Thursday
Tuesday
Waiting Game
Launching on 1st March 2013
The awesome new sequel to the People's Book Prize Shortlisted "Dead Game".
Living in despair after the tragic death of her cousin Archie, Sarah Walker finally succumbs and embarks on her long-awaited trip around the world. Landing herself in a dingy Thai soi, she runs into a forgotten rogue from her past. Terrified, Sarah flees and in doing so, finds herself in a ghostly world with warped satyrs, dual-headed snakes, and a wicked witch who plots to enslave her; trying to piece together the jigsaw of her past in time; the true meaning of friendship is at stake. Waiting Game is a dangerous journey but it is a fragile heart that travels it. Compelled to move on whether she wants to or not, Sarah’s scars run deep, but just how far will she go in an attempt to find Archie?
Pre-order here
Competition - Catherine Cooper
Visit http://www.pengridion.co.uk/
To enter the worldwide competition, visit the collection on Amazon Kindle
To enter the worldwide competition, visit the collection on Amazon Kindle
Friday
World Book Day 2013
World Book Day 2013
In the UK 12 million adults find reading difficult and
often, in fear would stray away from picking up a book. This is an issue that
needs to be addressed in the early stages of one’s education. World Book Day,
taking place on 7th March invites children to come to school dressed
as their favourite fictional character, receive a £1 or €1.50 token to exchange
for a book and to enjoy reading wondrous adventures.
World Book Day not only aims to encourage children in the UK
to pick up a book, it helps to raise money for Book
Aid International. The charity sends half a million books each year to
sub-Saharan Africa, where in some countries a school book can cost the
equivalent of a month’s wages. These books are sent to communities, schools and
academic libraries. With the help of World Book Day, Book Aid International can
reach out to more children; for every £2 a school raises, one brand new book
can be sent. Last year World Book Day raised £76,000 enabling Book Aid
International to send 38,000 new books to sub-Saharan Africa.
Schools can raise money by hosting a fancy dress, dress down
or non-school uniform day. Many schools encourage children to think of their
favourite fictional character and come to school on World Book Day dressed as
them. It is a great way to get children involved with the stories and enjoy the
adventures that their favourite characters encounter. Last year Harry Potter
and Hermione
Granger costumes were popular among Where’s Wally and Dorothy outfits.
As well as encouraging children to dress as their chosen
characters, a £1 or €1.50 token is also offered to all students. They can
choose to spend it on one of the special World
Book Day books or put it towards the cost of a normal book that has caught
their attention.
£1 Books up for grabs
A fantastic 14 million tokens will be distributed this year
and the choice of books children have is bigger and better than ever. Here are
the titles available in exchange for a token:
· Horrid Henry’s Guide to Perfect Parents by Francesca Simon
· Alfie’s Shop by Shirley Hughes
· Giraffes Can’t Dance Colouring and Puzzle Fun by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
· Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders: Funny Inventions by Tony Robinson and Del Thorpe
· The Diamond Brothers in ... Two of Diamonds by Anthony Horowitz
· Hang In there Bozo: the Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide For Some Tricky Predicaments by Lauren Child
· Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever! (so far) by Liz Pichon
· The Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet by Cathy Cassidy
· Horrid Henry’s Guide to Perfect Parents by Francesca Simon
· Alfie’s Shop by Shirley Hughes
· Giraffes Can’t Dance Colouring and Puzzle Fun by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
· Tony Robinson’s Weird World of Wonders: Funny Inventions by Tony Robinson and Del Thorpe
· The Diamond Brothers in ... Two of Diamonds by Anthony Horowitz
· Hang In there Bozo: the Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide For Some Tricky Predicaments by Lauren Child
· Tom Gates: Best Book Day Ever! (so far) by Liz Pichon
· The Chocolate Box Girls: Bittersweet by Cathy Cassidy
Events such as World Book Day aim to encourage children to
turn pages and discover fantastic stories that will live with them for a
lifetime. Sparking enthusiasm for reading will help to fight against
illiteracy, encourage children to challenge themselves and aid their education.
