NEWS & EVENTS
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Watch this space for more events coming up in 2024...
AUTHOR EVENTS 2024
March 12th-14th
My first visit to the London Book Fair and it was brilliant! Delighted to see
I'M GOING TO FIND YOU on the bookshelf with Troubador Publishing
AUTHOR EVENTS 2023
Saturday 25th November 10am - 4pm
Brockweir Christmas Fair at the Mackenzie Hall
Book sales and signings with other Society of Author members
Wednesday 15th November 2pm
Trewin Lodge Book Club, Yate
The highs (and lows) of becoming published followed by Q&A
Wednesday 4th October : Thornbury Arts Festival
'Becoming a Published Author' : Lunchtime Talk and Book Signing
For tickets : https://thornburyartsfestival.org.uk/2020-programme
Thornbury United Reformed Church, Rock Street 1pm
Friday 23 June : Yate 'Have You Read' Club
Yate Library, South Glos 10.30am
Friday 9 June : Somerset Libraries - Book Club visits
Chard Library 10 am; Ilminster Library 2pm
Friday 2 June : Thornbury 'Have You Read' Club
Thornbury Library, South Glos 2pm
Saturday 27 May : Literary Day at Barnstaple Arts Festival
Barnstaple Library, Tuly Street.
Book signings, author talks and workshops from 10am - 4pm
Saturday 22 April : The 9th Annual Self-Publishing Conference
"Book selling from an author's perspective" : College Court, Leicester
Just a few highlights from 2023...
November: Had a brilliant time at the Trewin Lodge book club and at the Christmas Fair at Mackenzie Village Hall in Brockweir
October: Had a great time at the Thornbury Arts Festival and now completing the final edits of book two having had some terrific feedback from early reviewers - more news very soon!
September: No events but lots of writing and hiked a marathon through the beautiful Wye Valley in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care. I now have loads of ideas for book three and know where it will be set!
August: Great to see an article in Crime Readers' News (the sister organisation of the CWA) about my journey "From Accountant to Author" but no events this month as I have been concentrating on finishing book two!
July: Excited to see the eBook version featured in Kobo's "Summer Should be Full of Stories" promotion for the month of July. With their HQs in Toronto they have over 5 million titles and my book - set in Cornwall - is in the "A British (and Irish) Staycation" section!
June: Thank you to the libraries in Thornbury, Chard, Ilminster and Yate for your amazing hospitality - it has been a brilliant month meeting everyone! I'M GOING TO FIND YOU also reached #3 in Canada, #17 in Australia in the "Mystery" genre on Amazon which was quite unreal... and #33 in the UK for "Crime Fiction"
May: Brilliant to visit Tenby bookshop and meet everyone at the Barnstaple Literary Day, part of the inaugural Arts festival sponsored by North Devon Arts.
April: Amazing to see my book at the London Book Fair held at Olympia and I had a blast at the Troubador Publishing annual conference in Leicester.
March: I had a great time visiting Waterstones, Truro and meeting the lovely Emma at Hurley Books, Mevagissey on our trip to Cornwall.
February: Thrilled to have been accepted as a member of the Crime Writers' Association alongside some of my favourite authors including Louise Candlish, Ann Cleeves, Jane Corry and many more... PLUS the first draft of book two is finished!
January 2023: Happy New Year! I hope you had a great Christmas and now the decorations have all been taken down I am looking forward to another exciting year and sharing more news in the coming months.
