So when I found out they were going to be doing a book signing at my favourite bookshop, Queer Lit, I got a ticket immediately.
my copy of heartstopper volume 5 with adorable freebies from the shop |
But one thing I was determined to do was take the Heartstopper jacket I painted a few years ago and ask them to sign.
i spent most of yesterday painting a #Heartstopper jacket! i’m going to be wearing it everywhere for the foreseeable future 💕 pic.twitter.com/NweHEB3LLv
— katie ♛ (@KatieBookQueen) July 29, 2021
My sister and I arrived early as the bookshop is also a café, and they stock some of my favourite tea. So we sat with some drinks for a while before the signing time started. We were also given the opportunity to write out our favourite Heartstopper moments onto a postcard, to potentially be shared on a podcast by The Proud Trust.
the gorgeous pride fan we given after handing in our postcards |
It was completely fine by me because I’d only brought two other books with me – I don’t live locally, and I have a back injury at the moment so I wouldn’t have been able to carry more anyway! Since a copy of Heartstopper Volume 5 was included with our tickets, I decided not to have that signed in order to ask about my jacket instead.
When I got to the front of the queue, even though the lovely assistant told me that they were only doing books today, Alice had already seen the jacket at that point and had decided to sign it anyway since I only had two books - I was so unbelievably grateful!
so i took this jacket with me to meet @AliceOseman and they signed it for me 😠https://t.co/TOOrWOgSq7 pic.twitter.com/oR8l7D3YVT
— katie ♛ (@KatieBookQueen) February 14, 2024
I’m so incredibly grateful to Queer Lit for organising the signing and doing their absolute best, even when things got stressful. I had such an amazing time and I will treasure my books and my jacket!
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