Flaming Nora

Would you like to know more about the locations I use in my novels? I hope that if you read the book, or if you've read it already, that these pictures might give some context and background and add a bit of depth to the locations I've written about. The Tuppenny Child is available now in paperback, hardback, e-book and audiobook and  you can buy it here Here we go with my top 5 favourite locations in  The Tuppenny Child      Ryhope East Railway Station Ryhope used to have two railway stations; Ryhope and Ryhope East. And it's the railway that brings the heroine of  The Tuppenny Child  to Ryhope. Sadie Linthorpe escapes a violent life in Hartlepool and arrives at Ryhope East train station alone, with no money. She knows no-one in the village. It's pouring down with rain when she arrives... and her new life and adventure begins. The Railway Inn The Railway Inn is one of two Ryhope pubs that feature in  The Tuppenny Child . ...

Before writing my novels I always set aside two or three weeks of dedicated research. I visit museums and libraries, archives and records offices and most importantly of all, I walk around Ryhope with my ‘writing head on’. I try to look at the buildings and roads and imagine them as they might have been a hundred years ago. I peer over doorways, walk down cobbled lanes and breathe in the sea air. I imagine alighting from a train at what is left of one of the two train stations and try to catch a glimpse of old Ryhope through a fresh pair of eyes. It was while researching for The Tuppenny Child , that I learned of something new and unusual. But it wasn’t something I discovered in a museum or old book, it was something I read, of all places, on Twitter! My friend Emma lives in Dublin and on January 6 2018 she tweeted this. I am copying it below with Emma’s permission: We’re celebrating #NollaignamBan (Women's Christmas) today i n Ireland. Traditionally a day when men would t...

My novel The Tuppenny Child has been selected to feature in Kindle’s ‘Last Minute Christmas Sale’ from 9th to 22nd December at just 99p at  http://bit.ly/TheTuppennyChild   Not only that, but it's featured on Amazon's ‘highly rated’ list of books (!) at https://amzn.to/2RAsQJY Merry Chritmas! __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm over the moon about this. The Tuppenny Child is featured today in My Weekly magazine's Christmas Gift Guide. Not only that, but they call it a "Lovely romantic saga" too. Thank you so much! If you'd like to know more about the book and buy it, all details are here.   __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

A lovely review of The Tuppenny Child today in Frost Magazine who says:  "Snuggle up with a Saga. Another heart-warming saga from the author of Belle of the Back Streets. Warm-hearted characters on every page and a fine attention to period detail sweep you away with Sadie as she sets out to find her child." You can read all of the press and publicity for my books here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

The Bookseller is the trade journal for book sellers and authors. They compile the best selling charts each week.  Well, one of those charts has The Tuppenny Child featured in it.  The Bookseller's Heatseekers charts are compiled using titles by authors who have not appeared in the official UK Top 50 since Neilsen Bookscan records began. As such, they reveal books that are selling well, but not well enough to make the overall list in a seven day period. And here she is, my very own The Tuppenny Child, straight in the Heatseekers chart at number eight this week. This is very good news indeed. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

With thanks to Inside Soap magazine for including The Tuppenny Child in their Hot List this week - the pics of books and DVDs they're recommending to soap fans. The magazine is out in the shops now. It has a competition where you can even win a copy of The Tuppenny Child.  __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

The Crack magazine is a north-east listings magazine that I rush to pick up at the start of every month. It covers gigs, events, museum exhibitions and so on in the area and I'm delighted to be included in it this month. I've got not one, but two, events listed in the literary pages and my thanks go to whoever sends these in to the magazine. The two events relate to publicity for my second novel  The Tuppenny Child   and you can find out more about it here. Saturday 5 October, book signing at Sunderland Waterstones. Saturday 12 October, talk at The Word in South Shields. One of my favourite places in the north-east. Tickets are £2 and you can book in advance here. --  Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline     Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

This week I was invited into BBC Radio Newcastle to talk to award-winning DJ Lisa Shaw about my second novel set in Ryhope, Sunderland. The book is The Tuppenny Child and there's more information on it here. If you'd like to listen to my interview, it's short (about 6 minutes) and I start talking after ELO, a t the 1 hr 15 mins mark here. --  Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline     Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

My local newspaper, The Sunderland Echo, are running a competition to win one of eight copies of my second novel set in Sunderland, The Tuppenny Child. All details are here. --  Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline     Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

It's publication day for the paperback of my second novel - The Tuppenny Child - published by Headline. The Tuppenny Child is set in the northeast coalmining village of Ryhope, in 1919. It's got a fantastic heroine at its core, who arrives in Ryhope with no money, no friends, no family. She is there to find her baby who has been stolen from her.  And she's a kick-ass feminist icon too. She becomes the first woman in the village to wear trousers, to ride a bike, to set up her own business - and all the while she's searching for her stolen child.  Not just that, she brings down one of the most powerful men in the village while she's on.  It's a rollercoaster of a ride and includes a fantastic Women's Christmas, the traditional Irish custom of  Nollaig na mBan, done in pure Ryhope style. As in my debut novel  BELLE OF THE BACK STREETS , there's another feisty heroine at the core of The Tuppenny Child  and it's available here. -...

Waterstones' website now have details of a book signing I'm doing at the Sunderland store. It's on Saturday 5 October 2019 from 11am to 2pm and I'll be signing paperback copies of my second novel, The Tuppenny Child. It's set in the coalmining village of Ryhope, Sunderland in 1919 and is another rollercoaster ride of a family saga. If you come along, it'd be great to say hello and to meet you. All details here . __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

A wonderful surprise in the mail today from my publisher, Headline.   Wrapped up with a blue bow and a congratulations card inside, what's not to like? It's an advance paperback copy of my second novel. This one's called The Tuppenny Child and is out September 19th. Available from all good book shops and Asda. Or you can order it from Amazon here. __ Glenda Young Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

Very happy to report that my second novel, The Tuppenny Child, is featured in the book trade journal The Bookseller as an autumn saga. It's out in paperback on September 19th. Author of historical novels with Headline Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

Today, Friday 14 June, I'm featured on the Romantic Novelists' Association blog asking Are Sagas a Feminist Issue? .  The answer of course, is yes. What book written around a strong, independent heroine couldn't be? I also chat about the research for the story of The Tuppenny Child. The story takes place in the northeast pit village of Ryhope, where I grew up and I talk about setting the story there too. You can read it all here , if you'd like to. Find out all about my gritty saga novels, published by Headline

I studied at the University of Sunderland as a mature student, taking a journalism degree course some years ago. And since I've left Uni, I find myself drawn back there more than ever now that I've become a writer. And yes, it still feels odd to say that about myself. As an alumni member of the University, I'm allowed to use the library facilities and have been spending a great deal of time there researching and writing my historical novels set in Sunderland in 1919. The Murray library at the University is the place where I also plan out my novels, spreading A4 sheets, folders and files all over a massive table, the likes of which I need and don't have at home.  And it's as a thank you to the University and the alumni association that I have written a few words about them in an interview with the University on the publication of the hardback of my second novel The Tuppenny Child. Putting Sunderland on the map. --  Glenda Young Author of h...