11/28/2022
Want to write a book? I believe everyone has a book inside of them! 📚💗
And when the stars align, the recognition a book can bring is priceless.
Having our agency’s first book, “The Japanese Art of the Cocktail,” nominated for an IACP Award means the world to us.
We are so proud to be side by side with authors and writers that we greatly admire. They include Robert Simonson, Rodney Scott, Pepper Teigen, Steve Raichlen, Missy Robbins, Talia Baiocchi, Nathan Myhrvold, Padma Lakshmi, David Kaplan, Alex Day and many others.
We thank Nancy Hopkins, IACP’s President, and the wonderful IACP team for organizing such a delicious awards ceremony that we will never forget.
It was almost four years ago when our agency launched HLC Book Media to take our clients’ brand building and PR to the next level. Our goal was to incubate authors among our clients and help tell their stories on a global level in the long form of a published book.
It was a crazy idea that became an incredible journey of discovery. We have learned so much through the process and now appreciate every book even more, knowing how much love and work goes into them.
We also thank our partners who made this incredible book possible. They include our co-authors, Katana Kitten’s Masahiro Urushido, who shared his life story and treasure trove of incredible recipes, and my boo, Michael Anstendig, for his tireless researching, interviewing and writing.
We thank our agent, our contributing bartenders, our photographer and our publisher for believing in us.
And lastly, we thank our PR and social media team at Hanna Lee Communications, which persistently and creatively promoted our book and spread the word. 😘
Stay tuned for our next client who will be spotlighted in our next book!
