Michele is back today recapping a bookish event she attended in November, Indies Invade Philly 2021! I've really missed attending in-person book events, so I'm glad I get to go vicariously through her!
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On November 13,
2021, I attended Indies Invade Philly, a huge author event that took
place in, you guessed it, Philadelphia, PA. I have been to other
book events and signings but this was by far the largest one I’ve
ever attended. Over the course of the morning and afternoon
sessions, over 700 romance book lovers got to meet and mingle with
their favorite authors and narrators.
I originally
first heard of this event over the summer and was able to secure
tickets before they sold out in about 10 minutes! When I first got
my tickets, I was really only attending to meet Melanie Harlow and my
queen, Sarina Bowen. But in the months leading up to the event, I
tried to read books by some of the other authors and I’m so glad I
did because I found many new-to-me authors that I intend on following
in the future. Another fun thing about this particular event was
that they also included audiobook narrators – it was really cool
meeting the voices behind some of the books I’ve listened to!
Some of the
authors and narrators that highlighted my day were:
Sarina Bowen
Melanie Harlow
Amy Daws
Amber Kelly
Claire Kingsley
Melanie Moreland
Kathryn Nolan
Lucy Score
Rebecca Sharp
Erin Mallon
(narrator)
Teddy Hamilton
(narrator)
Every author and
narrator was so gracious and lovely and judging by the social media
posts after the event, they were just as excited as the fans to be
able to get together for a book event in person again. This event
was extremely well run and organized and I would highly recommend it to
other book lovers. Special thanks to my hubby for lugging the books
and taking all the pictures while I fangirled for 3+ hours. Can’t
wait until next year’s event!
Have you been to
any big book signings? Any you are looking forward to?
Wow! How fun! This isn't far from where I live and I didn't even know it was happening. So much fun! I am glad you got to go!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was a great weekend and I can't wait to attend again next year!
DeleteOh this looks so great! I'm glad you had a good time! 😍
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was a lot of fun!
DeleteI'm already looking forward to hopefully being able to go next year!
ReplyDeleteYou'll love it!
DeleteWe are just starting events here, but i haven’t been yet — it’s been a mix of too busy and nothing that really got my attention. I hope some are coming up next year — i am looking at these photos and missing this sort of goodness!!
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard about this event until this summer and they've been running it for years!
DeleteOh that's so cool that they included audiobook narrators!
ReplyDeleteVery cool and different! My husband used to work for an audiobook company so he actually spoke to them more than i did!
DeleteOh wow, this sounds like such a cool event!
ReplyDeleteIt was so great and so well run! Definitely looking forward to next year!
DeleteThis looks like such a fun event! Looks like a nice mix of authors as well.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't read a lot of them before the event, but I did find some really awesome new authors to follow!
DeleteBowen really is a queen. I adore her books. It's been so long since I attended an event like this. Loved the opportunity to experience this vicariously with you
ReplyDeleteThat's so nice to hear! Hopefully we can all get to more of these events in 2022.
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