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SPA Girls Podcast – EP511 – Attending Reader Events

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Wendy, Cheryl and Trudi are off to RARE Melbourne in October 2025 and busy organising ALL the things! So this episode we share all our BEST TIPS (merchandise sourcing, what works, what doesn’t), table set up, what to wear, how to approach reader events, how many books to take (or offer on preorder) and how to calm the nerves / talk to strangers (ha!)

Links mentioned:

Author websites:

Wendy Vella / Lani Blake https://wendyvella.com/index.html
https://laniblake.com/

CA Phipps https://caphipps.com/

Trudi Jaye https://www.trudijayewrites.com/

Beventi https://beventi.co/
RARE (Romance Author Reader Events) https://rarettes.wordpress.com/

Ages of Pages NZ reader event https://www.agesofpagesbookfair.com/

Vellum https://store.vellum.pub/?via=spagirls
Ingram Spark : https://www.ingramspark.com/


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