BOOK LAUNCHES LAST THURSDAY
I organised a couple of book launches for two lovely Folkestone authors last Thursday. The first one was for Margaret Harland-Suddes, who had written a YA fiction story which had been taken up by a London publishing company called Austin Macauley. The book is called Finding Kronam. I have read it, and you can read my review here. The food was made by Kara from Everlasting Events. The cupcakes were amazing, and the biscuits, as they were made especially for this event, the cakes had pics of the book on them, very clever. Margaret did a reading and then…
View PostBOOK LAUNCHES THURSDAY 17th APRIL
I am organising these two book launches for our local Folkestone authors. Please pop along to these free events, meet the authors and have a chat. They will be reading a piece of their stories, books are discounted for the event, but the best bit is that there will be food, including cakes and drinks available. I have read both books, the reviews are on my blog, plus I can recommend them both. The bookshop is large with so many books to look at, the choice is amazing. Come along and have a browse and it will keep the kids…
View PostJO BAVINGTON-JONES
GUEST POST FROM JO Crime pays, so they say. And, to a large extent where books are concerned, this is true. My crime novels far outsell my women’s fiction novels. So, having turned to a life of crime (fiction) in 2021, why am I still writing women’s fiction? That’s a good question! Crime and detective fiction are undoubtedly my first loves. From the moment I opened Richard Scarry’s The Great Pie Robbery at a very young age, I was hooked, and my reading taste has never really changed. At fifty-seven, you’ll still see me picking up the latest Robert Galbraith…
View PostTHE BONFIRE BUDDLEIA BY LOCAL AUTHOR
PUBLISHED BY HUT 22 BOOKS ON THE 3rd MARCH 2025 I am so pleased to start reading this book by another of our local authors. Folkestone is the place to live if you are an author as we are buzzing with so much creativity. I was going to save this for my holiday but couldn’t wait lol. I will be finished before I go away. Will have to get a few on my Kindle for my break away to Spain with Lynda. Jo Bavington-Jones was born in Dover in 1967, where her father owned the local newspaper. Jo has an…
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