A great time was had by the great crowd who turned up–despite the extremely wet weather!–at the Sydney pre-release launch of Jack of Spades, which was held at the wonderful Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft. (It was actually a double launch, with Sophie Masson’s picture book with illustrator Christopher Nielsen(Little Hare) also launched at the same event. ) The fantastic author Pamela Freeman launched Jack of Spades, and Sophie and Yvonne Low, who created the cover and internal illustrations for the book, both had a few words to say. There were book signings afterwards, and a great buzz around the book! Thanks to everyone who came, to Pamela for her inspiring words, and to bookseller extraordinaire Paul McDonald, who made this such a wonderful event!