Last Thursday as predicted, the charity lunch at Tickton Grange in aid of HERIB was great fun and the food delicious as always; the speaker Jane Thornton was excellent as she outlined both her acting career and that of playwright and scriptwriter. A multi tasker of the first degree.
Monday the 11th April saw the start of the Scarborough Fringe Festival. I was speaker at the West Ayton Library and was delighted to see all the chairs occupied by a friendly and receptive audience. I outlined my long connections with Scarborough and area and told of how Scarborough often plays a part in my books, particularly THE HARBOUR GIRL which will be published in November this year.
Wednesday; another charity lunch, this time at Cerutti 2 in Beverley and hosted by Tina Cerutti; this was in aid of the Dove House Hospice Love You 2 Appeal which aims to raise £2.5 million in 2.5 years to fund the running of their new respite unit. Tina demonstrated how to make easy and delicious fish recipes, which we then enjoyed.
Thursday; another run up to Scarborough; I drove from Beverley through Driffield and towards Staxton and Seamer. Although the morning was cloudy and a little cool, it was so obvious that spring is definitely with us; the daffodils on the verges through the villages of Langtoft and Foxholes were just past their best, but were a bright and sunny gold which gladdened the eye and lifted the spirits, the trees are now dressed in their fresh spring green.My outing today was to hear Sarah Waters at the Scarborough Library talking to James Nash about her books and her research into them. What an absolute treat to listen to such a talented author.
Tomorrow, Friday 15th. My final signing session at WH Smith of Whitefriargate, Hull. It has been a long tour, but a most enjoyable one. Next week, I must get down to some serious writing!
Thursday 14 April 2011
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Today I'm preparing my lecture for the Scarborough Literature Festival Fringe event to be held at West Ayton library on Monday the 11th April at 7pm. For further details Heather.French@northyorks.gov.uk
I'm really looking forward to being there as, although the event is to be held a few miles outside Scarborough, the town remains my most favourite seaside! I spent many memorable holidays there as a child, staying with my paternal grandparents and also with a favourite aunt in Irton, not far from West Ayton.
The following Friday, the 15th, my final official paperback signing of HOMECOMING GIRLS, an extra, by special request at WHSmith in Whitefriargate, Hull at 12 noon. Be there if you can!
Regretfully, the scheduled tea party and signing aat SIMPLY BOOKS of Pocklington on Sunday the 9th April has had to be cancelled. We hope to re schedule at a later date. It's a great little independent bookshop. Do call in if you're in the vicinity.
Tomorrow, I'm attending as a guest, a Ladies' Lunch in aid of HERIB -- Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind -- at Tickton Grange Hotel, near Beverley. A lovely location, a guarantee of good food and a very worthy cause. One of my favourite charities. The speaker is to be Jane Thornton, the well known and much acclaimed playwright and screen writer. Should be a good event.
A library event is to be held at Dunnington Reading Room, Church Street, Dunnington, nr York on Thursday 28th April at 7pm. For further details tricia.raxworthy@york.gov.uk
I'm really looking forward to being there as, although the event is to be held a few miles outside Scarborough, the town remains my most favourite seaside! I spent many memorable holidays there as a child, staying with my paternal grandparents and also with a favourite aunt in Irton, not far from West Ayton.
The following Friday, the 15th, my final official paperback signing of HOMECOMING GIRLS, an extra, by special request at WHSmith in Whitefriargate, Hull at 12 noon. Be there if you can!
Regretfully, the scheduled tea party and signing aat SIMPLY BOOKS of Pocklington on Sunday the 9th April has had to be cancelled. We hope to re schedule at a later date. It's a great little independent bookshop. Do call in if you're in the vicinity.
Tomorrow, I'm attending as a guest, a Ladies' Lunch in aid of HERIB -- Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind -- at Tickton Grange Hotel, near Beverley. A lovely location, a guarantee of good food and a very worthy cause. One of my favourite charities. The speaker is to be Jane Thornton, the well known and much acclaimed playwright and screen writer. Should be a good event.
A library event is to be held at Dunnington Reading Room, Church Street, Dunnington, nr York on Thursday 28th April at 7pm. For further details tricia.raxworthy@york.gov.uk
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