From rock stars to royalty, sequins to sobriety, TV and Trinny, broadcaster and author Susannah Constantine has seen it all and now you can read it all in her rollocking new memoir Ready for Absolutely Nothing.
To celebrate the book’s launch, fans and keen readers are invited to the Bookface Sip & Swap event at Arta, in Glasgow’s Merchant City on Saturday 3rd December, where, in the intimate surroundings, Susannah – socialite and fashion ‘guru’ – will lift the lid on her memoir in a 45-minute chat and Q&A session with broadcaster and former Strictly contestant Kaye Adams before signing copies and meeting guests.
Ready for Absolutely Nothing has already received rave reviews. In the succinct words of Elton John it was ”Absolutely brilliant” and, reminding him of reading Lady Anne Glenconner, Graham Norton summed it up as “Sensational, juicy, honest, terrific!”
Now sixty and sober, Susannah was born into a life of privilege and the definition of the ‘it girl’ – privately educated, vacationing at Balmoral with the Queen, posing for Patrick Lichfield on Mustique and hanging out in Mayfair’s posh private member’s clubs like Tramp and Annabel’s.
Her career in fashion PR took her to the US before she teamed up with Trinny Woodall where the successful duo told women the world over what not to wear. Reality TV appearances saw her on Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity. Aside from the sequins and scorpions there was also the realisation that she had to get sober and change her life.
Susannah, already an accomplished author, said “I love Scotland. I holiday there every year and my beloved nanny was Scottish as is Alistair Blair, a brilliant fashion designer who played a big part in my life when I started out in fashion working with John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani.
“I’m thrilled to be coming to Scotland to celebrate the launch of my book!”
Heather Suttie from Coatbridge, avid reader and founder of Bookface, the online book group with 2300 members globally that focuses purely on sharing great recommendations with the simple premise ‘ Life is too short for **** books’ said “We’re thrilled to be hosting Susannah at two events in Glasgow. I read her memoir in two sittings and gave it a five star review, she will make a super guest and we expect tickets to fly out the door for this Sip & Swap.
“Books bring us together and guests love the book swap as there are 400 titles to choose from. It’s a great way of saving money, living sustainably, picking up ‘new’ books, getting together with people who really love reading and hearing from talented storytellers like Susannah”.
Tickets priced £20 are available HERE.
The event runs from 2-4pm.
Susannah’s memoir Ready for Absolutely Nothing is published by Michael Joseph (£20) and available from all good book shops and is currently £10 on Amazon.