Flaming Nora: Toffee, talks, titles, donations and a VIP invitation

Friday, February 28, 2025

Toffee, talks, titles, donations and a VIP invitation - My writing week

It's been another busy week and I'm loving every minute.

First off, there's a new competition to win a signed hardback copy of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls with a box of Toffifee, enter here.

Also this week I revealed the title of the third book in The Toffee Factory Girls trilogy, this will be released in 2026. Haven't read the first two books yet? Catch up here!

A wonderful email arrived this week from the owner of the Spa Chalet in Scarborough. Now, I've had a picture of the Spa Chalet on my wall since I was a child so this was rather exciting. There is a group of ladies booked to stay there this summer and they're a book club, reading my Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel. How brilliant is that? I was also invited to speak to the group in exchange for a night at the chalet. Find out more about the book at http://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel

Elsewhere this week, I was at the Crafty Gift Shop in Chester-le-Street, near the site of the old Horner's toffee factory which inspired my trilogy of Toffee Factory Girls books. I signed hardback copies of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls and ran out of books within the first five minutes, before I even had time to take off my coat. More books are on their way to the shop as I type. Chester-le-Street doesn't have its own book shop (apart from second hand books) so the Crafty Gift Shop provide invaluable support to me and my books. Discover the books here.

This week I donated copies of Secrets of the Toffee Factory Girls to local community libraries including Fulwell Library, Kayll Road Library,Back on the Map library at Hendon, Boldon and Cleadon Community Library.

I'm celebrating 10 years of my writing life with memories, achievements, awards and today it's a flashback to this day last year when my novel The Toffee Factory Girls was given a double-page spread in the Mirror!

I crafted another episode of my weekly soap opera Riverside for The People's Friend magazine. I've been writing Riverside weekly since 2016 and you can find out all about it here.