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01 May

Linda Hampton shares debut novel Sailing to the Moon

Linda Hampton0 CommentsGuide, Literature & Spoken Wordauthor, books, creative writing, library, literature, local author, novel, tea amantes

Blackpool author, Linda Hampton muses on the hurdles and bumps in the road that must be navigated to write and publish a book, and invites you to find out more about Sailing to the Moon, her debut novel that took her five years to finish. After five long years of swinging between getting on with it and sheer procrastination, and many, many life events that made it difficult for me to just write, I finished my debut novel, Sailing to the Moon. Sailing to the Moon is a story about the invisible ties that connect two people over a lifetime,…

Author interview: Katie Clapham

Linda Hampton0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Wordbook, books, bookshop, children, fiction, library, local author, teenage fiction, teens, young adult fiction

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]St Anne’s bookseller and author Katie Clapham chatted to Linda Hampton about her latest YA book, Three Girls. As I walk into Storytellers Inc., the delightful independent bookshop on The Crescent in St Annes, co-owner and author Katie Clapham is happily sorting new books to display. The bookshop, opened with her mother in 2010, was named Vintage Independent Bookshop of the Year in 2013 amongst other industry awards, while Katie has won several awards for her own bookselling achievements. But Katie is also a writer. I’m here to interview her about her latest novel for young adults entitled Three Girls.…

Review: Three Girls by Katie Clapham – a novel of friendship, changing lives and running

David Simper0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word@publishing uclan, book, fiction, literature, local author, three girls, young adult fiction

In Katie Clapham's first young adult novel, the three girls of the title are thrown together in a school brochure photo shoot and at that time are not actually friends. This changes as events develop, presenting a realistic picture of how lives alter as we approach adulthood. The characters' ages are not mentioned but they appear to be year 11 and around 16 by the time of the book's events. Clapham is an independent bookseller at Storytellers Inc in St Annes. Her three main characters are: Minnie, ace netballer and general athlete; Lena, ace runner but feels overshadowed by Minnie;…