Flaming Nora

My new novel The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon   is set between the northeast and Scarborough in 1919.  And I had the pleasure of speaking to Twitter friend Bek by the Sea for her radio show on BBC York this week all about the Scarborough elements of the book. If you'd like to listen to it, it's here and I start speaking at 44 mins in . It's available on the BBC Sounds app for 29 days from September 28, 2020. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Today I was invited into my local branch of Waterstones book shop in The Bridges shopping centre in Sunderland. I was there, not for a book signing this time, as book signings are a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic this year and none are taking place.  Instead, I went into sign books for the shelves.  Books? Check. Pen? Check. Hand sanitiser? Mask? Check and check.  All books signed, all done and dusted and I was on my way out of the shop when I saw the last two books on a table directly in front of the bookshop door, it's the first thing customers see on their way into the shop.  On it, the lovely staff at Waterstones had printed 'Sunderland's best selling local author' and I had to take a a photo, of course!  As I was doing so, a lady came up to me to ask me about the book. We had a socially distanced chat through masks (!) and she bought a book which I happily signed for her. Oh, and I'm in the window next to Barack Obama. Not bad for a lass from a pit v...

Sunderland University is a very special to me as it's where I studied Journalism as a (very) mature student.  I'm therefore honoured to be included in a news item on the University's website about the release of my new novel set in Sunderland, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon. You can read it all here . __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I LOVE doing radio interviews!   And I'm pleased to say I was interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle this morning talking to their DJ Gilly Hope all about my new novel The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon.  I also talk about how I moved into the world of being a writer, about researching during a pandemic and why eavesdropping on the bus is always a good idea. You can listen to my interview at BBC Sounds where I start talking at 1hr 13 and again at 1hr 40.  Enjoy! It's available here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon goes on Blog Tour this week! Follow these bloggers to discover this week what they think about The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon!  https://twitter.com/Ginger_bookgeek https://twitter.com/thebookmagnet https://twitter.com/chellsandbooks https://twitter.com/BookishJottings http://clydescorner.org http://instagram.com/traceysyearinbooks __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update  has just gone live here . And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Sunderland Literature Festival 2020 will be held this year online.  I'm really chuffed to be part of it and not just that, but my slot is happening on the first day too! You can find out all about the festival and read the PDF brochure here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The People's Friend have produced a unique, feel-good special and I'm honoured to have a short story included.  It's about a chap who decides to write his life story whilst he's got free time in lockdown but life has a sneaky habit of getting in the way!  The People's Friend Feel-Good Special 2020 magazine is now in the shops. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update  has just gone live here . And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm very happy to reveal the title and details of my sixth saga set in Ryhope in 1919. THE MINER'S LASS will be released by Headline in ebook and hardback in May 2021 and in paperback in November 2021.   It features perhaps the most innocent of all my heroines so far, Ruby Dinsdale, who is a plucky young lass who gets her heart broken in the worst possible way. There's family, feuding and fighting in this book along with mental health issues and the Sunderland Borough Lunatic Asylum. As always with my books, it's a very dramatic read that cracks along at a fast pace.  You can find out more about it and even pre-order if you'd like to - click here . __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've had a short story published in The Sunday Post newspaper! If you read it, I hope you really enjoy it. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

This week I was interviewed on BBC York where I was chatting to DJ Adam Tomlinson all about my new novel, The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon , which is set between Sunderland & Scarborough. If you'd like to listen to it, I start speaking at 3 hours, 38 minutes at BBC Sounds  __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update  has just gone live here . And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've a short story called First Steps which is published in Take a Break's Fiction Feast (October 2020) magazine in the shops now. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

My new novel set in Ryhope, Sunderland in 1919 will be out in the shops on October 1st. My local paper,The Sunderland Echo, have a competition to win one of five free copies! Enter the competition here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update  has just gone live here . And if you'd like to support the Coronation Street weekly updates to keep them going (please),  you can donate here __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor