BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE BEING DESPATCHED!!

Hi everyone

Production editor Matt here, just letting you know that Chris and I and his team have spent this afternoon unloading the delivery truck, stacking and storing the books, and starting the mailout process for everyone who’s placed an advance order.

It’s been an exhausting but exciting day, but we were lucky that Brisbane’s stormy summer weather stayed fine – if a little humid – for the crucial stages of the arrival of the shipment!

And if you want to know what one tonne (or 1.7 cubic metres!) of books looks like – and feels like to carry – there are several people who can tell you: me, for one!

Chris is making a few posts elsewhere before he collapses in a heap tonight; he luckily has a hectic schedule of media interviews (radio, newspapers, etc) this week, as well as his eight performances in ABBA MANIA on the Gold Coast … and that’s all before the official launch for his book next Tuesday 16 December in Brisbane!

RSVPs for the event, featuring our VIP guest Judith Durham of The Seekers fame, are coming in thick and fast from around Southeast Queensland, but there’s still time to register your interest, if you use the “Contact” link on Chris’ website/s – http://www.abbaletthemusicspeak.com or http://www.christopherpatrick.com.au or – before Thursday this week (11 December).

So far – in less than six hours!! – we’ve managed to work our way through despatching all the Australian domestic orders, and the international orders begin tomorrow with The Netherlands and Europe followed by our enthusiastic supporters in the USA, South America, Asia and the Middle East.

Our intention is to have all pre-orders underway before the end of this week, so there is a very very good chance they will be received before Christmas … wherever you are!

A very long, dedicated and difficult journey – for Chris himself,  and for the other people who’ve believed in his vision and helped along the way – is reaching an exhilarating climax, and we are looking forward to our readers’ comments and reviews as you start to receive your orders.

One or two more posts to come before we can properly wish you all Season’s Greetings, but hopefully there will be a magical surprise under the chimney or in the stocking for you!