There are many ways in which we can create this spark, dressing up as a
character is such one of them.
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| http://www.allfancydress.com/ |
This article has been contributed by Steve John of AFD, a fancy dress retailer who stocks a
variety of outfits for World Book Day.
Introducing Jane Hersey
Introducing Jane Hersey, author of the heartbreaking true stories Breath in the Dark, Full Circle and Silent in the Shadows.
A six year old child with sole care of a mother suffering with
depression, diabetes and eating disorders, Jane, is ostracised by the Jewish
community and the community at large.
The story is told through the thoughts and voice of a traumatised,
isolated child enduring the stresses of day-to-day life under difficult
circumstances in 1960’s Manchester.
Jane expresses the
beautiful mix of confusion, faith and fear that characterises her childhood. An
extremely powerful reading experience.
Review by Harper Collins
This is a simply
stunning book. I found myself both moved and haunted by this book. A key text
for clinicians, students and carers and parents themselves.
The Madness and
Literature Network, Nottingham University.
Fantastically
written. It left me feeling emotional for the childhood she lost and also
wondering how she got where she is today! I would recommend this book to
professionals, survivors and anyone wishing to understand the effects of mental
illness, poverty, emotional neglect and sexual abuse.
NAPAC, National Assoc for People Abused in Childhood.
Psychcentral
I was thirteen years
old when my mother died. Separated from my brothers, not knowing what became of
them, I was sent to live with a cruel and sadistic aunt. Prevented from
attending my mother's funeral and not told where she was buried, I never came
to terms with her death. Barely literate and confused I remained traumatised.
Full Circle continues the life
story of Jane Hersey which began with Breath in the Dark. It tells the
harrowing true tale of a socially isolated young woman, who is neglected,
physically and emotionally abused and living in poverty and deprivation. After
leaving an abusive relationship Jane found herself homeless with a baby. At the
mercy of unscrupulous people, forced into prostitution and sexually exploited.
Visit Jane’s website
Visit her New Writers UK author page
Tuesday
Introducing Yasir Hayat
Introducing Yasir Hayat, now a
member of NWUK.
Yasir: From an early age I
developed a strange affinity for poetry after hearing Edgar Allen Poe’s famous
poem ‘The Raven’. Immediately I tried writing my own, I was fascinated by words
in rhyme and their meaning. My mind was set ablaze by ideas and thoughts, unfortunately
I wasn’t able to annunciate or project those ideas and thoughts in a manner
synonymous with poetry. My love for the craft kept me writing along with the
countless praises I got off friends who read my work
As my studies progressed into college the desire to write took a different form. I began writing short stories in times of inactivity to pass the time. My poetry had become better but not to the point where I could be featured in a magazine or make any publicity from it. I continued writing poetry and expanding to stories.
View Yasir Hayat's page here
To view NWUK members' horror books click here
Yasir is the author of Memoirs of the Damned, an epic vampire novel set against a timeless gothic backdrop.
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| Yasir Hayat |
As my studies progressed into college the desire to write took a different form. I began writing short stories in times of inactivity to pass the time. My poetry had become better but not to the point where I could be featured in a magazine or make any publicity from it. I continued writing poetry and expanding to stories.
Once my studies progressed to
university my writings had developed a mind of their own. I carried on with
poetry but created my book Memoirs of the
Damned from the short stories I had written in college. I attended writing
workshops in my spare time and began taking part in poetry festivals. I met
Shamshad Khan, an amazing poet, at the Manchester Literature Festival, she
referred me to Zahid Hussain. Both of these wonderful individuals have helped
me with my writing.
