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Castles, International Women and Fru Fru - My Writing Week

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This week I've been making good progress writing my next historical saga, The Bakery Girls . It's taking a lot out of me, and will do until I finish the first draft, but I'm loving the heroine, Rose and what I'm putting the poor girl through! This week I travelled to Lumley Castle in County Durham for a meeting about the talk I'm giving there on March 22. It's now SOLD OUT but there's a second date added for Sunday June 28.  To book your tickets, have a look here at the castle website, under Events then Talks and Teas. And this is the gorgeous room I'll be speaking in. This week was International Womens' Day and I was delighted to be chosen by Sunderland Mind as their No. 1 favourite Sunderland author. How wonderful is that? I was included in The Sunderland Echo's list of women who've made their mark, on International Women's Day too.  Read the full list here. And I'm going to be at the wonderfully named Fru Fru & Friends shop in ...
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Pink Slice! Pink Slice! Pink Slice! - My Writing Week

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This week I've continued to make great progress writing my next historical saga, The Bakery Girls .  I aim to finish the first draft by June.  Also this week I received the proof copy of my next Scarborough cosy crime and I'm working my way through final adjustments before it goes to be printed.  It's Music to Die For at the Seaview Hotel and stars an 80s band who reunite for the gig of a lifetime, but one of the band ends up dead before the gig takes place. The Bakery Girls made its way to The Sunderland Echo, and made front page news! I've teamed up with local baker Mullers Bakery in Sunderland. They're baking a special batch of pink slice cake to send to London for my publisher to include it on the cover of the book. The photoshoot takes place this month and the book is released next year.  You can read the full story here . The Sunderland Echo featured me again as the talk at Lumley Castle this weekend has SOLD OUT. Another date has been added for June.  A...
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Keeping it local on World Book Day - My writing week

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It's been a fantastic week!   I've started writing my next historical saga for Headline. It's called The Bakery Girls and I've made a wonderful, strong start.   Elsewhere this week my new book Celebrations at the Toffee Factory  was included in The Bookseller's list of paperbacks coming out in May.  They also included an image of the book cover, which was good to see. I held the book launch for the hardback version of  Celebrations at the Toffee Factory.  This was held in the Crafty Gift Shop in Chester-le-Street, on the site of the toffee factory which inspired the books. The lady who owns the shop decorated the window and is such a great support. In another local, supportive shop, The Petal Patch in Ryhope (where my Ryhope sagas are set and where I'm from), a local trader is making mini versions of my books in a mini bookcase. I'll be offering these as a competition prize soon so watch this space. My cosy crimes were featured in the wonderful Sc...
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Winner announced - Signed Book and Toffee Box competition

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We have a winner! Congratulations to go Alyson Hilbourne who has been drawn at random to win a signed copy of Celebrations at the Toffee Factory and a box of toffees. Prize will be sent today.  Thank you to everyone who entered. You can buy my new book at bit.ly/ToffeeCelebrations __ Glenda Young BlueSky:  @Glenda Young Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com
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Book Launch, Belgian Dirk and BBC Radio York

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Ooh! Another busy week and I'm loving it. This week was the launch in hardback, ebook, audiobook and large print of the final book in the trilogy Celebrations at the Toffee Factory. First off here's the real life Dirk who I named my character after in my book - Celebrations at the Toffee Factory.  This smashing man is Dirk Musschoot, a Belgian, who helped me with the research into the Belgian Birtley town of Elisabethville. This was also the week when I began writing my next historical saga The Bakery Girls.  It's set in the slums of the East End of Sunderland in 1902. It's going great so far. 4 chapters written, 41 to go! You can read an exclusive extract from Celebrations at the Toffee Factory at http://glendayoungbooks.com/celebrations And the book launch is tomorrow - all welcome! Plus my publisher Headline is offering you the chance to win all three books and toffees. Enter here . And I was interviewed live on BBC Radio York this week, talking about the TV develop...
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Listen to my interview on BBC Radio York

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I was interviewed live on BBC Radio York today about my Scarborough cosy crimes in development for the screen. You can listen to my interview at 36 mins in at this link. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002rbty __ Glenda Young BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com
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Publication Day! Celebrations at the Toffee Factory

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It's publication day of the latest novel from Glenda Young Celebrations at the Toffee Factory is the third and final book in the toffee factory girls trilogy.  It's the end of WW1 and the factory celebrates. However, while the Great War has ended, Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its troubles are far from over. Order your copy now.  It's out today in hardback, ebook and audiobook (paperback is coming in May). __ Glenda Young BlueSky:  @Glenda Young Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com
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