Alice-Miranda in Japan: High Tea at The Tea Salon by Georgia Cameron

Hello Friends,

I am so thrilled that my new book, Alice-Miranda In Japan is out in the shops in Australia.  During the school holidays we had three wonderful events to celebrate the release (some lucky children got to buy the books two weeks early) at a beautiful place called The Tea Salon in Sydney.  One of my good friends, Georgia Cameron, who is ten years old, wrote a fantastic recount of one of the high teas.  You can read it below.  A big thanks to Georgia for sending this to my best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey (who also happens to be a friend of Georgia's too).

On 22 January 2014, there was a very special event to celebrate the launch of Alice Miranda in Japan at the Tea Salon at Westfield in the City. It was great fun and very busy.

We arrived early at the tea salon because my mum, my little sister Julia and me travelled into the city with Jacqueline (except that we call her Jacquie). There were lots and lots of people coming to get their photo taken with her and also buying the wonderful Alice-Miranda and Clementine-Rose books. Everyone really wanted Alice- Miranda in Japan! We were all queuing to get into the Tea Salon because there was such a big crowd but luckily we were the first one’s seated. We met some people called Melissa, Eugenie and Araminta and enjoyed chatting and eating scones with jam and cream, pink cupcakes, sushi and ribbon sandwiches. Julia ate 2 or 3 cupcakes!  It was so busy that Jacquie couldn’t even sit down or eat anything.

Jacquie gave a speech about Alice- Miranda in Japan as an introduction. She knows a lot about Japan because she went there with a school group and she’s been back with her husband Ian too. She also read the first chapter of Alice- Miranda in Japan but not anymore because authors don’t like giving away their stories. Jacquie asked if anybody had a question and a row of hands popped up very fast. These were some of the things people wanted to know.  Why did you become an author? When did you publish your first book? And do you have any kids? When people asked Jacquie that question she said she had a step daughter but she and Ian don’t have any children together but I think of Alice-Miranda and Clementine-Rose as her children.

 

At the end of the speech Jacquie signed some more books and then we all headed home. It was a fun time and I loved it and I hope that everyone else that was there enjoyed it to.

Georgia Cameron

Thanks for the great report Georgia,

Lots of love,

Alice-Miranda xxxx

There are some more lovely photos of the event below.

High Teas in January!

Hello Friends,

Happy New Year!  I can't believe that it's already 2014.  Doesn't time fly.  I'm really excited that my best grown up friend, Jacqueline Harvey will be heading back to The Tea Salon in Westfield Sydney, twice in January and something extra special is happening while she's there.  My new adventure, Alice-Miranda in Japan will be available - two weeks early!  It's sure to be a lovely morning with lots of yummy cakes and sandwiches. There's tea and coffee for the grownups and milkshakes and other delicious drinks for the children.  If you'd like to come along you need to get your parents to book - and do it soon because these things have a habit of selling out very quickly.

https://theteasalon.com.au/site/alice-miranda-childrens-high-tea/

Hope to see you soon.  Have a wonderful New Year with plenty of fun and mysteries and friendship and kindness.
Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xxx

High Tea at the The Tea Salon Westfield Sydney

Hello Friends,

The past couple of weeks have been very busy.  My best grown up friend Jacqueline Harvey has been doing lots of writing and editing and is so excited that my next adventure, Alice-Miranda In Japan is almost ready to go to the typesetter (that's the person who turns the typed pages into book pages).  The book will be out in Australia on the 1st of February 2014.

Last week we had two lovely high teas at the Tea Salon in Westfield Sydney.  The Tea Salon is gorgeous and the food was very special.  It was wonderful to see so many friends there and I was so thrilled that my friends at Betts Shoes and Fabrik gave us four vouchers worth $100 each to give away as lucky door prizes.  The girls who won couldn't wait to go shopping!

I have to mention two of my special friends, Georgia and Imogen who came along to celebrate Imogen's birthday.  Georgie baked Heaven Cake that morning and brought a slice for Jacqueline Harvey to try - she said that it was delicious.

Thanks to everyone who came to the teas.  I'm sorry if you missed out but we're having some more high tea events with the Tea Salon in Sydney in January and I can't wait until their new Tea Salon opens in Melbourne and we can have an event or two there next year.

Here are some of the photographs from the day.

Lots of love,
Alice-Miranda xx