Now that my studies are over my
primary focus is to become an established author. I cannot ignore poetry as it
is the keystone of my writing desire but I am considering expansion into
playwriting too. I am looking forward to becoming a prominent part of the literary
community and I am excited about what the future holds for me. I have simply
this message to give,
In the quietened soul we hold a resolve
That many a time we find dissolves
Pursuit is the mother of gains
And love can help subdue any pain
View Yasir Hayat's page here
To view NWUK members' horror books click here
Wednesday
ask David - promotion for books
One of our members has recommended the following free book promotion website at http://askdavid.com/free-book-
Apparently is makes its money from Amazon when someone buys a book (having seen it advertised on the ask David site) and it does not affect the royalty paid to the author (or cost anything). So, what do you think? Is it worth using 'askdavid' to promote your books?
Have any of you used the service?
An evening with author David Zelder
An Evening with David Zelder
Wednesday 23 Jan 2013
7.30 p.m. Tickets £5.90, Concessions £4.50
Winding Wheel Theatre, Holywell Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7SA
Award winning author David Zelder will give
an illustrated talk on the trials and tribulations of being an author. His works
draw on personal experiences which include being held hostage at gunpoint as a
child, falling foul of the Russian Mafia and how his 12 heavily armed bodyguards
in Albania failed to prevent him coming under gunfire . His recent novel YOMPING
OUTSIDE regularly features in the top 2% of sales charts, thus, a 2nd edition
was printed in 2012. The novel centres on an ex-Royal Marine who becomes
involved in a turf war between The Russian Mafia and Turkish bandits. Part of
the proceeds go to The Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. David will also talk
about his experiences as a boat owner as the evening is a fund raising event for
The Chesterfield Canal Trust.
Tel:
01246-345222
Online bookings: box.office@chesterfield.gov.uk
www.windingwheel.co.ukContact the Organisers Tell a Friend about this Event
Buy tickets
Plan Your Journey Map
Tuesday
Orangeberry Book Tour
NWUK member Fiona
Linday has just got a discounted offer of a weeklong book tour, the Orangeberry Social
Butterfly, given
via her website. It is regarding her easy-read collection of short stories, 'The Heavenly Road Trip'.
Details of the Orangeberry Book Tour services are below:
For $19.99, over the
week starting the 14th December, Fiona will have five blog stops at reviewers’/writers'
sites, where she will be featured and interviewed. This is one of the cheapest types
of book marketing offered by Orangeberry
Book Tours (there are several more elaborate ones). The interview was done
beforehand, with Fiona answering over twenty given questions. She is looking
forward to a review from one of the blog hosts, Mommy Adventures, on the 15th of December.
Fiona was also asked
to respond from the author’s
perspective, the 'Writing to me is…' question.
Content that will appear on the guest posts.
Details of the Orangeberry Book Tour services are below:
OBT was created in October 2010 by Pandora
Poikilos, a writer. Together with a few other writers, she worked on a three
month long book launch festival and book tours were her contribution to the
festival. The demand was increasingly high and she spent quite a bit of time
adjusting the tours to meet the requirements of participating authors and
bloggers leading to what the tour is today.
How does OBT work and what
have the results been for authors who've used it?
The main goal of OBT is to raise awareness for the author and his/her book via social media. This means OBT offers more than blog stops. Hence, the name - BOOK tours not blog tours; running Twitter Blasts, blog stops and other types of smaller social awareness campaigns which focus on both author and the book.
She understands that a big budget is not something we all have when starting our writing careers, hence, there is a free book tour package (Orangeberry Basic) which allows authors to have a free book tour but they have to host other authors in return.
For those who pay for book tours, the money is then used to finance the Orangeberry Goodie Bag which distributes gifts to blog hosts and the site’s visitors.
Results wise, most authors have experienced increased sales although the exact quantities vary. Some have experienced sales as low as 20 books a day and others have had more than 200 total sales during an Orangeberry Phoenix book tour which lasts for 30 days.
Pandora does want to stress that results differ for each book, and she does point out glaring formatting errors or content issues to authors.
