Hello Restless Ones,
Today is the day! Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups 2 has scrambled, slid and pedalled its way onto bookshelves across the globe.
Available as an eBook, audiobook (narrated by me!) and huggable, sniffable paperback version.
Here is a picture of my excited face on launch day:
🎧 Audiobook — out direct or on Google Play now, more platforms coming soon.
It’s a collection of true travel stories about freedom, family chaos and escaping the everyday.
These are my favourite tales from small adventures over the past five years. There are solo-escapes, friend-ventures, journeys with one kiddo, and some with all three kids in tow — like that time we ran 16 miles from Bristol to Bath, ahh memories!
For those who want to gather le vibe of the read before getting stuck in, here’s a taste:
It was official; I was the most un-fun person on the planet.
It was the start of the summer and instead of going to friends’ barbecues and running trails and generally having a merry old time, I’d spent the afternoon managing a toddler meltdown and trying to soothe our unwell baby twins, who had just turned six months old.
I was feeling exhausted, battered, tired, downtrodden and not like myself at all. I didn’t even have the usual energy to attempt to pull myself out of the funk. The bright ‘n’ bouncy version of me was lying face-down somewhere beneath a sea of Calpol and dirty nappies, waving the white flag of surrender.
When all the kids were in bed, I sat on the sofa, staring into space, trying to work out how in the world I was going to (after a night of very little sleep) get up and do it all over again the next day. Then Jamie walked in the room.
‘J?’ I said.
‘Yes, my dear?’
‘I need to sleep on a mountain.’
As an independent author (i.e. I am the publisher) I would love your help to get the book into the ears, and onto the bedside tables of as many readers as possible.
Ways to help include, but are not limited to…
🛍️ Buying it. If you’re planning to spend your hard-earned cash, getting the book this week gives the algorithms a cheeky boost and shoots me up the booky-charts. Whoosh!
📣 Telling an adventure-lovvin’ friend. Much as I shout about all I do, I still get lots of messages from people saying ‘I’ve just found you… how have I only just found you?!’ Apparently I can only shout so loud, alone — so I would be super grateful if you pulled out a mini-megaphone and shouted (nicely) at someone too.
Paid subscribers — because you were the magic peeps who made this book happen, you should already have your free copy of the eBook or audiobook. Please drop a comment if it didn’t make it to your inbox, and I’ll load it onto an adventure-horse and gallop it to you.
📕 LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CHAT 🚀
⏰ 7.30pm BST
🗓️ Thursday June 18th
🔗 Click here to tune in on Substack
I’ll also be live on Instagram and Facebook at the same time too. Tune in wherever you fancy for more stories-behind-the-stories and the chance to ask some questions. You know me, I’ll tell you anything.
Phew. That's the lot, and more than enough excitement for one day.
I'm off to have a cup of tea and lie face-down in a chocolate banana muffin now.
✌🏻 Until next week,
Anna xx
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