Invite: Waterstones Covent Garden - 9th April

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Invite: Waterstones Covent Garden - 9th April - Unscripted Event

Good afternoon,

You're invited to join Unscripted author, Claire Handscombe, in conversation with Love Factually author, Laura Mucha, at Waterstones Covent Garden on 9th April from 6:30-7:30pm! This is a free event but tickets must be booked in advance at https://www.waterstones.com/events/claire-handscombe-in-conversation-with-laura-mucha/london-covent-garden.

Claire Handscombe, British author, now living in Washington DC, and host of the BritLit Podcast, is gearing up for a tour of places that hold a special place in her heart over the next fortnight, including Cambridge, Norwich and London, as part of the promotional schedule for the launch of her debut "smart beach read" novel - Unscripted.

If you'd like to send a photographer or reporter along to any of the events, or if you'd like to interview Claire at any time during her fortnight in the UK (first half of April) please get in touch. We can also send you a copy of Unscripted for review/competition prizes. If you'd like to help support Claire, spread the word about her events etc we'd love to hear from you! We've included a press release below the events info too...

Thanks,

Helen Lewis

Thursday 4^thApril - Private Book Launch Party

Guest list only cocktails and author Q&A (small number of press passes available)

LIBRARY, London, 6:30-10pm

Tuesday 9^thApril - Claire Handscombe in conversation with Laura Mucha

Free tickets, live event in store: https://www.waterstones.com/events/claire-handscombe-in-conversation-with-laura-mucha/london-covent-garden

Waterstone's Covent Garden, 6:30-7:30pm

Friday 12^thApril - Meet The Author - Signing

Free attendance, pop in to say hello and meet the author

WHSmith Cambridge, 14-15 Market St, Cambridge CB2 3PE, 1-3pm

Saturday 13^thApril - Meet The Author - Signing

Free attendance, pop in to say hello and meet the author

WHSmith Norwich, 27-29 Gentlemans Walk, Norwich, NR2 1NA, 10am-Midday

Saturday 13^thApril - Meet The Author - Signing

Free attendance, pop in to say hello and meet the author

Waterstones Norwich, 17-19 Castle Meadow, Norwich NR2 1PB, 1-3pm

ADVANCE INFORMATION MEDIA SHEET

Unscripted

By Claire Handscombe

Nobody is a bigger fan of actor Thomas Cassidy than Libby. Nobody. That's why she's totally going to marry him.

She is going to write a novel, name the main character after Thom, and find a way to get it to him. Intrigued and flattered, he will read it, fall in love with her prose, write to her and ask to turn it into a movie. She will pretend to think about it for a week or so, then say, sure, but can I work on it with you? Their eyes will meet over the script, and fade to black.

It is a fail-proof plan. Except for the fact that Thom is a Hollywood star - not A list, perhaps not B list, but certainly C+ - and she is, well, not. Except for the fact that he lives in America. Except, too, for the tiny age gap. Not even twenty years! Totally overcomable.

All of the obstacles are totally overcomable. It's all about determination.

About the author

Claire Handscombe is a British writer who grew up in London, Brussels and Suffolk, and now lives in Washington, DC (since 2012), ostensibly to study for an MFA, but actually, let's be honest, because of an obsession with The West Wing.

Though she wrote prolifically as a child, she did so in French, her mother tongue. After she moved back to the UK at the age of 12, she found herself increasingly thinking in English, and with her gradual loss of French came the loss of writing as a creative outlet.

Claire remains an avid fan of The West Wing and an active member of its community of devotees. She has met any of the cast, self-published an anthology in 2016 entitled Walk With Us: How The West Wing Changed Our Lives, and helped organise the first ever gathering of fans of the show, The West Wing Weekend, which took place in the DC area in 2018.

To date, she has written five novels, of which Unscripted is the third, and the first to be published. She was recently longlisted for the Bath Novel Award for another. Her journalism, poetry, and essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Bustle, Writing Magazine, and the Washington Post. Claire writes regularly for Book Riot, a major publishing website in the USA, and hosts the Brit Lit Podcast, a fortnightly show of news and views from British books and publishing.

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