Party planner Pippa Middleton scores £400k publishing contract

Party planner and sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa Middleton, has clinched a £400,000 deal for her first book from Penguin’s commercial imprint, Michael Joseph.
 
The book is to be titled How to Be the Perfect Party Hostess and set for publication late 2012, after the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June.
 
“It will be about entertaining and how to throw the perfect party. It’s not just about being the perfect hostess – it will also include recipes and information about how to host different types of events,” a ‘friend’ to Middleton was quoted in the Daily Mail. “Pippa has been sketching out the chapters and has decided to start each one with an amusing anecdote.”
 
Middleton works for London-based events company Table Talk and edits The Party Times, an online newsletter on the Party Pieces website.
 
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