Flaming Nora

This week has been about publicity for my new novel The Sixpenny Orphan .   I'm delighted to announce that sales have been strong and the book is currently at number 53 in the UK bestselling books chart.  If it cracks the top 50 next week I'm treating myself to a bottle of champagne!  Keep your fingers crossed for me. I was given a sterling review in the Lancashire Evening Post who crowned me "one of today’s most exciting new saga writers".  Read it all here.   The review also appeared in the Peterborough Telegraph and the Blackpool Gazette . The book continued its "blog tour" with amazing reviews coming in from book fans and bloggers. These included Karen's Book Bag - read her review here .   Blogger Ginger Book Geek (Amanda Oughton) said the book was " historical fiction at its best" - read her review here .   Blogger Julie from Bookish Jottings said "Master storyteller Glenda Young never disappoints and with The Sixpenny Orphan she ha...

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This week my 8th saga novel  The Sixpenny Orphan  was released in paperback. It's quite a week for celebration so here we go with what's been going on. The Sixpenny Orphan  was given such a beautiful review by Esther Clyde at her blog Clyde's Corner, that I cried. Y ou can read Esther's review here. Then the book began its tour of bloggers and readers as follows: The first review from The Book Magnet was fantastic, including the words: "The Sixpenny Orphan is such a heartwarming, heartbreaking, entertaining read that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend. I used to say I wasn't a saga reader but then I discovered Glenda Young's novels: this is not just a saga, this is a Glenda Young saga and it's simply wonderful." On Saturday 6 May I did a book signing at Waterstones Sunderland of my new novel  The Sixpenny Orphan. I was Queen for the Day in spite of stiff competition from the King's Coronation. I gave a book talk about The Sixpenny Orphan  a...

Today's the day for the paperback launch of my new novel The Sixpenny Orphan.  It's a heartbreaking tale of two orphan sisters torn apart in tragic events. Ten years later they reunite, but their lives are very different and there are surprises along the way.  Order your copy here: http://bit.ly/TheSixpennyOrphan It's published by Headline. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor Website:  GlendaYoungBooks.com

May is Local History Month and I started my events at WHEATLEY HILL HERITAGE CENTRE and chatted to some amazing people. If you haven't been to the heritage centre before, please go, it's amazing. It was an honour to be included in Headline Publishing's Highlights July to December 23 with my Scarborough crazy golf cosy crime Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel published later this year, see http://bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel   I am over the moon to have The Sixpenny Orphan featured in this month's Sunderland Antiquarian Society newsletter, which has arrived in the homes of thousands of members today. If you'd like a copy of my new novel it's at http://bit.ly/TheSixpennyOrphan  I'm at Waterstones Sunderland from 12-2 on Saturday 6 May (yes, Coronation day... whoops! talk about a diary clash).  Please come and say hello. The Sunderland Echo have a competition for you to win signed copies of my book and one lucky winner also wins a Rington's biscuit hamper. ...