Gillian Leggat, author of the great 'The Golden Highway' will be participating in the Franschhoek Literary Festival by attending Bridge House School. Keep an eye out here to find where she will be as meeting this author is a genuine pleasure and her book is one you will hate to put down. Encouraging a culture of reading in the Franschhoek valley and raising funds for a new community library and local school libraries were important reasons for establishing the Franschhoek Literary Festival in 2007. Julia and her friends Sean, Tanya, Thabo and Kyle find themselves trapped in a mysterious underground cave system , a famous heritage site in the middle of the bushveld. Julia is searching for her parents who disappeared here and are presumed dead - but she won't give up hope. As Tanya, Thabo and Kyle follow a misguided path to imprisonment and debauchery, Julia and Sean must stay one step ahead of the wicked Livedia and her henchmen to evade the clutches of evil, to find her parents and escape this world of deceit. With a little help from new friends Moses, Zechariah and Balaam, will they complete their quest or fall prey to Livedia's tricks? Julia is about to find out, but first she has to have faith...
Settle in ladies of the Marchington WI for a fantastic event as you'll get to hear the author and award winning playwright David McCaddon as he talks about his expertise in IT in Law Enforcement, and of course his brilliant book 'Following Digital Footprints'. This enthralling novel will have you pouring over it from its first page to its last. Following digital footprints is a detective story with a difference. Different sections of a police force are investigating cases of hire car theft, credit card fraud and identity theft using traditional methods supported by ever more sophisticated IT systems. The criminals, meanwhile, become increasingly greedy but appear to be committing their crimes under the radar. The suspense builds, as the police build their case methodically and with the occasional element of luck. There are several twists and turns as the plot races towards a conclusion, and the reader can only wait and see whether the police or the criminals will succeed. David McCaddon has written an enthralling whodunnit by drawing on his many years of experience in law enforcement systems development working with police forces worldwide. The technical details are described with a light touch and this adds to the enjoyment of the novel. A satisfying read.
Head along to Stockton Heath Library on 15th May at 3pm to meet author of 'The Bee Hive', Simon Adepetun. Don't miss your chance to get a signed copy of this wonderful children's book!
Settle in ladies and gents for a fantastic event as you'll get to hear the author and award winning playwright David McCaddon as he talks about his expertise in IT in Law Enforcement, and of course his brilliant book 'Following Digital Footprints'. This enthralling novel will have you pouring over it from its first page to its last. Following digital footprints is a detective story with a difference. Different sections of a police force are investigating cases of hire car theft, credit card fraud and identity theft using traditional methods supported by ever more sophisticated IT systems. The criminals, meanwhile, become increasingly greedy but appear to be committing their crimes under the radar. The suspense builds, as the police build their case methodically and with the occasional element of luck. There are several twists and turns as the plot races towards a conclusion, and the reader can only wait and see whether the police or the criminals will succeed. David McCaddon has written an enthralling whodunnit by drawing on his many years of experience in law enforcement systems development working with police forces worldwide. The technical details are described with a light touch and this adds to the enjoyment of the novel. A satisfying read.
Local author Simon Adepetun is visiting the lucky pupils of Great Sankey High School, as he reads to them from his undeniably incredible book 'The Bee Hive'., the story of two children who are out to find some treasure. Find out what all the buzz is about this story and indulge yourself in the story taht will hvae children and parents alike loving each and every page. Eleven-year-old Daniel Jeremiah Chambers has parents Philip and Susan who love work and shopping and who just don't listen. Daniel is an only child ... no, he's lying ... he has a sister, Alice, who has a dolly fixation; Dan is sure she is an alien. So, Dan has a few problems, none insurmountable, until his friend, Benji, introduces him to the find of the century - a derelict bee hive which could become a den. Of course, such a simple thing is never so simple and when Dan finds a map well, all kinds of things just go horribly wrong. For example - Alice noses her nosey way in and two strange men suddenly turn up wanting what's theirs - and then there's the bank, too. The Beehive by Simon Adepetun is a tight little sharp-witted bumble through a short period in Dan's young life. ‘What's a bumble?' - ‘Shut up, Alice!'
Attend Birchwood Library on 8th May to meet the marvellous Simon Adepetun and get a signed copy of his book, 'The Bee Hive'.
Make sure to get in touch with Nantwich Bookshop as on the 5th of the May, the brilliant author Oliver Mell is signing copies of his debut book 'Godless'. Tickets are being sold by the bookstore for you to get the brilliant chance to meet the author and get a signed book. With doors opening from 6:30, this will be one you do not want to miss. A nightclub, a priest, a soldier returning from Iraq, a young girl and a pervert. In this shady brew, murders are starting and for Peter, just back from Iraq, a job as a bouncer in the nightclub puts him front and centre to the crimes. But what's wrong with his brother, John, the priest? Peter has never seen him look so ill ... maybe he should go out for a beer more often. Maybe ... but then the pervert and the girl wind up in a bad way and Peter gets caught up and when John dies all kinds of guilt crowds in. Oliver Mell's Godless is a rare vampire novel where the reader wades through the limbo of insanity as Peter strives to sort out what is real and what is PTSD in overdrive. When his brother is found hanging in the church, Peter can only follow the steps of the weird young guy who went home with the girl - straight into the world of the vampire.
