Launch Party

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This Saturday, the creative and passionate folk at BookPeople
helped me launch All the World with true Texas verve.

Piles of people came — including lots and lots of little ones, which is the whole point!

We had yummy food, a drawing for prizes, and incredibly beautiful prayer flags for people to decorate
(thanks to my best gals Kath and Bern at Future Craft Collective).

(Most of the cookies were already gone by the time we snapped a picture!)

(See those pretty flags — they say hope, peace, love and trust — big words in the book — and they’re large versions of the little ones people decorated. Swoon….)

I read the book — storytime style — and my lovely (and computer savvy) husband sat behind me and projected the book onto a big screen so nobody would miss the exquisite Marla Frazee art:

And then lots of very, very patient readers got in a signing line that just moved me beyond measure.

Today is mostly a pictorial post because there are no words for how grateful I am that my book was given such a vigorous and delightful birthday party. Thank you, friends!

60 Responses to “Launch Party”

  1. jamarattigan

    Wow! What a fabulous launch party. Wish I could have been there. Great idea to project the illustrations while you were reading. I bet it was magical. 🙂

  3. newport2newport

    Thanks for including us in your launch party. Looks like it was a tremendous success! I love that you had a marquee (!!), a huge turnout, decorated prayer flags, and –very sweet touch–that your husband projected that beautiful artwork onto a screen while you read your gorgeous story.

  5. Anonymous

    I was so sad to miss your big day, Liz. It looks like you and your newest baby were celebrated as you should be. In style. Congratulations!

    Donna Bratton

  6. susanwrites

    Yay! I’m so glad your beautiful book got such a lovely launch. I have my copy all ready to bring along this week for you to sign for me.

  9. Anonymous

    All the World

    Elaine M.

    Liz,

    I picked up a copy of ALL THE WORLD last week. I absolutely love it! Marla’s art is a perfect partner for your lovely lyrical text. I give it A+.

  10. Anonymous

    Tanita Says 🙂

    *applauding*
    The flags! The signs! Everything looked so bright and energetic and lovely! I’m so glad it was great.

  12. Anonymous

    I was at bookpeople early saturday morning and saw the display of your books set up and got misty.

    Unfortunately, we couldn’t make it to the party. I am glad you had such a great turn out.

    hokgardner

  13. Anonymous

    sweet tears

    I was crying there at the event. And I’m crying now looking at it on your blog. It was/is awesome Liz and so are you.

    xo Bern

  14. Anonymous

    love the new site

    Wow, I love your new site- just saw on Shannon’s blog.
    Congrats on the book and the successful book signing!
    Katie

  15. Anonymous

    All the World Book Launch such a lovely success

    Liz, It was a privilege to be part of your book launch. I was so moved by the words when you read them at an ACC poetry reading. Here at Book People with your gorgeous text and you reading to the little ones and to the goodness in all of us was breathtaking, a moment for all of us to remember well. Congrats, Liz! So well done! Rosie