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Atticus & Oberon’s Sausage Fest!

Here’s all the info you’ve been waiting for on the big shindig to celebrate the release of TRICKED next April at Rúla Búla! Though it might seem waaay early to be thinking of it now, I’m trying to be considerate of some folks who might need to make travel plans, think of an excuse to get off work, arrange for cots at their friend’s house, and so on.

It will be held on Saturday, April 28, from 3-6 pm—though you are welcome to stay once the place is opened to the public. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Here’s what ticket holders get for $33:

—A signed, personalized copy of TRICKED.
—Your choice of three entrees: Atticus’s fave, the fish and chips, or Oberon’s fave, the bangers and mash, or a strawberry salad with chicken. (These are all on Rúla Búla’s menu online.)
—A drink ticket good for your choice of iced tea or soda, a pint of a fine draught beer, or a well drink.
—A souvenir pint glass emblazoned with the logo you see to your left.
—A signed, limited-run poster of the event, suitable for hanging in your garage and taunting all your friends.
—Musical entertainment, and I promise it won’t be bagpipes.
—Best of all, time to chill and chat with people who like beer, sausage, urban fantasy, and doggies! There’s no line to stand in. I will come to visit YOU. We can make goofy faces for your camera phone. You can ask what happened to my hair. We can sing loudly and badly and irritate the band. It’ll be awesome.

I love meeting people but I hate lines, so I thought this would be more fun. If I do a regular signing at a bookstore, I can’t do an Irish Car Bomb with you or nurse a glass of Tullamore Dew, or Redbreast, or any other fine Irish whiskey while we chat for a while. Chatting for more than 30 seconds at a bookstore is generally out of the question because of THE LINE. So my solution was to bring a legendary bookstore— The Poisoned Pen—to the legendary Rúla Búla. The people at The Poisoned Pen are completely awesome. They will ship internationally and they’re great about getting personalized stuff taken care of, too. So if you’d like extra copies for friends/family, or if you can’t make it at all but would still like a signed copy, please give ’em a call!

TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, at 11 am EST. You can buy them right here on my blog. I will post a blog entry at that time with a link to the “store” where you can buy tickets. Limit 2 per household! It’s through PayPal, which will basically allow you to pay with whatever credit card you like.

What if you can’t get one of the 100 tickets? Well, you should come by anyway at 6 pm! Rúla Búla will be open to the public then and I’ll stick around too, because where else would I want to go besides Rúla Búla on a Saturday night? If you place a pre-order with The Poisoned Pen ahead of time, your book will be waiting for you, and I’d be so pleased to meet you and natter on! I might have some of the pint glasses left, maybe some other stuff too, but there will definitely be books and beer and cool people wherever you look.

If you have a dog, make sure you bring pictures! :)

If you’re thinking of coming from out of state and making it part of a wee vacation, Phoenix Sky Harbor is only about a ten minute drive from Rúla Búla. If you have any questions, ask in the comments and I’ll try to answer quickly. :)