FOLKESTONE BOOK FESTIVAL 2023
What a brilliant event from the organisation to the talks it was one of the best! The new curators Jen Thatcher and James Harkin did an outstanding job with many interesting authors and events this year. I attended some of the talks including Frances Tophill from Gardeners World which was a highlight for me as gardening is one of my passions. I bought one of her books about rewilding your garden, which is good and available on Amazon. Hopefully, Frances will be able to do a talk at my writing group next year about writing a gardening book. One of…
View PostFIREWORK WORDS
I can’t say I enjoy fireworks as they seem so much louder now than they used to be, sparklers used to be my favourite as a child. I feel there should only be group events as they can be so unpredictable in the wrong hands. So, here we have something different for fireworks night, a picture….. Make a list of ALL the words you can think of to describe this photo. Who will think of the most words, unusual words, or longest words and let me know? Happy & Safe November the 5th
View PostFLOWERS AND BOOKS
If friends were flowers I would always pick you. What a brilliant present idea for a gardener! You could use real or an artificial plant then maybe packets of seeds in their favourite colour. I love those old watering cans, I saw one in my mum’s garden so will see if I can sand it down and paint it then put a pretty plant in it to stand by the door. Got the pic from Swyzee’s books Something for the children to do so you can keep a watch on how much they are reading, they could…
View PostTHE HYTHE FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL LAST WEEKEND
We had a great authors area this year with some coming on different days so we had a great selection of authors and books. Debby Jones organised our area where she also launched her book Dan Hawk Psychic Detective which is available on Amazon here. Well done everyone, a super five days and a few books sold so all our authors are smiling. The variety of stalls this year was amazing, everything from cheese to material! It definitely made for a great day out. Then you had the choice of what food to eat while watching the many varied acts…
View PostWANT TO SEE MORE?
HEAD DOWN TO HOLMANS FIELD IN HYTHE OPPOSITE SAINSBURYS, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ONE-WAY SYSTEM ON SUNDAY 30th JULY So many great stalls there this year plus the assortment of food venues is amazing so definitely something for everyone, I doubt anyone will go home without buying something.
View PostHYTHE FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY UNTIL SUNDAY FROM THE 26th JULY This is one of my favourite food festivals that is local to myself, it’s also nice to catch up with friends there and experience all the new stalls. The writing group I run has a marquee with many local authors coming along to meet their readers to sign and sell their books. Write By The Sea will be selling all three of the anthologies that the members have written. The variety of stalls is amazing as are the street foods and different drinks on offer. You can buy your food and drink, find…
View PostRADIO – ACADEMY FM
Academy fm radio, Folkestone, Kent As usual, I will be on the radio the first Wednesday of the month, this is to give an update about the events happening with my writing group, Write By The Sea. I will bring along Mark Stay as my guest this month as he will be doing an event for the group on the 20th of July at 6 pm. Click on the radio link and you can listen live. RADIO WRITING GROUP KAREN’S WORLD
View PostNATIONAL WRITING DAY
21st JUNE 2023 Do you write every day? I am trying to get back into the habit of doing this and to be honest I actually feel better when I do as I feel like I am accomplishing something and getting to finish what I am working on. This site has some ideas https://firststory.org.uk/writeday/ You don’t have to be writing a story or book, it can be just what you are happy about or even doing a diary so you can look back in years to come and see what you were doing and how you were feeling then. I have…
View PostBOOK COVER REVEAL
My writing group in Folkestone called Write by the Sea has published its third anthology called Journeys by the Sea. The book launch will be on Saturday 13th May from 2pm until 6pm at the new bookshop in Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1JP This is a free event for everyone to attend, there will be refreshments, finger buffet and crafts for children to do while you browse the books and meet all the authors. Book shop website here.
View PostCAMP NANOWRIMO
Did you know this was a ‘thing’? I have not heard of it before but I do think it makes sense to have something like this during the warmer months as many writers do take some time off work to complete their writing or even to do some writing when they have some time to themselves. I think the main objective for writers is to just find the time to write and when you have families and a job it gets tough to find some ‘me’ time or should I say ‘writing time’ You can have a writing time whenever…
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