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How do you celebrate a book launch? When I planned my debut launch back in pre-pandemic days, I was lined up for a launch in a major bookshop in London. Excitedly, I sent out invitations far and wide. I imagined myself in a little black number, graciously bowing to a rapturous audience after my first reading. Think Carrie’s book launch in only my publicist wouldn’t arrive red-faced from a chemical peel, and mine would