|title= Richard James Talks To Bookbag About Popular: The Launch
|summary=Jim went to the launch of [[Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir) by Maya Van Wagenen]]. We insisted that he tell us all about it.
|date=27 May 2014
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I was lucky enough to be asked to represent The Bookbag at the launch a couple of weeks ago of Maya Van Wagenen’s Popular. I was especially pleased as several of my blogging friends - Caitlin, Daphne and Stacey - were going, as was Kate, who has sold me far too many books at Foyles, and it was great to be able to meet up with them there and see them undergo makeovers to get into the 1950s spirit! Sadly the queue was too long for me to get a style change of my own – sorry to everyone at The Bookbag who was hoping to see me with a quiff!