Attend the Waterstones in Kirkcaldy Thursday night to see the marvellous Robert Leslie and get signed copies of his book 'Death of a Grey Man'. Step aside Inspector Rebus, there's another crime solver stalking the not so mean streets of Edinburgh's New Town. This one comes with calculator, accountancy tables and a broken marriage. When Sandy Gray's father's murdered body is left in an Edinburgh tourist spot and the police investigation stalls he wants to know the reason why. He enlists the help of his erstwhile and much more worldly-wise friend Billy. Together they share the pursuit that moves the action from Scotland's Capital to the Border Country. This is a story that keeps the reader guessing and amused right until the end.
Make sure to skirt the shadows on your way down to Barnton Library in late April as you will get the chance to meet the author behind the new horror book 'Godless'. Have the opportunity to meet the man himself, Oliver Mell. A nightclub, a priest, a soldier returning from Iraq, a young girl and a pervert. In this shady brew, murders are starting and for Peter, just back from Iraq, a job as a bouncer in the nightclub puts him front and centre to the crimes. But what's wrong with his brother, John, the priest? Peter has never seen him look so ill ... maybe he should go out for a beer more often. Maybe ... but then the pervert and the girl wind up in a bad way and Peter gets caught up and when John dies all kinds of guilt crowds in. Oliver Mell's Godless is a rare vampire novel where the reader wades through the limbo of insanity as Peter strives to sort out what is real and what is PTSD in overdrive. When his brother is found hanging in the church, Peter can only follow the steps of the weird young guy who went home with the girl - straight into the world of the vampire.
Simon Adepetun is at the Penketh Library to talk about his beautifully illustrated children's book, 'The Bee Hive'. Come along for the chance to meet the author!
Westbrook Library is hosting an author event with the marvellous Simon Adepetun as he talks about, and signs copies of, his children's book: 'The Bee Hive'. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
Join G. B. Gurland as she talks and signs copies of her remarkable children's book, 'The Secret Files of Phineas Foster', at BookHampton on April 22nd. Meet the mind behind this exciting read!
Make sure to head down to the Cheltenham Children's Library on this Friday morning in late April. Make most of the last few days of the Easter holidays with a reading and signing of books with the author of both 'My Teacher's a Robot!' and 'My Teacher's a Spy!'. Are your teachers mysterious? Are your teachers definitely up to something? Do you really know who your teacher is? It always creates a bit of a stir when a new teacher starts school, especially when that teacher is young and handsome, like Mr Gunning. But why does he have an expensive car? And is he really who he seems? Chloe, Jessica, Kelly and Andrew think not and when Andrew claims he is sure Mr Gunning is a spy the gang just have to find out if that is the case. In a crime thriller for young readers Phil Barnes creates in My Teacher's a Spy! four children who start out simply trying to find out if their suspicions are true but who rapidly discover that the murky waters of intrigue are deeper than they thought. And when Andrew goes missing the girls must pull together, fight their tears and continue their detective course as one by one they, too, succumb to the criminal ... whoever he or she is.
Join the author, Trevor Wrenn, at Gerrards Cross Community Library this month when he talks about his captivating romance novel, 'Love Hurts'. Don't miss out on your chance to meet the author!
Valerie Albrecht, author of 'The Story Behind the Story' is at the Tilba Festival to talk about her book, a gripping biography of a Navajo medicine man. Native American traditions are rich and enigmatic to many, with populations sadly dwindling and protectiveness over the culture that remains. In this book, Valerie Albrecht, Australian Biographer of Indigenous Peoples, writes the life, work and world views of Elroy Begay, a Navajo Medicine Man who unexpectedly invited her to do so. The telling and scripting spread over four years of meetings and conversations, living within his family and community on Chinle Reservation Arizona, attending and assisting his ceremonies and researching. Included is knowledge on the Navajo Creation story; time honoured traditional medicine and ceremonial practices which are permissible to be written; information on reservation family life and Elroy's philosophical perspectives. As well, Albrecht shares her processing of what proved to be an intensely paradigm shifting experience for both herself and Elroy. Clearly interwoven through-out, is Elroy's creed and core principle of acceptance: acceptance of your history, your culture, yourself and your uniqueness, and for the ‘hand' you have been dealt - Elroy is a paraplegic medicine man living, practising and being cared for between two ways of life and two sets of health conventions. He tells The Story Behind the Story to preserve it and to bring hope and pride for his people.
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