• Historical Fiction Cover Competition December 2019

    Do you love historical fiction? What makes you choose one book over another? For most of us, the cover is the first thing that attracts our attention. For me, the cover has to look professional and must convey genre and a hint of what the story is about. Each month I will be taking a…

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  • Announcing the New Release from Lesley Field – Dangerous Desire

    A Little About Lesley: Lesley Field is an award nominated author of romantic novels who lives in North Yorkshire, often described as “God’s own county.” Before retiring she spent her working life pursuing personal injury claims. Now at a time when she should be thinking of early nights and cocoa, she finds herself writing somewhat…

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  • Historical Fiction Cover Competition November 2019

    Do you love historical fiction? What makes you choose one book over another? For most of us, the cover is the first thing that attracts our attention. For me, the cover has to look professional and must convey genre and a hint of what the story is about. Each month I will be taking a…

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  • A Conversation with Author Kelly Evans

    This evening in the Library we have Kelly Evans, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Kelly, please introduce yourself: Born in Canada of Scottish extraction, Kelly studied history and literature at McMaster University and creative writing at Humber College,…

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  • Historical Fiction Cover Competition October 2019

    Do you love historical fiction? What makes you choose one book over another? For most of us, the cover is the first thing that attracts our attention. For me, the cover has to look professional and must convey genre and a hint of what the story is about. Each month I will be taking a…

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  • New Release News! Katherine – Tudor Duchess

    Katherine – Tudor Duchess New from Tony Riches, Author of the best-selling Tudor Trilogy Available in eBook and paperback from Amazon UK and Amazon US (Audiobook edition coming in 2020) Attractive, wealthy and influential, Katherine Willoughby is one of the most unusual ladies of the Tudor court. A favourite of King Henry VIII, Katherine knows…

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  • A Conversation with Author Penny Hampson

    Today in the Library we have Penny Hampson, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Penny, please introduce yourself: Hi, I’m Penny, and I came rather late to writing my own stories. After working in the Civil Service for several…

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  • This evening in the Library we have ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Eric Schumacher, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into his life as an author. You are very welcome, Eric, please introduce yourself:  Sæl! (that’s hello in Old Norse). My name is Eric Schumacher and I write historical fiction stories set in the…

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  • A Conversation with Author Anna Campbell

    Today in the Library we have ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Anna Campbell, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Anna, please introduce yourself:  Hi everyone! Hi Pam! Thanks for having me as your guest today. I’m an Aussie historical romance writer who lives on…

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  • Today in the Library we have Mary Ann Bernal who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Mary Ann, please introduce yourself: Thanks for inviting me, Pam. In addition to being an incurable romantic Anglophile history buff, I am also a…

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