So my book, my new novel, my fourth book, Dear Magpies, has been out for a month. It was published as a paperback by SilverWood Books on 18th November - and, it seems, people are reading it. Amazing! I've been running [...]
Two weeks tomorrow, on Thursday 21st November at 6.30pm for 7pm, I am having a Book Launch for my new book Dear Magpies, at Winstones Books in Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3PX. I will be giving a talk about my [...]
Creating a book and getting it out into the world is a little like having a baby - though it usually takes far longer. It grows more erratically and more slowly and its birth involves many people of different skills. [...]
Magpies are magnificent. Distinctive by their black and white plumage, they are intelligent and inquisitive - and more superstitions surround magpies than any other wild bird. The most common one is that it is unlucky to see a lone magpie but two [...]
In five weeks time, I’m going to be a grandmother for the third time. Its a role I love – and I’ve managed to get in plenty of training and practice with grandchildren numbers 1 and 2. It’s grand to [...]
Here are some recent reviews of my latest novel: ‘The Lost Journey Homeward’, published in June by Onwards & Upwards in Hardback (£16.99), Paperback (£9.99) and eBook (£5.99). The book also has a number of reviews posted by readers on [...]
It's always a challenge to give a informative entertaining talk to a group of people who have come to an event and are gathered to listen to what I say. Recently I was the Guest Speaker at the Autumn Lunch [...]
My next Event coming up is on Sunday 2nd August at 4pm - Tea and Talk at Beatons Tearooms in Blandford Forum, Dorset. Here is further information: Blandford Tea & Talk Flyer. FLASH FICTION: If you want to read [...]
My new book 'The Lost Journey Homeward' has been well and truly launched - on Sunday 14th June. I decided to do this At Home - in my own garden in Dorset. My last two books had their launch parties [...]
Strange to think, now my new book is for sale, that soon people might be reading 'The Lost Journey Homeward', turning the pages and assessing whether they like the story and what they think about my friends, the characters. It's [...]