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

June Competition: Enter to win one of Glenda's historical novels

Enter to win a signed book of your choice. Good luck!

NOTE: YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE TO MY MAILING LIST NEWSLETTER TO ENTER. Not already signed up? Sign up here, thank you.

Deadline for entries is Friday July 14th 2023 at 5pm

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Winner announced in signed book competition

Thank you to everyone who entered May's competition to win a signed copy of one of my historical sagas. 

A winner has now been selected at random.

Congratulations to Moira Warren who chose a copy of A Mother's Christmas Wish.

Here is June's competition to win a signed book - enter now!

Glenda 

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

New Award, Newsletter, New Zealand - my writing week

It's been a cracker of a week!  Let me start by showing you a picture from my stall at 17nineteen in Sunderland where I gave a talk at the Georgian Fayre then sold and signed my books. It was a wonderful event and I met some amazing people. Thank you to everyone who came.

The latest edition of my author newsletter went out. Would you like to receive the next one? Sign up at my website glendayoungbooks.com

Great news all the way from New Zealand where my new saga The Sixpenny Orphan was in their top 10 most borrowed books this week. What a surprise! Now, there's a library talk I wouldn't mind doing.

And thanks to Yorkshire's Topic UK magazine for this fantastic double-page spread on me and my cosy crime books set in Scarborough.  You can read it all online here and I'm on pages 82 and 83.

If you know a young person applying to Sunderland University  to study Creative Writing this year, and they're from Sunderland and the first in their family to attend University, please encourage them to apply for this. It's the Glenda Young Creative Writing Award, with the University of Sunderland.   All details here

The news was picked up in the Sunderland Echo and Sunderland Business Partnership.

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

Glenda Young Creative Writing Award at University of Sunderland

If you know a young person thinking of applying to Sunderland University to study Creative Writing this year...

...and they're from Sunderland and the first in their family to attend University, please encourage them to apply for this. 

It's the Glenda Young Creative Writing Award, with the University of Sunderland.   All details here

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Glenda Young

Twitter: @Flaming_Nora

Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Yorkshire, Georgian, book signing and news - my writing week

This week I was featured in The Scarborough News as one of their authors in an article called "Here is our pick of books set in Yorkshire".  You can read the whole article here.

This week I reactivated my monthly author newsletter. Would you like to receive it? Sign up at my website.

My week began at Sunderland Waterstones when I popped in to sign all the books on my table. My table ... I hope I never get used to saying that, what a joy.

I had new postcards and bookmarks printed and they are wonderful. I'll be giving these away at book talks and events.

And I took part in The Georgian Fayre at 17nineteen in Sunderland. I had a stall selling my books and I gave an author talk as part of #LoveSunderlandHeritage too.

Two of my books are just 99p during June. These are Murder at the Seaview Hotel - buy it at bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotel

And also available at just 99p or 99c USA is my saga The Girl with the Scarlet Ribbon,  buy it at bit.ly/GirlWithTheScarletRibbon.

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