My new book KOKORO: Japanese wisdom for a life well lived is OUT NOW!
To celebrate the launch of my new book ‘Wabi Sabi: Japanese wisdom for a perfectly imperfect life’ next Thursday August 30, I am going to be doing a Facebook Live Broadcast from the Headquarters of Hachette on London’s Victoria Embankment, talking about Bringing Book Dreams to Life with my Commissioning Editor Anna Steadman, and you are invited!
I know how the publishing world can feel impenetrable when you are on the outside of it, and I also know that many of you have a book dream, so I wanted to make the most of the opportunity of my book launch to lift the veil for you. Anna is the fantastic Commissioning Editor (Non-Fiction) for Piatkus, an imprint of Little, Brown Publishing Group, which is owned by the publishing giant Hachette – not only is she the one who put ink on the contract of my book deal, but also guided me brilliantly in many ways throughout the writing process.
My experience with Anna and Piatkus has been absolutely fantastic, and although I have been carrying around the idea for my new book for about two decades, I find it pretty staggering that we took it from concept (i.e. conversation with my agent over steaming bowls of noodles at a ramen bar) to the book being published next week in under a year.
In our ask-us-anything conversation, Anna and I will be talking about:
And as it’s publication day, we will of course be doing giveaways galore!
Want to join in? It’s free! Here’s how to participate:
Go to the Do What You Love Facebook page to watch live at 11am EST / 4pm UK on Thursday August 30.
If you want an email reminder, just pop your details in the form at the bottom of this page.
If you have a question you would like us to answer during the broadcast, you can send it to us in advance via the form below.