Flaming Nora

I'm honoured to say that I've been invited to launch my new cosy crime, Music to Die For at the Seaview Hotel, in paperback on Sunday December 6th at the Fire Station in Sunderland.  It's my favourite venue. Better still, the book launch is part of Sunderland Music City's Music Against Child Poverty gig. There's a stellar line-up of local bands involved and all profits go to the charity Love, Amelia .   And 100% of profits from my books sold on the night will go to Love, Amelia too. Buy your gig ticket and while you do, buy a book too, or buy one on the night and support a great event and a wonderful charity. Buy tickets here. __ Glenda Young BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

It's paperback publication day today of my latest novel published by Headline. Celebrations at the Toffee Factory is the third and final book in the toffee factory girls trilogy.  It's the end of WW1 and the factory celebrates. However, while the Great War has ended, Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its troubles are far from over. Order your copy now. It's out today for sale in Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Waterstones, all good bookshops and online. Thank you so much! __ Glenda Young BlueSky: @Glenda Young Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

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

My online book launch for Murder at the Seaview Hotel is now online for you to watch, if you'd like to. It's only 30 minutes long and it's a lot of fun! Hosted by Gemma Alexander of Scarborough's South Cliff Gardens, it's here and you can watch it below. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor Website: GlendaYoungBooks.com

You're invited!  There's to be a virtual book launch for THE PAPER MILL GIRL via The Word N ational Centre for the Written Word in South Shields on March 18th at 2pm.  From the comfort of your sofa, please virtually join me there!    All details including how to  sign up and join in are here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

The excitement builds as it's now just over a week away to paperback publication of my third novel Pearl of Pit Lane . When my first novel Belle of the Back Streets  was released in paperback I had a book launch in The Albion Inn in Ryhope, the pub which is central to the story of the book. There was a buffet, cakes, drinks, and lots and lots of people. My actress friend Corinne Kilvington and I read from the book and then Corinne interviewed me. The night was a huge success. It was standing room only in the pub. There are some amazing pictures of the night here. But I'm not going to do it again. Why not? Because it caused me endless anxiety afterwards, I'm no good with that sort of thing. And so when my second novel The Tuppenny Child   was released in paperback, it was muted kind of affair. It'll be the same for Pearl of Pit Lane although I am having a launch at Waterstones Sunderland on Saturday 7 March and again at National Glass Centre later that same...

Last night was one of the most amazing nights of my life and one I will never forget. It was the book launch for my debut novel Belle of the Back Streets .  The book is set in Ryhope, the northeast coal mining village I grew up in, in 1919 and follows the life of Meg, a young girl who takes on her dad's rag and bone round. The launch was held in The Albion Inn on Ryhope village green as the pub features in the book a lot. I'd booked a buffet for thirty people some time ago, and then spent weeks worrying that there'd be far too much food for the half dozen or so people who might turn up. And how many turned up in the end? Well, let's put it this way... there wasn't enough food to go around and although I know I bought 24 cakes, and I think I remember seeing them... they didn't hang around long and I missed out on eating one. But don't they look great? Not only did I underestimate how many people would turn up, I also didn't take enough b...

I'm having a book launch when the paperback version of BELLE OF THE BACK STREETS is released in March- and you're invited.  Yes, you, sitting there reading this. You're invited to the book launch which will be held on Thursday March 7 at 6pm in the Albion Inn, Ryhope Village Green, Ryhope, Sunderland. That's the Albion above, an imposing pub on the corner of the village green in Ryhope, where my novel is set. The Albion features heavily in the book too, the reason I'm holding the book launch there.  If you can make it and you'd like to come, you'll be very welcome indeed. The facebook event is here. If you can't make it to my book launch but would like to perhaps come along to a talk I'm giving on the book or come to my book signing, all my events are listed on my website here. Debut novel Belle of the Back Streets Now out in hardback, audiobook and e-book Pre-order paperback, released March 7 2019  Kindle e-book just £1.99...