You are cordially invited... to me blinkin' debut book launch innit!
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2025 - TIME: 18:30 - 20:30 TELL YOUR FRIENDS & GRANDMA!
*deep breath*
So, you know that book I announced a few months ago wot i wrote during a trip yo Pakistan? Yeah, well it’s nearly ‘ere in’t it - eek!
I’m garnering total numbers first, and want to do an initial call-out to friends, family, ex-colleagues, colleagues, ex-lovers, lovers, and high-spirited folks. We need a bloody celebration don’t we? Given that 2025 has been a bit fas©h-y (bleurgh), now is the time to let yourself in on some joy - and that’s where I want to share it with you, dearest supporters, readers and my true champions.
I want this party to be wot provides you all with some post-summer relief after three heatwaves and a packet of nastiness in all corners of geo-politics.
The world is - to put it lightly - ablaze during a time of concentrated g-eh-0h-cide which we as subjects of a certain nation feel hopeless for, and I really do want to thank those who still engage despite the cost of speaking up (see Nadiya Hussain’s erudite interview here to explain the cruel, deeply shameful treatment by the establishment)
What does one do at a book launch, I hear you ask? Well, if you ask a publishing professional (hell, I did ten years in-house to know even I as a sober suzie feel warm wine is part of the ritual of awkward shuffling in a stuffy bookshop and cheers-ing at the end). I do want to make my launch, well - a bit more exciting (though there will not be any warm drinks (unless we suddenly get snow in September, given the state of climate catastrophe may well be an inevitable - bah, humbug), but I do want it to be a celebration of you - the people who have seen me grow, and become the person I am today. I want it to be a celebration of being Chappell stans, me stans (give me a moment to indulge myself and then some), but also for other outsiders who were told that they never were to belong in an industry I’ve not only navigated but now am soon to be the end product for.
🤠I don’t know about you but slap on some glitter (eco, obvs), don a pink cowboy hat ‘cos y’er invited to the PINK PONY CLUB!
There will be dancing, singing, special guests (👀) and all you need to do is email me hamza@hamzajahanzeb.co.uk to let me know if you can attend on the date: Sep 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm
I look forward to hearing from you all and again, cannot thank those who have already pre-ordered and supported enough. It really does mean the world to this lancashire lad, from accrington who has to pinch himself every day at least a dozen times that my dream of being an author is now a soon-to-be reality.
Take care, and have a gorgeous rest of your week, Hamzatrons*!
Hamza
xo
*yeah, deal with it 🦄