Press People = Book People

Those press people know how to throw a book festival.  At the National Press Club's Book Fair & Authors' Night last Tuesday, there were 80-plus writers signing books, and scores of readers buying books.  But wait, there's more:

That's right, special book fair cookies.  Are they not beautiful?  You know that's a bookworm, right?My mom was with me, so we could jointly sign The Year of Goodbyes:

We had a wonderful time.  My colleague from the Children's Book Guild, Laura Melmed, was also there with her new Hanukkah book.  We were both too busy signing books to chat much, and that is not anything to complain about!