Flaming Nora: Waterstones Promo, Community Book Club and Future Plans

Friday, October 17, 2025

Waterstones Promo, Community Book Club and Future Plans - my Writing Week

This week has been fairly relaxing during my break from novel-writing which will last until the end of this year. It's a time to think about what I've done already and to plan ahead. And I will have some very exciting news for you soon on my future plans.

Talking about exciting, the quote from Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton du Beke about my novel Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel has my head in a spin! I created this video to stay thank you to Anton and you can watch it here.

My next saga Celebrations at the Toffee Factory comes out next year, but you can get a whopping 25% off the price of the hardback if you pre-order. I'm delighted that my book has been chosen by Waterstones for this amazing offer. It's valid until the end of Friday 17 October. Order here.

There are so many wonderful community centres and groups in our region and I'm teaming up with Easington Lane Community Access Point (ELCAP). They're starting a new book club on Monday November 3rd and have chosen my novel The Miner's Lass as their first book to read. What a treat! I'll be at the very first session to talk to book club members about the inspiration behind the book. Find out more and join the book club here.

Also this week I visited the wonderful Sunderland Women's Centre to discuss an exciting collaboration. I'll bring more on this in the coming weeks. Stay tuned. Visit their website here.

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.