Book launch, Bishop Auckland and the BBC - my writing week

This week starts with the big reveal that I've been keeping secret for ages!  There's to be more cosy crimes set in Scarborough and published by Headline. The next one will be called Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel and is about amateur ballroom dancers.  You can read the full press release at The Bookseller website here.

Last weekend I was at The Mining Art Gallery in Bishop Auckland for a book signing of my novel The Miner's Lass. Lots of people turned up to say hello and it was a wonderful day.  Went for a coffee in the cafe in the town hall where there is a book case full of books on display and I was overjoyed to see Belle of the Back Streets there!

My books were included in The Sunderland Echo's list of Christmas presents to buy for the Mackem in your life!  See all the suggestions here.

Listen to me on BBC Radio York chatting about my Scarborough crazy golf cosy crime book launch for Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel this Saturday from 12-2 at Central Tramway funicular.

I start talking at 16 mins, 45 seconds at this link here.

My novel was reviewed wonderfully in The Peterborough Telegraph.

And it was featured in a competition in That's Life Crime Scene magazine.

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

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TODAY - paperback release of Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel

It's out TODAY in paperback!

FOUL PLAY AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL is a cosy crime murder mystery set in Scarborough, Yorkshire and published by Headline. 

A murderer plays a killer game when a team of obsessive crazy golfers arrive at Helen Dexter's Seaview Hotel to compete in a tournament held in the seaside town. 

The ruthless team captain aims to win by fair means or foul... then the rival team captain is murdered. 

Amazon link: bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel

It's the third in the Seaview Hotel series of books, which were shortlisted for Best New Crime Series in the Dead Good Readers Awards 2022 with Richard Osman and Val McDermid at Harrogate International Crime Festival. 
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Listen to my interview on BBC Radio York

Listen to me on BBC Radio York chatting about my Scarborough crazy golf cosy crime book launch for Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel this Saturday from 12-2 at Central Tramway funicular.

I start talking at 16 mins, 45 seconds at this link here.

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

My exciting news revealed - there'll be MORE Scarborough cosy crimes

I've been sitting on news for months that is finally out in the open today.

There's to be MORE cosy crime novels published by Headline and set in my beloved happy place of Scarborough.

The first one is out in 2025 and will be called Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel. It's about amateur ballroom dancers and I can't wait to start writing it!

You can read the full press release at The Bookseller.

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Glenda Young

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December newsletter, Christmas competitions and a book launch

My Christmas newsletter is now live with FOUR competitions to win signed books!

You can read it online here.


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Glenda Young

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Writing in the sunshine by the pool - My Writing Week

Last week I was overseas on holiday where I spent one day by the pool editing my novel in progress. Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls. What a fantastic office for one day this was!

Since I returned home, I've been very busy making the edits to the work and also gearing up for the paperback release of my next cosy crime novel, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel. It's set in Scarborough and is a crazy golf cosy crime.  

You can enter to win one of three signed copies at THE RECS

You can enter to win one of three signed copies at LIVING NORTH MAGAZINE

You can enter to win one of three signed copies at THE SCARBOROUGH NEWS

You can enter to win one of three signed copies at TRIPFICTION

* NOW TAKING ORDERS * for signed copies of my new crazy golf cosy crime set in Scarborough. £10.99 each plus £2.49 UK postage = £13.48. Send me a message through this link - https://glendayoungbooks.com/contact to receive details on how to pay. Books sent after publication date of Dec 7.

I was really honoured that my publisher Headline Books included my novel A Mother's Christmas Wish in their Black Friday promotions and for newsletter sign-ups too. Amazing. It's my favourite of all of my books.

This Saturday at 11am I'll be at the beautiful Mining Art Gallery in Bishop Auckland signing copies of my novel The Miner's Lass, published by Headline. It's a gripping, dramatic tale set during the miners' strike of 1921. 

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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Winner announced in my November book competition

Congratulations go to Jo Plant who has chosen a signed copy of A Mother's Christmas Wish. Jo was drawn at random from all correct entries to my latest competition. Don't miss out on monthly competitions by signing up to my newsletter here.
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Editor's choice, World Minigolf and Gift Vouchers- my writing week

This week I was honoured to be given a name check and mention of my soap opera Riverside by the editor of The People's Friend.  If you click on the image below you can read the editor's kind words about Riverside and it's great to know he's hooked on my weekly soap!

I was interviewed by the world-famous Mini Golf News website. It's a fun interview and you can read it here, it's all about my Scarborough crazy golf cosy crime Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel.  

I was overjoyed to see my novels in the local books section at Sunderland Waterstones for the Christmas period - and they're all signed too!

I'm offering gift vouchers, of any amount that you'd like, to exchange for any of my books, signed.  If you'd like to order a gift voucher, please get in touch here. 

 

My new Scarborough cosy crime novels - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel - arrived in advance of the Book Launch on the Central Tramway Scarborough on Saturday 9 December from 12-2. All welcome! 

And finally this week, there's a new competition to win one of my historical novels and you can enter 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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Rolling my sleeves up, getting on with it - my writing week

This week I've been getting on with my work. There's no easy way to write a novel. You have to roll your sleeves up, sit down and crack on. 

This month's newsletter from Sunderland Antiquarian Society comes complete with my Christmas ad on the back cover, courtesy of my talented friend Jo Blakeley.  

Overjoyed to see my new saga 'The Toffee Factory Girls' previewed in New Fiction for February 2024 in this week's The Bookseller magazine. Wonderful!  

Today (Friday 10 November) I'm giving a fundraising talk for Frogmore Paper Mill which was devastated by fire. They're rebuilding though!  If you're in the Apsley area tonight, please come to my talk. 

 

And finally this week, there's a new competition to win one of my historical novels and you can enter 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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Bargains, Books, Fundraising and Fayres - my writing week

This week I'm making good progress writing the first draft of The Secrets of The Toffee Factory Girls.

I popped into Sunderland Waterstones this week to sign a fresh batch of my Sunderland historical sagas and my Scarborough crazy golf cosy crime. If you're after signed books, they're here!

I was featured in my local paper The Sunderland Echo with details of the book launch in Scarborough for my crazy golf cosy crime Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel.  You can read it all here.

And I was featured in the My Local News for Apsley and surrounding area in Hertfordshire. I'm giving a talk to help raise funds for Frogmore Paper Mill, devastated by fire. I researched my novel The Paper Mill Girl there and they were so helpful and friendly that I wanted to do something to help fundraising to reopen.  You can read it all here.

* Ebook just 99p *  during November. My Scarborough-based crazy golf cosy crime at http://bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel 

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This Saturday 5 November from 11am I'll be signing books at Ryhope Saint Paul's Church Christmas Fayre. It's always a friendly, wonderful day and I love talking to Ryhope folk about my books.  All welcome! 

And finally this week, there's a new competition to win one of my historical novels and you can enter 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.

I also kept the Coronation Street Blog ticking over with news and editing the team of 16 bloggers. 

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See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com