The main goal of OBT is to raise awareness for the author and his/her book via social media. This means OBT offers more than blog stops. Hence, the name - BOOK tours not blog tours; running Twitter Blasts, blog stops and other types of smaller social awareness campaigns which focus on both author and the book.
She understands that a big budget is not something we all have when starting our writing careers, hence, there is a free book tour package (Orangeberry Basic) which allows authors to have a free book tour but they have to host other authors in return.
For those who pay for book tours, the money is then used to finance the Orangeberry Goodie Bag which distributes gifts to blog hosts and the site’s visitors.
Results wise, most authors have experienced increased sales although the exact quantities vary. Some have experienced sales as low as 20 books a day and others have had more than 200 total sales during an Orangeberry Phoenix book tour which lasts for 30 days.
Pandora does want to stress that results differ for each book, and she does point out glaring formatting errors or content issues to authors.
Friday
Free ebook - Romance
FREE ebook.
The Other Side of Silence by Sylvie Nickels
A 21st century romance and a little-known episode of European
history
Pippa Eastman feels stifled by her autocratic father and eminent historian, Joseph Eastman. As soon as she can she goes to Australia where she meets Jude Jamieson. Years later her father develops Alzheimer's and she returns to the UK to look after him. Jude follows in search of his alcoholic father, a Ten Pound Pom who had left him and his mother in Australia.
The novel begins as Pippa receives an email from a stranger in northern Finland claiming to be a relative. Pippa knows that her father was the son of Josef, a Russian soldier, and a Finnish farmer's daughter, brought together by the Finnish-Russian Winter War of 1939/40. The book is the unfolding search for their roots by Pippa and Jude and thereby their finding of each other.
Pippa finds her grandfather’s diary, which her father had translated into English and which gives a vivid picture of the Winter War. She learns of evidence that her father had murdered a man, Kalle, who had been responsible for Josef's deportation to Germany, where he perished in a slave labour camp. Pippa is determined to disprove her father's guilt. In the meantime, Jude has traced his father, now sober and blind.
The book shows how Pippa and Jude, separately and together, conduct their searches and deal with their outcome, in the process finding a new depth in their own relationship.
Pippa Eastman feels stifled by her autocratic father and eminent historian, Joseph Eastman. As soon as she can she goes to Australia where she meets Jude Jamieson. Years later her father develops Alzheimer's and she returns to the UK to look after him. Jude follows in search of his alcoholic father, a Ten Pound Pom who had left him and his mother in Australia.
The novel begins as Pippa receives an email from a stranger in northern Finland claiming to be a relative. Pippa knows that her father was the son of Josef, a Russian soldier, and a Finnish farmer's daughter, brought together by the Finnish-Russian Winter War of 1939/40. The book is the unfolding search for their roots by Pippa and Jude and thereby their finding of each other.
Pippa finds her grandfather’s diary, which her father had translated into English and which gives a vivid picture of the Winter War. She learns of evidence that her father had murdered a man, Kalle, who had been responsible for Josef's deportation to Germany, where he perished in a slave labour camp. Pippa is determined to disprove her father's guilt. In the meantime, Jude has traced his father, now sober and blind.
The book shows how Pippa and Jude, separately and together, conduct their searches and deal with their outcome, in the process finding a new depth in their own relationship.
Monday
Book Day in Arnold
At Gedling Civic Centre inside Arnot Hill Park
DEC 1st, 10am - 4pm
Free Admission.
Talks, Stalls, Buffet etc
DEC 1st, 10am - 4pm
Free Admission.
Talks, Stalls, Buffet etc
Sunday
What is Artikle?
What is Artikle?
Artikle is set up primarily as a space for writers to display their work. However, perhaps more importantly, it provides strong, intelligent opinions regarding current affairs.
Articles can be sent in at any time and may be submitted by anyone. Every month the best article in the submissions pile is selected as the winner and placed on the Artikle homepage as well as sent out to members via their newsletter and social media links.
Alongside this, winners are given 200 words to use to talk about themselves and their profession, which is placed beside their winning article.
For more info visit www.artikle.org
Thursday
Kimberley Book-Worm Day, in print
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| Kimberley Book-Worm Day A R Dance receives his award (top right) from Anna Soubry MP and Gloria Morgan |
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| Local children parade as literary characters. |
Wednesday
The Next Big Thing!
Blog Hopping Event
Dave McCall: ‘I've been tagged in The Next Big Thing by fellow writer Helen Hollick (Helen reached
the USA Today Bestseller list with
her novel The Forever Queen in 2011).
I'm instructed to tell you all about my next book by answering the following questions and then I tag five other authors about their Next Big Thing. So here I go!
What is the working title of your next book?
My second novel is called The Assassin’s Mark and I’m working towards a publication date of March-April 2013.
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I was researching a novel about the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and came across a paper on the Battlefield Tours that Franco launched – mainly for British tourists – before the war was even finished. It was too good a story to ignore.
What genre does your book fall under?
Historical thriller with a generous amount Agatha Christie and a splash of Rick Stein, seasoned with a pinch of mild erotica.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I always picture actors in my main character roles anyway so, in this case, Christopher Eccleston as Jack Telford and Rachel Weisz as Valerie Carter-Holt.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
A Christie-esque thriller set on a battlefield tour bus towards the end of the Spanish Civil War.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I’m planning to self-publish with the help of SilverWood Books but if somebody wants to make me an offer I can’t refuse...
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I started to write in February 2011 and finished the first draft (180,000 words) in October that year – then travelled with it through all its locations in Northern Spain to check the “feel” and complete the first re-write (168,000 words). The final version is 152,000 words.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
C J Sansom’s Winter in Madrid; Dave Boling’s Guernica; Rebecca Pawel’s Death of a Nationalist; Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
Long list, I’m afraid. Old comrades like Jack Jones and Frank Deagan from whom I first learned about the “real” experience of the Spanish Civil War. Spanish family friends who lived through the war and Franco’s repression that followed it. Wonderful historians like Antony Beevor and Paul Preston who’ve never lost sight of the Spanish Civil War’s significance for all of us. Sandie Holguin who introduced me to the bus tours that feature centrally in the story.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
The Spanish Civil War is badly neglected by English-language fiction writers so, at one level, I wanted the novel to be informative as well as entertaining. I’d like it to be a “must” for all those who already have an affection for Spain and maybe want to learn a bit more about the country’s history and culture – while still being able to sit on a beach with a good pot-boiler and need to keep “turning the pages.”
For more about my current novel, The Jacobites’ Apprentice, and other relevant information, please visit my main website... www.davidebsworth.com
Here are some great authors I've tagged to tell you about their own Next Big Thing!
Jean Dorricott: www.jeandorricott.com Born in North Wales, Jean’s short stories and poems began to win awards and she was asked to write a non-fiction study guide to science and religion. She has recently published a futuristic thriller, Ruin of the Soul, and she currently lives in Norwich.
Nick Marsh: www.nick-marsh.co.uk Nick is a science fiction author, veterinary surgeon and, he says, a self-confessed geek. His books include Soul Purpose, Past Tense and, most recently, The Express Diaries. He is an active member of New Writers UK.
I'm instructed to tell you all about my next book by answering the following questions and then I tag five other authors about their Next Big Thing. So here I go!
What is the working title of your next book?
My second novel is called The Assassin’s Mark and I’m working towards a publication date of March-April 2013.
Where did the idea come from for the book?
I was researching a novel about the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War and came across a paper on the Battlefield Tours that Franco launched – mainly for British tourists – before the war was even finished. It was too good a story to ignore.
What genre does your book fall under?
