It seemed that there would be many anti-war protestors at the event after several [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Tony Blair will be visiting the White House on Wednesday, where he will attend a dinner as well as participate in talks regarding the Middle East. The former prime minister’s launch party that he had scheduled for his memoirs has been delayed.

It seemed that there would be many anti-war protestors at the event after several threats were received, and publishers were worried that this would have a negative effect on the book’s sales in the United States. Following his visit to the White House,

Mr. Blair will head to Ireland where he will do a book signing. Next week, he will finally return to Britain to do a book signing in central London. Following this, he will go back to the United States where he will receive the Liberty Medal from Former President Bill Clinton.

The royalties that Mr. Blair has made from his book will be donated to the Royal British Legion, the former prime minister has announced. His memoirs, entitled A Journey, are set to be published on Wednesday. However, sales in Britain will likely not reach the high numbers that were previously expected. Both Terry Pratchett and Nigella Lawson are also releasing books this week, and Mr. Blair is behind both of them in orders.

Consumers on the online retailer Amazon have pressured others to boycott the memoirs in online forums. Inside the book, Mr. Blair talks about his relationship with Gordon Brown, among other things. According to sources, he speaks highly of George W. Bush inside the book, and defends his controversial decisions involving Afghanistan and Iraq.

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His book, titled The Journey, has been described by the publishers at Random House as very candid and inclusive of both his successes and his “disappointments” throughout an often [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The long awaited and much discussed memoirs of former Prime Minister Tony Blair are now scheduled for publication in September, in time for the Christmas books market.

His book, titled The Journey, has been described by the publishers at Random House as very candid and inclusive of both his successes and his “disappointments” throughout an often controversial career.

Many are waiting eagerly to see what Mr. Blair has to say about his successor, Gordon Brown.  The relationship between the two has been rather stormy; there is speculation as to whether Mr. Blair wishes he had promoted a different candidate for the office, and whether the current Prime Minister will suffer unkind cuts in his predecessor’s account of the events and decisions that took place.

Mr. Blair stands to make a lot of money for his book, including a large sum for the serialization by a British newspaper, so the publishers are not about to reveal any specifics.  However, the opinion of those close to the author seems to be that he will not do much bloodletting, as that is just not his style.

Not a diary-keeper, Mr. Blair says he has been nagged by his publishers to finalize his notes, many of which have been written longhand during his frequent-flyer hours.  When he left Downing Street, Mr. Blair said he wanted to get his new life going before hashing over the old one.

Now almost ready for publication, The Journey will undoubtedly provoke some animated discussions and probably some harsh criticism, but Mr. Blair has said he hopes to describe what that journey was really like.

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