Category: Event
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BOW STREET SOCIETY AT BOOKS ON THE BEACH – BLACKPOOL, September 2024
On Saturday 17th August 2024 I went to the Books on the Beach – Blackpool book signing event as an officially attending author. I was there with the Bow Street Society stand and my good friend, Karen, who was not only my assistant on the day but who drove us from Milton Keynes to Blackpool…
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PREPARING FOR A BOOK EVENT, August 2024
At the point of writing, it’s officially two weeks until the Books on the Beach book signing event in Blackpool on Saturday 17th August 2024. The first book signing event I did was the UK Lit Fest in Bradford in 2018. It was only two years after I’d published The Case of the Curious Client, so I only had…
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MUG MAY: A Brief History of Mugs, May 2022
‘Mug (n.) “small, cylindrical drinking vessel, often with a handle,” 1560s, “bowl, pot, jug,” of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish mugg “earthen cup, jug,” Norwegian mugge “pitcher, open can for warm drinks”), or Low German mokke, mukke “mug,” also of unknown origin. Hence mug-hunter (1883) “one who enters sporting contests solely to win prizes” (frequently in the form of engraved…
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MUG MAY 2021, May 2021
It’s back for a second year! #MugMay is a month-long journey through my souvenir mug collection in which I showcase museums, cities, Twitch streamers, and much more! Every day in May I’ll be posting a photograph of the ‘Mug-of-the-Day’ on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram along with information about the place of interest/person featured. This year,…
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GREAT CONNECTIONS AT THE UK INDIE LIT FEST, August 2019
On Saturday 27th July I was one of the 30+ attending independent authors at the UK Indie Lit Fest at the Kala Sangam Arts Centre, Bradford. This was my second stint as an attending author and I have to say I enjoyed it even more than I did the first time. I met many familiar…
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BOW STREET SOCIETY AT MIDFEST, July 2019
22nd-23rd June 2019 Subscribers to the Gaslight Gazette and followers of my social media posts will know I planned to have a stall at this year’s Midlands History Festival (Midfest). Held at White’s Nurseries on Clay Lane in Earl’s Barton, Northamptonshire, the festival lasted for an entire weekend. Each camp of reenactors remained “in period” for the…