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Home / home / Some Takeaways from Last Night’s Book Launch

Oct 11 2019

Some Takeaways from Last Night's Book Launch

Last night ASP hosted a book launch for its 2019 titles at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Here are some takeaways from the party.

(Photos courtesy of Hankins Lawrence)
A Young Lot Celebrating the 2019 Launch (all photos courtesy of Hankins Lawrence)

The Indie Community is Thriving in the DMV

Over eighty people came out to Bethesda last night to see Reuben Jackson, Linda Watanabe Mcferrin, and Joanna Biggar read from their new books. The applause was thunderous and laughter spread infectiously through the crowd lending a warm, room-filling atmosphere to the night.

(Photos courtesy of Hankins Lawrence)
L-R: Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Richard Peabody, Grace Cavalieri (Photos courtesy of Hankins Lawrence)

The ASP Legacy Book is Becoming a Bona Fide Institution

Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Navigating the Divide makes three. With Richard Peabody, the first writer canonized in a Legacy Volume, and Grace Cavalieri, the second writer so--and our Maryland Poet Laureate-- in attendance, we sold many Legacy Books at our books table and were afforded the opportunity to preach the mission and doctrine, so to speak. Grace Cavalieri, as well, highlighted the mission of the Legacy Series--publishing devotedly independent authors and literary citizens who boast large bodies of work--in her introduction for Linda.

Linda Watanabe McFerrin with ASP Book Designer Randy Stanard and his partner, Deb
Linda Watanabe McFerrin with ASP Book Designer Randy Stanard and his partner, Deb

The ASP team is like a family

ASP founders, Rose Solari and James J. Patterson, have brought so many people together in order to make these books feel and read and look special, that there were points last night where the party felt like a sort of family reunion. There is an incredible amount of effort and hours and division of labor that goes into these books. The long list of people Rose thanked in her introduction last night was only half the story.  But, no matter how many people work on the books, those who listen to our authors, who attend our events, who buy our books, who are literary citizens of the indie community, know that they are receiving something authentically ASP.

L-R: Scattered Clouds by Reuben Jackson, Melanie's Song by Joanna Biggar, and Navigating the Divide by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
L-R: Scattered Clouds by Reuben Jackson, Melanie's Song by Joanna Biggar, and Navigating the Divide by Linda Watanabe McFerrin

Rose Solari Knows How to Throw a Party

Food and wine, beer and books, a playlist from James J. Patterson's personal collection designed to fit the moods of our 2019 books, an introduction from The Writer's Center's always entertaining Amy Freeman, book swag, author signings, lots of literary mingling, and a whole host of credentialed presenters and readers, one thing is for certain, ASP Co-Founder, Rose Solari, knows how to throw a party!

Rose Solari addresses a crowd at The Writer's Center.

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