Historical thriller with a generous amount Agatha Christie and a splash of Rick Stein, seasoned with a pinch of mild erotica.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I always picture actors in my main character roles anyway so, in this case, Christopher Eccleston as Jack Telford and Rachel Weisz as Valerie Carter-Holt.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
A Christie-esque thriller set on a battlefield tour bus towards the end of the Spanish Civil War.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I’m planning to self-publish with the help of SilverWood Books but if somebody wants to make me an offer I can’t refuse...
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
I started to write in February 2011 and finished the first draft (180,000 words) in October that year – then travelled with it through all its locations in Northern Spain to check the “feel” and complete the first re-write (168,000 words). The final version is 152,000 words.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
C J Sansom’s Winter in Madrid; Dave Boling’s Guernica; Rebecca Pawel’s Death of a Nationalist; Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
Long list, I’m afraid. Old comrades like Jack Jones and Frank Deagan from whom I first learned about the “real” experience of the Spanish Civil War. Spanish family friends who lived through the war and Franco’s repression that followed it. Wonderful historians like Antony Beevor and Paul Preston who’ve never lost sight of the Spanish Civil War’s significance for all of us. Sandie Holguin who introduced me to the bus tours that feature centrally in the story.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
The Spanish Civil War is badly neglected by English-language fiction writers so, at one level, I wanted the novel to be informative as well as entertaining. I’d like it to be a “must” for all those who already have an affection for Spain and maybe want to learn a bit more about the country’s history and culture – while still being able to sit on a beach with a good pot-boiler and need to keep “turning the pages.”
For more about my current novel, The Jacobites’ Apprentice, and other relevant information, please visit my main website... www.davidebsworth.com
Here are some great authors I've tagged to tell you about their own Next Big Thing!
Jean Dorricott: www.jeandorricott.com Born in North Wales, Jean’s short stories and poems began to win awards and she was asked to write a non-fiction study guide to science and religion. She has recently published a futuristic thriller, Ruin of the Soul, and she currently lives in Norwich.
Nick Marsh: www.nick-marsh.co.uk Nick is a science fiction author, veterinary surgeon and, he says, a self-confessed geek. His books include Soul Purpose, Past Tense and, most recently, The Express Diaries. He is an active member of New Writers UK.
A R Dance: www.arundelbooks.co.uk
Alan writes novels – Narrow Marsh and Leen Times - set in the
world of nineteenth century Nottingham. He is also a local historian, author of
The Chilwell Ghost: A New Investigation.
Sherry Jones: www.authorsherryjones.com American journalist and internationally best-selling author of the controversial The Jewel of Medina and other historical fiction novels about women's power.
Moira McPartlin: www.moiramcpartlin.com A writer from Stirlingshire, her first novel, The Incomers, is set in Fife during the 1960s. She is also a convenor for the Federation of Writers Scotland.
Annemarie Neary: www.annemarieneary.co.uk Annemarie's short fiction has appeared in anthologies, magazines and on numerous shortlists in the UK, Ireland and the US. Her first novel, A Parachute in the Lime Tree, was published by The History Press Ireland in 2012.
Sherry Jones: www.authorsherryjones.com American journalist and internationally best-selling author of the controversial The Jewel of Medina and other historical fiction novels about women's power.
Moira McPartlin: www.moiramcpartlin.com A writer from Stirlingshire, her first novel, The Incomers, is set in Fife during the 1960s. She is also a convenor for the Federation of Writers Scotland.
Annemarie Neary: www.annemarieneary.co.uk Annemarie's short fiction has appeared in anthologies, magazines and on numerous shortlists in the UK, Ireland and the US. Her first novel, A Parachute in the Lime Tree, was published by The History Press Ireland in 2012.
