On Friday, July 6th, 2012, music icon and National Book Award winner Patti Smith graced ABC Amsterdam for one hour to sign books.
What you may not be aware of is that we only got the green light for this signing one week earlier. We sent out press releases, mailed all kinds of websites and affiliated groups, facebooked it, tweeted it, put up a window display – in other words, we tried very hard, in such a short time, to get the word out that she would be there, so that all her fans would at the very least be aware of this opportunity, and hopefully manage to get themselves over to the store as well!
Happily, a lot of you made it. People lined up at the front door before Ms. Smith arrived, and the queue stretched all the way around the corner of the store. We had a few strict rules to abide by, but they did ensure everyone had a chance to get something signed.
Thank you to all of you who came for keeping calm and carrying on, and we hope the encounter with your personal hero was worth it (even if it was ever so brief!).
Even more pictures can be found on our Flickr page.
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Leanne Delehanty was born in 1948, of Irish parents. She lived in America until she was 16. She then left for Europe, where she worked and studied for many years. Her first publication was in New York, by ‘The Small Spiral Notebook’, a magazine for international writers. In 2006, ‘Jimmy and the Pink Diamond’ was translated and published in The Netherlands. Her next children’s book, ‘The Tiger and the Star’ is awaiting publication. Her last book, ‘The Brussels Legacy’ has just been edited. She has had many international art exhibitions, and there are world-wide collectors of her paintings. She has studied in Paris, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Boston and Amsterdam. Leanne Delehanty has been living and working in Amsterdam since 1988. She is a former member of the SCBWI, and her work was featured in their international summer conference in Los Angeles, 2008.
