God bless all who sail in her – the book is launched, with champagne and speeches. Just the right amount of both.
Helene spoke last holding a bouquet of flowers from mum and Bronwyn, and Dad. (Dad died four years ago, but his spirit lives on, and as he was the author of a couple of unpublished manuscripts, so does the tradition).
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The name that launched her first book - Helene
Helene was preceded by Gary Gaskin, the owner of the gallery and Jenny Gibbs from Helene’s publisher Hachette (two French names in the one paragraph).
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Jenny Gibbs (Hachette) Gary Glaskins (Glaskins Gallery)
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Hi Phillipa, it was a warm 28 degs in Cairns at 7 pm and there were upwards of 120 people jammed in to the gallery! Had a whole lot of fun but am still coming down from the high. Back to work tomorrow…
Great pictures! Everyone looks so summery and Queenslandish…it looks like a fun event, well done