It's Official: 16 January 2027
Choosing a release date should be simple. You pick a day, and the book comes out on it.
My original plan was early December. Christmas, gift-giving, people with time on their hands: perfect. Then I counted backwards. Proofread, cover design, formatting, advance copies, readers who need a few weeks to actually read the thing. December quietly left the building.
I'd never realised that writing the book is just one link in a long chain.
And after more than twenty years since I first put pen to paper on a Tokyo commuter train, there seemed little point in rushing the final stretch.
So, after much deliberation, the date is set:
Love, Secrets, and a Plate of Sushi comes out on Saturday 16 January 2027.
Tom, who has strong views on timetables, would like it noted that he'd have planned all this properly from the start.
Between now and then, there's still plenty to do. If you'd like to follow along, the newsletter is the best place, and it comes with the first chapter free.
Want to read the whole book before it's published? Free advance copies go out in November.
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