1. This picture of all these beautiful copies of Smart at Waterstones in Nottingham:

2. This picture of our own Mary Darby and Clare Wallace (respectively) marveling at the brilliant turnout:

3. And this one of the live music performed by Jake:

4. This fantastic reader recommendation from the staff of Waterstones:

5. This picture of Kim’s editor Rachel Kellehar of Macmillan Children’s Books introducing her:

6. Especially this picture of Kim Slater taking the stage:

7. This one of Kim reading an extract from her debut novel Smart:

8. And this one of her taking questions from the crowd:

9. This picture of Clare queuing to get our copies signed by the author herself:

10. This fan telling Kim he liked the opening line of Smart so much that he’d like her to include it with her autograph:

11. Kim making good use of the perfect space left for her signature amongst the illustrations on the title page of Smart:

12. These fans excitedly clutching their signed copies:

13. This photograph of a debut author and her agent:

14. And finally this picture of Kim Slater and her Darley’s Angels – Vicki Le Feuvre, Mary Darby and Clare Wallace:

SMART is on sale now at all good bookshops. To find out more about Kim Slater and her tips for new writers read our interview with her here.