-6902.jpg\" alt=\"Flock Launch image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Last Friday was a very pleasant early Autumn evening in Sydney. Even though thunder storms were looming from the Blue Mountains to the west, there was only a tiny hint of cold in the air and I was looking forward to riding my motorcycle into the city. My name is David and Lyn Hughes was kind enough to invite me to the launch of her new book Flock.\u00a0The function was held last Friday evening at the premises of Gleebooks in Glebe. The shop has a wonderful ambience and the upstairs space is a great spot for events.<!--more--> There was a good crowd in attendance and everyone enjoyed the nice finger food, wine and beer. The walls were covered with a huge array of fascinating books but everyone was there to hear about Flock. Sue Brockhoff, Head of Fiction at HarperCollins was the first to speak about Lyn and her book and then introduced Professor Amanda Lawson to officially launch Flock. Amanda had the audience enthralled and amused as she went into a bit of the story behind the book. Flock was then declared launched. Lyn responded, thanking Professor Lawson and giving the audience some author&#8217;s insight into the writing of Flock. With the speeches over it was back to a buzz of lively discussions amongst the guests along with more food and wine. Lyn must have literally had writer&#8217;s cramp by the end of the evening after signing so many copies of her book for the eager crowd. It was a very successful launch and a fun social occasion as you can see from the photos I took&#8230; and I got home before the storms hit \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966;\">Click on images to see larger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6786.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-368 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6786-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Amanda Lawson\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Amanda Lawson launching Flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6833.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-437 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6833-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lyn Hughes at Flock book launch\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyn Hughes speaking at Flock launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-375 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6858-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Guests at the Flock launch\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests at the Flock launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6846.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-373 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6846-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lyn signing her book, Flock\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyn signing her book, Flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-376\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6873.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-376 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6873-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lyn signing her book, Flock, for a guest\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyn signing her book for a guest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-380\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6887.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-380 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6887-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lyn Hughes\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyn talking to guests at the launch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-377\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6877.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-377 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6877-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Flock book launch crowd\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People queue to have copies of Flock signed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6906.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382 \" title=\"Flock_lores-6906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lynmhughes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Flock_lores-6906-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lyn autographing Flock\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyn autographing Flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flock was officially launched with a great function at Gleebooks, Glebe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[5,7,8,9,10],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyn-hughes","category-flock","tag-book-launch","tag-flock","tag-glebe","tag-gleebooks","tag-lyn-hughes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lynhughes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}