Category: events

Penistone Literary Festival 19th-20th July 2014

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A full programme of events has now been released for the inaugural Penistone Literary Festival.  Headlined by one of the best poets of his generation, Simon Armitage, and best selling author, Milly Johnson, supported by Andrew Macmillan, crime writer M J Fowler, and other local poets and authors, it promises to be a fun-filled two-days […]

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Penistone Literary Festival

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It’s been a while since I posted, I know. I can’t even use working in the garden as an excuse, because on the whole, the weather has been cold, grey and rather miserable. But I had some very good news this month – I’ve been invited to speak at the 1st ever Penistone Literary Festival […]

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February Update

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A belated Happy New Year! 2014 kicked off with a large portion of southern England underwater. While South Yorkshire has been battered intermittently by gale force winds, I’ve been beavering away in my office, and left wondering what happened to January. My writing time has been divided between working on my current manuscript, speaking engagements, […]

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Merry Christmas!

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  Kobo Winner! As those of you who follow this website will know, I decided to giveaway a Kobo Mini eReader to celebrate the release of the audiobook recording of Ring of Lies. Congratulations go to Lisa Pogson, whose name was first out of the hat in the draw for the Kobo Mini eReader.  I […]

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Winter Newsletter….

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First of all, a big, big thank you to everyone who’s purchased or downloaded one of my books, and who left lovely comments and reviews.  It really does make a HUGE difference.  Its also been nice to meet some of my readers at events. You’re a lovely bunch, and always so welcoming. Those of you […]

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It only looks like procrastination – I promise!

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October 2013 You haven’t heard from me lately, and it’s for some very good reasons. No, the dog (Rosie) did NOT eat my homework. I’ve been extremely busy promoting my novels, and – yes, it’s true! – negotiating a contract for an audiobook version of Ring of Lies! I’m delighted to announce that it will […]

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A fun filled day!

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As some of you may know, Milly Johnson and I held a crash course in novel writing on the 17th June. I must admit that, for a short time at least, I had a few sleepless nights about picking a date that coincided with Father’s day here in the UK.  Fortunately, I need not have […]

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Exciting News!

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First of all, I’m on Book IT! on SineFm chatting to Sheila North about books and the workshop my good friends and fellow author, Milly Johnson, are giving on the 17th June.    The interview will be available as a podcast for the whole of June.    http://www.sinefm.com/a_z_of_shows/book_it   Secondly, there are still places available […]

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World Book Night 2012

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World Book Night is now in its second year,  was celebrated in the UK, Ireland, Germany and the USA by tens of thousands of people gifting books. This year it fell on the 23rd April which also marked the birth and death of Shakespeare. The college had been chosen as a giver and had copies […]

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Milly Johnson and I are running an afternoon ‘crash course’ in writing a book in Barnsley on Sunday 17th June, 2pm-5pm Both of us will be giving a presentation, there will be afternoon tea, plenty of time for questions and our latest books will be available to purchase. We’ve both given our course before and […]

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