Meet Sammi squirrel at Beckenham

 

This is Sammi an unlucky squirrel who features in my first picture book for children of 3-7 years-old. I first wrote the story some years ago and it was published as a fiction story in a small press magazine about animals. His story sat on my computer for years after that until this year when I decided to show him to the world as a picture book. I am so pleased with it. It is out now on Amazon here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/191511408X. Or if you want to get a copy in person from me and at a discounted price, I will be at the Beckenham Book Festival next Sunday 2 July at the Coach and Horses pub, Burnhill Road, Beckenham. There will be lots of local authors there and we will be selling our books in the beer garden at the back of the pub. I will also be selling my other children's books and my memoir. Come and say hello to us all. Here's hoping for a day like today. Sunny and no sign of rain.

Books at Beckenham - Meet local authors

 

If you are in or around Beckenham this Sunday, come and meet some local authors including me. As well as books being sold, there will be hopefully a storytime happening for children aged six upwards. I will be there selling my children's books and my new memoir 'Endocarditis - My Journey' all at special prices. You will get a free coloured paper bag of your choice (blue, black, green or red) and a bookmark to go with the memoir. Here is an excerpt of my memoir: 

September 2020

I can't remember what happened in this month, except I was still losing weight. It might have been this month that I started to experience another unpleasant symptom. I have never liked finding loose hairs in places they shouldn't be such as on soap bars or places where I eat. I can't recall how it started, but one day I found a loose hair and OMG, I felt ill! I wanted to be sick. I actually retched. This would happen quite often, and on a few occasions I was actually sick. I hated it. It put me off my food if I found one on the table as I was about to eat. I googled this. There is a name for it, but I can't recall it. What I do remember seeing is that one of the causes was infection. I didn't think anything of it. When I mentioned it to my mum, she said that she used to be like that when she was younger, so I thought that I had taken after her, like with a lot of other things. I didn't know that it was part and parcel, as they say, of a bigger health issue.

I hope to see lots of people there.