Lis McDermott Launches 4th Novel. Lis McDermott, a Royal Wootton Bassett-based author and poet, has released her fourth novel Honey. This book is the first in a series: The Beaconsbury Forest Series.Â
Lis McDermott Launches 4th Novel
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A GWR Set Novel
A New Jane Lark Novel – the Great Western Railway Girls. So I spotted this book in central library a few days back and decided to give it a whirl. Super glad I did when I saw in the acknowledgements a mention of our very Swindon Heritage Preservation Trust and the railway village museum on Faringdon Road. Hence I figured it would be fab to give it a wee mention here.
Wiltshire Author Celebrates Third Novel
Lis McDermott, a Royal Wootton Bassett-based author and poet, has released her third novel, The Identity Enigma.
Following the success of her debut novel, He is Not Worthy (2022), and her second novel, Echoes of Drowning, earlier this year, Lis hasn’t sat on her laurels. Indeed she continues to delight audiences with her powerful storytelling. While each of her novels stands alone, readers will enjoy the subtle crossovers of characters and settings, creating a unique thread that connects her works.
Alfred Williams Hammerman Poet
Alfred Williams Hammerman Poet. It appears that I’ve never mentioned the South-Marston-born polymath on this blog before now. But a visit to South Marston yesterday to see the houses with which Alfred’s short life intertwined, has prompted me to correct that.
Wiltshire Author Launches Second Novel
Lis McDermott, acclaimed author of He is Not Worthy (2022), has launched her second novel Echoes of Drowning.
Lis’ third novel The Identity Enigma is written and awaiting a late 2024 publication date. Thus proving that Lis, resident of Royal Wootton Bassett, continues to captivate readers with her compelling storytelling.
Unlocked: Pandemic Portraits
Unlocked: Pandemic Portraits – or to give this book its full title – Unlocked: Portraits of a Pandemic. By A J Stone, this book is, as you’d imagine, an oral history drawn taken and transcribed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Badgeland – A Swindon Socialist’s Memoir
I’m about half way through this book – and what an engaging read it is with many resonances for me – and even shared experiences. It’s also rather funny!
I had a working-class childhood in a mining area – Steve had a working-class childhood in an industrial Swindon. So many similarities. One working-class background is very much like another.
Swindon Literature Festival is 30!
Swindon Literature Festival is 30! Planning is now underway for the next — the 30th no less — Swindon Festival of Literature, due to take place 1st – 7th May ’23.
Hannah Dosanjh Childrens’ Book
Hot off the press is this gorgeous book written an illustrated by Swindon artist, Hannah Dosanjh. Surprisingly, despite a tsunami of writings about Swindon, my own publications included, no-one has, to my knowledge, written Swindon’s story in a child-friendly format. So congrats Hannah for filling that gap.Oh to be this talented!
We Paid to Play
What follows is a press release from Olympia Publishers about We Paid to Play. As it happens, I’m familiar with this book written by a Swindonian. Given that I have zero interest in sport of any kind, I have to say that I was not bored when reading. I know that sounds a bit like damned with faint praise but, given my aforementioned, lack of sporting enthusiasm – it’s a compliment.
Richard Jefferies Wild Life
14th November 2021 Richard Jefferies Wild LifeSo, last weekend saw me in the delightful company of many familiar faces for the launch of this book, by Mike Pringle, at the Christ Church community centre: And the back cover: Back cover of Richard Jefferies wildlife by...
A Swindon Radical Visits Venus
A Swindon Radical Visits Venus
There’s been rather a lot of hobnobbing happening of late. By which I mean activities involving authors of the Hobnob Press stable. In the first instance, I’ve twice in recent weeks, dined at the Polish Club with David Bradshaw, author of Hobnob Press book Swimming without Mangoes. At those delightful dinners we swapped our respective titles. And there’s more about that in this Swindon in 50 Drinks post about żywiec Polish Pilsner Beer.
Swindon in 50 more buildings
West Swindon – What the eye doesn’t see
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
We Are Swindon
