5 Locations in The Sixpenny Orphan

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? 

I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about.

The Sixpenny Orphan is available now in hardback, e-book and audiobook. You can buy it here.  It comes out in paperback in May 2023.

The book is about two orphan sisters torn apart in tragic events. Ten years later they reunite but they lives are drastically different. The top 5 locations in this book are as follows:

1. The shop on the village green.  This is where my heroine Poppy works and where jam tarts are baked, to a secret family recipe.  This gorgeous picture of what was a cafe originally on the village green inspired the shop in my novel.

2. Bellevue House on Gray Road in Sunderland. This plays a pivotal role when Poppy finds her sister Rose after ten years apart.

3. The farming community of Ryhope village. This book, more than any of my others set in Ryhope village, centres around the farming community this time.

4. Tunstall Hills play an important role as a place to escape the cruelty of life for both Poppy and Rose.

5. The lime-washed houses on the pit lanes in Ryhope where Poppy and Rose are forced to move to live.

And if you'd like to find out more about locations in my Ryhope-set novels, here you go: 

• 5 Locations in A Mother's Christmas Wish
• 5 Locations in The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon
• 5 Locations in Pearl of Pit Lane
• 5 Locations in The Tuppenny Child
• 5 Locations in Belle of the Back Streets
• 5 Locations in The Miner's Lass
• 5 Locations in The Paper Mill Girl

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Glenda Young

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Waterstones, writing, heritage and history - my writing week

This week I've been carrying on writing my novel The Toffee Factory Girls and really enjoying it. I'm well past the halfway mark - the point of no return - and will crack on and get my head down over the coming weeks to finish my first draft.

Elsewhere this week I ventured into Sunderland Waterstones where they have a table full of my books, sagas on one side and cosy crimes on the other. I signed the pile of books so they have lots of signed copies now!

Also this week I gave a talk to Hendon History Group in Sunderland, which went great.

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. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Halfway there, Halifax and Warm Spaces - my writing week

This week I've been carrying on writing my novel The Toffee Factory Girls and am almost at the half way point of the first draft. There's still a very long way to go.

I was featured in the Sheffield Star newspaper about my research into the history of women making toffee. You can read the full article here.

The story also was featured in The Halifax Courier newspaper. You can read it here.

I was invited to give the monthly talk to Sunderland Antiquarian society. The title was "Writing Historical Novels set in Old Ryhope."  It was my biggest audience yet, a hall full of people interested in the heritage and history of Sunderland. I sold a lot of books and the reception was amazing.  Thank you to everyone who came.

I received new bookmarks, printed by local firm Print2GoGo.

Each time an author's books are taken out on loan from a library, we receive a small payment through the British Library's Public Lending Rights. This year's statement arrived this week and I can't thank my readers enough. 

I'd like to say a huge thank you to local Warm Spaces who have been buying my books for the people who turn up to use their warm spaces.  Thank you to Pallion Action Group in Sunderland, Eastlea Community Centre in Seaham and Chance Charity in Sunderland. I hope your users really enjoy my books.

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. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Winner announced in Chocolates and Book competition

Congratulations go to Betty Marshall who has been drawn at random to win a copy of any of my sagas with a box of Thornton's chocolates.

Thank you everyone for entering and for all of your support.

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Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

In my happy place - my writing week

This week I'm in my happy place of Scarborough, but I'm not here on holiday, I'm here to work.  It's been a very busy work and it's not over yet.  So let's have a look at what I've been up to.

First of all, let's take a minute to appreciate the beauty of my saga book covers, all together as one. Stunning.

And take a moment too to remember the Irish tradition of Nollaig na mBan, the Woman's Christmas. My novel A Mother's Christmas Wish celebrates this amazing tradition. It takes place on January 6 each year and it was my Dublin friend Emma Hynes who told me about it. I was so captured by it that I knew I had to write about it.

Elsewhere this week, I'm chuffed to report that my cosy crime novel Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel has been nominated by my publisher Headline in the Last Laugh award for best humourus crime novel in this year's CrimeFest!  All the nominations are here.

Speaking of my cosy crime novels set in Scarborough, I called into Scarborough Waterstones to sign a mountain of books (thank you!).

I also donated one of each of my Scarborough cosy crimes to the new little library inside the Stephen Joseph Theatre, one of my favourite places.

And I was interviewed by Scarborough's Coast and County radio chatting about the cosy crime books set in their town.

I also did a book signing at Mrs Lofthouse's Book Emporium in Scarborough, a proper old fashioned book shop which you can get lost in. 

And I chatted to the Scarborough News newspaper about my third cosy crime novel coming out later this year.  You can read the interview online here.

I've got a new competition - you can win one of my sagas plus a box of Thornton's Classic Chocolates 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. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

History in the making, going meta - my writing week

This week I've taken myself away from the room in my house where I usually write. For one day per week until I've finished the first draft of my current novel - The Toffee Factory Girls - I'm writing in the historic River Wear Commissioners' Office in Sunderland. (It's not as expensive as you might think to hire an office by the day!).  I've included this building in many of my past novels, so to be here writing is quite amazing. A bit meta, and odd, but great!

This week my novel The Paper Mill Girl has gone on 99p offer for Kindle at Amazon. It'll last until the end of January and you can buy it cheap at bit.ly/PaperMillGirl

I can finally reveal the cover of my new saga The Sixpenny Orphan. The book is about two orphan sisters who are torn apart by tragic events. Years later they reunite, but their lives have drastically changed. It's a cracking read! Out in ebook, hardback and audiobook on February 16 2023 and in paperback on May 11. Pre-order now at bit.ly/TheSixpennyOrphan

There's a strong community of creative people, of all kinds, in Sunderland. One of these is Jay Sykes and he's brought together other creatives to talk about their hopes and dreams for 2023. I'm really chuffed that Jay invited me to be part of this.  You can hear all of the creatives interviewed on his website here and my part begins at 17 mins and 54 seconds.

My novel A Mother's Christmas Wish was featured in Woman's Own magazine this week!

Also this week my January author newsletter went out with details of competitions and special offers. You can read it online here.

I've got a new competition - you can win one of my sagas plus a box of Thornton's Classic Chocolates 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. 

See you next week!

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

The Sixpenny Orphan cover reveal

Here's the cover reveal of my next Ryhope novel The Sixpenny Orphan. 

It's set in the northeast village of Ryhope in 1919, this time in the farming community.

 The story starts with two orphan girls torn apart in tragic events. 

Many years later they reunite but their circumstances have drastically changed.

It's a cracker of a read!

Preorder it now at bit.ly/TheSixpennyOrphan

Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

My author newsletter for January 2023

My author newsletter for January 2023 has gone out today. Enter to win books and chocolates, buy books at special prices and join me in Scarborough for a special event!

All details here where you can read it online.

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com