launch party of Gaynor Arnold

I was reminded on my way in to Lichfield that tomorrow evening is the launch party for Gaynor Arnold's Girl in a Blue Dress. It is free, starts at 7pm, takes place at Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham, and was no doubt timed to benefit from yesterday's Booker shortlist announcement, a shortlist that Gaynor disappointingly did not make (but then neither did Sir Salman Rushdie). Gaynor is one of two authors speaking at this year's Lichfield Literature Dinner on Friday 26 September.