The Toffee Factory Girls - available now for pre-orders

Now available to pre-order - kindle, paperback, hardback! 

Published by Headline.

The first in my new trilogy, The Toffee Factory Girls, inspired by the Dainty Dinah toffee factory in the northeast.  Order now at bit.ly/ToffeeFactoryGirls  

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Longlists, long legs and library talks

Some rather wonderful news this week which I can expand on next week a little. I've been longlisted for a prestigious short story award. 

My Creative Writing Award with the University of Sunderland was given a wonderful mention in Living North magazine. You can read it all here.

Also this week I had a short story published in the Daily Express' Saturday magazine and there was a lovely mention of my new novel The Sixpenny Orphan.

I gave an author talk at Durham Clayport Library and the feedback was fabulous. The library wrote to me to tell me that "one lady said it was the best author talk she had ever attended."  Now, that's wonderful to hear!

I called into Sunderland Waterstones to sign a fresh batch of my books, so they're all signed now!

Large print versions of my books are available and this week I received my free copies from the publisher. These I donate to two local community libraries - Back on the Map in Hendon, Sunderland and Fulwell Community Library in Sunderland.

I had a short story published in the Sunday People's We Love Sunday magazine and there was a lovely mention of my new novel The Sixpenny Orphan. 

And catching up on myself, an event from last week. I gave an author talk on my Scarborough cosy crimes at Scarborough library. What a wonderful, fun event it was too. I'm in the black blouse and orange trousers on my long legs, next to Heather French the librarian, who is great.

And a first for me - I attended the community market at Tesco Extra in Sunderland. It's arranged by Events2GoGo, the first time I've done one of these and it went really well. Met some lovely people and sold a lot of books.

During June, for just 99p! My Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel https://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel and historical saga The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon  https://bit.ly/GirlWithTheScarletRibbon

June Competition: Enter to win one of my historical novels at http://dlvr.it/SqWKmf

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

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Putting the fun into funicular - my writing week

This week I've been in Scarborough, which was part-holiday and part work.  I'd planned to spend a weekend there with family then was asked by Scarborough Library to give a talk on my cosy crimes as part of National Crime Reading Month.  Thank you to everyone who came, it was great!

While in Scarborough, I visited the Central Tramway funicular where my cosy crimes are on sale at the top station.

And I was absolutely stunned and overjoyed to find my name inside the funicular car with the books for sale too. What a joy!  

My books are also for sale in the beautiful Lilly's Treasures gift shop, just a short walk from the funicular.

This week I was also given a wonderful mention on Twitter by Kevin Maguire, associate editor of The Mirror. He is an associate professor at Sunderland University, where I'm offering a new Creative Writing Student a £2,000 scholarship.  Read the full tweet here.

While in Scarborough this week I have been hunting out the locations used for my book covers!  Here's the cover to cosy crime 1 - Murder at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel

Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/CurtainCallAtTheSeaviewHotel

Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel

During June, for just 99p! My Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel https://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel and historical saga The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon  https://bit.ly/GirlWithTheScarletRibbon

June Competition: Enter to win one of my historical novels at http://dlvr.it/SqWKmf

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

Finding book cover locations for my Scarborough cosy crimes

I'm in Scarborough this week and have been hunting out the locations used for my book covers!  Here's the cover to cosy crime 1 - Murder at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel

Here's the cover to cosy crime 2 - Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/CurtainCallAtTheSeaviewHotel

Here's the cover to cosy crime 3 - Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel bit.ly/FoulPlayAtTheSeaviewHotel
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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

The Write Stuff for National Crime Reading Month - my writing week

The news about the creative writing award I'm offering through Sunderland University made news at the North East Chamber of Commerce, Further Education News, 

My Scarborough cosy crimes were featured in the Wakefield Express and Yorkshire Evening Post. It was also in The Todmordon News & Hebden Bridge Times and in the Harrogate Advertiser (but I can't find that article online).

I was also featured in The Scarborough Evening News with an article about my upcoming talk at Scarborough Library. It's on Thursday 22 June at 6pm, all welcome.  Read the full article here.

I called into Durham city Clayport library to say hello and leave some bookmarks and postcards. I'm giving a talk there as part of National Crime Reading Month. All welcome.  Monday June 26 at 2pm.

During June, for just 99p! My Scarborough cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel https://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel and historical saga The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon  https://bit.ly/GirlWithTheScarletRibbon

June Competition: Enter to win one of my historical novels at http://dlvr.it/SqWKmf

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