THE COTERIE BAR LAUNCH WEEKEND 2nd & 3rd of May 2025
DITA GARBO AT THE COTERIE FRIDAY EVENING I was invited to the launch of THE COTERIE, this newly renamed bar along Cheriton Place in Folkestone, last night. Meeting Dita was fun, but over two hours to get ready seemed a lot. But didn’t she look good? It was a fun night and good to catch up with some friends. The canopies looked fabulous and went down a treat. Well done to the chefs for their artistic designs. The garden area looks fabulous and will be used as a super sun trap. This has been painted and decorated very simply…
View PostBOOK 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…
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