Spring Fair, Women's History and Coronation Street - my writing week

This week I attended the spring fair at Arts Centre Washington to sign books and chat to people and I had a great day!

I also gave a library talk at Pelton Library to celebrate Women's History Month. Really enjoyed this!

I created this month's competition for you to win a free, signed book. Don't delay and enter today here.

Before I began writing novels I also write TV tie-in books for ITV Coronation Street. Two of my fan books are now on sale in the official shop on the ITV Coronation Street Tour!

Also this week I was very pleased to see my new novel The Toffee Factory Girls advertised in my local Sunderland Advertiser magazine.

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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Win 1 of 3 signed copies of The Toffee Factory Girls by Glenda Young

Enter to win one of three signed copies of The Toffee Factory Girls by bestselling local author Glenda Young.  

The story is inspired by Horner's Toffee Factory of Chester-le-Street and Dainty Dinah toffee.

To be in with a chance to win, answer the following question correctly before the deadline of Friday May 31, 2024 at 5pm

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Competition Time! Win one of Glenda's books!

Enter to win a signed copy of any of my books shown below - sagas or cosy crime!

Deadline for competition is Friday 26 April 2024 at 12 noon.

Winner will be announced on this website. 

 Good luck, everyone! UK entrants only.

  

Glenda Young

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Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

Busy Bridlington, Short Story and Taking the Plunge - my writing week

This week has been very busy.  I've been to the Yorkshire seaside town of Bridlington where I was invited to speak at SpringFest in Bridlington library on a crime panel with author Kate Evans, chaired by author Nick Quantrill. Here I am at Bridlington library on the crime panel and under this pic are more details of their wonderful Springfest Festival of Words.

Whilst in Bridlington, I signed books for the gorgeous Book Nook bookshop in the Old Town and met some readers too, always wonderful!

I also had a short story published in The Sunday Post's P.S. Magazine.

And this week I finished writing up my chapter plans for my next cosy crime set in Scarborough. It's always a scary moment to begin a new book, like taking the plunge from a high diving board and not knowing if you'll sink or swim. I'll begin writing next week once the busy-ness of this week has calmed from my mind.

My new saga The Toffee Factory Girls was included in New Writing North's spring bookshelf of Northern books.

And gave a talk to a WI group about my books, which went down really well. Such a lovely group and the WI are always friendly and welcoming, supportive too.

Also this week I was announced as part of the line-up for this year's Scarborough book festival - Books by the Beach. Join me for a slice of Jean's homemade cake and a Scarborough Sunrise cocktail (as featured in Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel).  I'll be at the Crescent Hotel!  All details 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. 

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Winner announced in my March book competition

Congratulations go to Martine Townsend who has been drawn at random to win a signed copy of The Paper Mill Girl in this month's book competition.

Thank you to everyone who entered and stay tuned for a new competition coming up soon.

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Glenda Young

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Rebel women, Making my mark and SpringFest - my writing week

Date for your diary! BOOK LAUNCH Sat 25 May from 10-4 at The Lambton Arms pub in Chester-le-Street, plus an exhibition by Chester-le-Street Heritage Society on Horner's toffee factory and Dainty Dinah. I'll be joined by the lovely Featherbed Books who'll be selling my books!

This week I cracked on with planning chapters and getting the plot of the story straightened brain for Scarborough cosy crime number 4 - Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel 

I was overjoyed to be included in The Sunderland Echo's list of women for International Women's Day

And for International Women's Day I had the best afternoon at the launch of the Rebel Women of Sunderland podcast at Sunderland University. 

If you're in Bridlington Yorkshire on Sat 16 Mar I'd love to see you! In the morning, I'm part of Festival of Words at North Bridlington library then at 2pm at The Book Nook in the Old Town, signing my Scarborough cosy crimes, so come and say hello! 

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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Award nomination, radio, research & rescue dogs - my writing week

This week included World Book Day and I was interviewed on BBC York about my cosy crime series set in Scarborough.  You can listen to my interview here and my bit begins at 3.12:24

Also on World Book Day I called into Sunderland Waterstones where my new book The Toffee Factory Girls was on sale! Hand-modelled by the lovely Waterstones' bookseller and it's signed too.

And The Toffee Factory Girls takes pride of place in my publisher Headline's choices for Mother's Day. What an honour.

My Scarborough cosy crime Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel has been nominated for an award by my publisher in The Last Laugh category for Best Humorous Crime Novel in this year's prestigious Crimefest Awards! 

I was also researching my next Scarborough cosy crime for with my 'must have' writing books before plotting my chapters next week! 

While researching my next cosy crime, which stars rescue greyhound Suki,  I went for a walk with rescue greyhounds Carla and Rudy and their owner Angie.

I was over the moon to be invited once again to give the opening speech and official welcome at this year's Sunderland History Fair. Saturday May 18 at Bede Tower, Burdon Road. All welcome. It's a fantastic day.   It was given coverage in The Sunderland Echo

This week my author newsletter for March was sent out to all of my subscribers and you can read it online here.

I visited Gateshead Library for the first time and absolutely loved it there. Stayed to have a coffee in the glorious cafe and saw an exhibition, which I really enjoyed. What a great place. Also spotted my books on the shelves, chatted to the librarian and picked up a brochure of upcoming talks!

Because of appearing in the brochure, I was invited to give a talk this week to a group of 50 people at a private event, which was fantastic. I really enjoyed it and have received some great feedback.

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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