Monday
New Blog to try out
‘This Craft Called Writing’ is a new blog which features articles on writing and editing techniques and hosts guest posts by new and established authors. The blog can be found here: http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/
Below are links to some typical content:
Giving Your Setting a Little Character
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/giving-your-setting-a-little-character/
7 Steps to Improving Your Prose
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/7-steps-to-improving-your-prose/
Show Not Tell - A How To Guide
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/show-not-tell-a-how-to-guide/
Below are links to some typical content:
Giving Your Setting a Little Character
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/giving-your-setting-a-little-character/
7 Steps to Improving Your Prose
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/7-steps-to-improving-your-prose/
Show Not Tell - A How To Guide
http://lorrieporter.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/show-not-tell-a-how-to-guide/
Sunday
Tears For The Fallen
Mansfield poet Steven Leslie Hill’s second volume of poetry inspired by the First World War has been published this week, ahead of Armistice Day.
“It was the experiences of my grandfather, John Edward Pilmore in France and Belgium during the Great War that inspired me to write Tears for the Fallen 1914-1918, just like they did for my previous one,” explains Steven.
John Edward Pilmore served with the Yorkshire/Lancashire Regiment and survived to tell the harrowing tale, despite being gassed and suffering from shell shock.
Steven’s great uncle, Ernest Pilmore, of the Black Watch Regiment, was killed in action in France.
“Tears for the Fallen 1914-1918 is a contemporary collection of poems covering all aspects of life and conditions of the men from all sides who fought in the Great War,” he adds.
“Those poems are a condemnation of the madness of World War One and indeed all subsequent wars that have followed and the suffering that they bring.
“They are also a tribute to the individuals of the Great War of 1914-1918, who fought with great courage, bravery and compassion for a peaceful, tolerant and free world.”
More than fifty poems deal with more than just the British suffering – there is the anguish of a young Australian soldier, dying alone and far from home, the haunting images of a man he killed in a French soldier’s mind and the heartbreak of a Belgian woman, widowed by war.
The war is viewed, too, from the German and Russian perspectives with every single poem soaked in emotion and guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye.
Lest we forget.
Steven Leslie Hill’s previous book was also a collection of poetry, called Poems of World War One 1914-1918.
Tears for the Fallen (paperback £7.99 ISBN 978-178035-471-2) is available to order from the publisher at http://www.fast-print.net/bookshop/1187/tears-for-the-fallen-1914-1918 or from any good bookshop or internet retailer.
For more information, pictures or interviews please contact Simon Potter at Fast-Print Publishing on 01733 404828 or simon@fast-print.net
“It was the experiences of my grandfather, John Edward Pilmore in France and Belgium during the Great War that inspired me to write Tears for the Fallen 1914-1918, just like they did for my previous one,” explains Steven.
John Edward Pilmore served with the Yorkshire/Lancashire Regiment and survived to tell the harrowing tale, despite being gassed and suffering from shell shock.
Steven’s great uncle, Ernest Pilmore, of the Black Watch Regiment, was killed in action in France.
“Tears for the Fallen 1914-1918 is a contemporary collection of poems covering all aspects of life and conditions of the men from all sides who fought in the Great War,” he adds.
“Those poems are a condemnation of the madness of World War One and indeed all subsequent wars that have followed and the suffering that they bring.
“They are also a tribute to the individuals of the Great War of 1914-1918, who fought with great courage, bravery and compassion for a peaceful, tolerant and free world.”
More than fifty poems deal with more than just the British suffering – there is the anguish of a young Australian soldier, dying alone and far from home, the haunting images of a man he killed in a French soldier’s mind and the heartbreak of a Belgian woman, widowed by war.
The war is viewed, too, from the German and Russian perspectives with every single poem soaked in emotion and guaranteed to bring a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye.
Lest we forget.
Steven Leslie Hill’s previous book was also a collection of poetry, called Poems of World War One 1914-1918.
Tears for the Fallen (paperback £7.99 ISBN 978-178035-471-2) is available to order from the publisher at http://www.fast-print.net/bookshop/1187/tears-for-the-fallen-1914-1918 or from any good bookshop or internet retailer.
For more information, pictures or interviews please contact Simon Potter at Fast-Print Publishing on 01733 404828 or simon@fast-print.net
Wednesday
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