CURRENT RADIO PUBLICITY VIA PHOENIX 98FM BASED AT BRENTWOOD ESSEX

          

  




Author Colin Payn and me at Brentwood Phoenix studio this morning. His book DOT'S LEGACY is now available on Amazon.

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Happy hour at Phoenix 98fm this morning. More super local writing talent via COLIN PAYN whose book Dot's Legacy is now available both as a traditional book and now as an ebook from Amazon. Michelle Ward was our presenter of BOOK CLUB and we celebrate both the Phoenix 98fm's tenth anniversary having been awarded a full time community radio licence, and our fifth year on Book Club, bringing writers (and readers) to Essex listeners.  Phoenix 98fm was also the first community radio station to provide a streaming internet service in 2001. 

Michelle Ward - Presenter at Phoenix 98fm
 

 

THE WOMAN WRITER IS NOW PUBLISHED AS AN E-BOOK

I've discovered that some of my earlier printed books are now available as ebooks from my super publishers THE HISTORY PRESS in Stroud. This is an easy way of reading about the provenance of our famous Society of Women Writers and all the wonderful people who have contributed to its success over the last 123 years.  Hope you all agree.  262,000 page views worldwide.

 

MEETING JENNI MURRAY ON SATURDAY AT ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY

Jenni Murray's new book presented at Essex Book Festival on Saturday
 

Dame Jenni Murray's book-signing with my new friend at Chelmsford on Saturday
 

SAD NEWS RE OUR FRIEND COLIN DEXTER

Such sadness today to learn of the passing of Colin Dexter, one of Britain's best authors and screen writers.  Colin became a firm friend who visited Brentwood Writers' Circle some years ago and we met up again at a couple of SWWJ seminars in London.  I certainly remember the warm welcome from Colin and his wife during a special visit to his home in Oxford when I interviewed him for a magazine feature.  Colin's famous Inspector Morse series is still a family favourite.

DAME VERA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

Today is rather a special day for  Dame Vera on her 100th birthday.  I have a special reason for my attention as this lovely lady helped me very much when I began researching my latest book  BARKING & DAGENHAM FROM OLD PHOTORAPHS.  The book was duly published a year or two back and I owe Dame Vera much appreciation for the photographs she sent to me. Have enjoyed tuning in to all the special programmes showing what great work she has done over such a long time.

WHAT IS THE REAL ESSEX?

   Time for celebration tomorrow at Chelmsford Library with the launch of:

 

 

                ESSEX BELONGS TO US

 

 

  This amazing 300-page anthology, containing the work of more than one hundred writers who have contributed their thoughts, memories, stories, poems, essays and writing work in general for inclusion in this book, will be on sale. at the Launch.   

       

Everyone, it seems, has an opinion about our county and tomorrow we will  be meeting many of those people who live there now and maybe in the past.

 

This Arts Council England project has brought together a wide range of Essex writers, new and more established.  We show what this amazingly diverse county actually means to them.

 

As our editors Malcolm Burgess and Heather Reyes offer - prepare yourselves to be entertained, moved and surprised in equal amounts with readings from the Essex Belongs To Us compilation and a chance to meet its writers at this special launch tomorrow 18 March. 

The book retails at £8.99 and can be purchased from
Malcolm Burgess 19 Cedar Road  Hutton  Brentwood  Essex CM13 1NB Postage and packing @ £1.00 per book

Spring Gathering and Prize Giving Tea

Date: 15th March 2017

Location: National Liberal Club, London
Adjudications, awards and readings. Guest speaker: Solange Hando "The life of a traveller writer". Members, guests and visitors all welcome! Bookings by 6th of March. Contact enquiries@swwj.co.uk

LOTS OF GOOD THINGS TO SEE AND DO AT THE HISTORY FAIR

WORLD BOOK DAY - SIGNING BOOKS TODAY

World Book Day today and celebrations for all writers and readers everywhere.  Tomorrow I'm meeting our team at the Society of Women Writers and Journalists in London to discuss some great upcoming events. For those who don't know much about us, the SWWJ was founded in 1894 by a wonderful chap, Joseph Snell Wood, who was a well known newspaper magnate in Fleet Street at the time.  We have flourished since then and are proud of our members all over the world. I will be signing some of my books over the weekend.

For more information on our Society of Women Writers & Journalists check out our website  www.swwj.co.uk 

SUPERB SNOWDROPS AT CHAWTON - HOME TO JANE AUSTEN

Looking forward, later in the year,  to joining members of SWWJ and other friends on a trip to  Jane Austen's home at Chawton in East Hampshire.  At the moment, the snowdrops are superb!