BABES ALERT
Stunners turn out for our girl's big night
Best-selling novelist and Sunday World journalist Amanda Brunker returned to her old stomping ground to launch her latest book this
weekend.
Amanda threw the mother of all parties to celebrate the arrival of her second book at troubled Dublin nightspot Renards, where she used to work as hostess.
Champagne Babes follows the notorious sexploits of fictional heroine Eva, who featured in the author's first bestseller, Champagne Kisses. Many celebs turned up on the night to party with Amanda and hear of naughty Eva's latest shenanigans. They included actor Liam Cunningham, fellow author Claudia Carroll, Xpose babes Glenda Gilson and Lisa Cannon and model Roberta Rawat.
Her colleagues from Sunday World were also there, in numbers, to cheer her on.
Guests
Amanda's pal Blathnaid ni Chofaigh acted as MC on the night, while Anna Nolan and drag artist Miss Veda had guests in stitches when they read saucy extracts from Brunker's new book.
Partygoers quaffed Smirnoff Mule and ate from a seachlaid chocolate fountain, while The Restaurant's dessert chef Louise Lennox provided the cupcakes. It was a family affair too, as Amanda was joined by her mum Betty and long-term love, Philip.
Next day an exhausted but thrilled Amanda told how she'd had a fab night at the launch.
"There's been a lot of hard work coming up to the launch of the book so it was great to let my hair down and celebrate with family and friends," said the novelist.
"It was good fun to be back at my old haunt of Renards and I was chuffed that so many people turned up to wish me well."
Amanda landed a lucrative contract to write two more novels last year following the success of her first book.
"All the hard work's been worth it," she said after signing a six-figure deal.
Success
Champagne Kisses went straight to the top of bestseller lists here last year and is being released in the UK this summer. And the author is hoping that Champagne Babes, which is now in the bookshops, will enjoy similar success.