More publication news

Before I Go to Sleep will be published in Italian on January 3rd, a day after the UK paperback publication. The jacket is here...

End of Year Round-ups

I'm incredibly happy that Before I Go to Sleep has been mentioned in lots of the 'books for Christmas' and  'books of the year' lists that invariably pop up around this time of year. In particular, it's been featured in The Independent, the Sunday Express, The Sunday Times, The Observer and Amazon's lists.

What's also particularly nice for me is when writers choose it as a recommended read. Howard Blum has chosen the book in this list, and Lee Child has given it a fantastic mention in the Wall Street Journal.

Truly I am honoured and delighted!

Now, to get back to Christmas shopping...

Birmingham Big City Read

I'll be in Birmingham today (December 7th) to help launch an exciting project! Before I Go to Sleep has been chosen as the Birmingham Big City Read!

From now until February 2012, Birmingham Libraries are setting free 1,000 copies of the book  for people to read, review and pass on to a friend.

Take a look here on "Reading Groups for Everyone" - where  readers, reading groups and book clubs can be  part of the project by posting their reviews of the book. They've put together lots of information, which will hopefully inspire you to get reading and to get reviewing.

Some photos

 I just thought I'd share a few photos. Here I am being filmed for the Galaxy Book Awards, at this point still unaware that Before I Go to Sleep had won Crime/Thriller of the year. A pretty bizarre experience, particularly as we then headed off to the streets of Shoreditch to film some outdoor shots. 'Just look at the trees,' they said. 'As if seeking inspiration.' I did my best...

Actually it was much less painful than I might have imagined, thanks mostly to the great team who were filming me. I used to hate having my photo taken, and liked being on 'video' (does anyone still call it that?) even less. So this is a photo I never dreamt I'd see...

And then here's me in Hampstead Waterstones with Decca Aitkenhead. We did an interview together in front of a small audience of Grazia readers, for their book club. It was a huge amount of fun.

 And here I am at the literary salon in Shoretich, hosted by the wonderful Damian Barr. I was sharing the stage with Liz Hoggard and DBC Pierre, who read a new story, so was pretty nervous. But it was a great crowd and I enjoyed the evening hugely. As you can see in the particularly flattering photo on the left.

So that's (some of) what I've been up to...