There was an excitable buzz last night at the launch of Daisy Dunn’s debut books: Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet and The Poems of Catullus, at Peter Harrington Rare Books in Dover Street, Mayfair.
Among the 200+ guests pounding the shop’s floor were Ian and Victoria Hislop, Sir Simon Jenkins, Hannah Kaye, Mike Grady, Hugo Williams, Giles Milton, Suzannah Lipscomb, Michael Cockerell, Gordon Corera, Thane Prince…
All gathered around beautiful first edition copies of books like Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming, A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield…
Catullus’ Bedspread tells the story of Rome’s first great love poet. It’s a little bit saucy and steamy… and the collection of poems contains Daisy’s beautiful translations of Catullus’ work.
The books are released on the 28th January, published by HarperCollins.
Alice Dunn 