Herts Book Festival

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A great weekend at Herts Book Festival - good atmosphere, lots of interesting people.

Don't miss the Herts Book Festival TODAY! Meet Rachel Churcher from Taller Books, and enjoy LOADS of other authors, panels, and activities on Hertford Castle lawn, and again tomorrow at the Southern Maltings in Ware.

http://hertsbookfestival.org/events-2024/

📚 Lovely afternoon in the sunshine at the Herts Book Festival 😃 Such a chilled atmosphere on the Castle Lawn ❤️👍 Great job all involved 📚

On your marks, get set...!

Just getting ready for Herts Book Festival.

Animalympics medals up for grabs!

Children's reading is close to our heart at the Herts Book Festival and the Storytime Tent on Saturday at Hertford - kindly sponsored by the Herts Children's Book Group - will be the place to celebrate children's books. Our free events start off at 10.00am with M.G. Vaciago - Author and Bruck talking about their 'Books that Help' and at 2.00pm Hertford Library will be doing their popular 'Storytime in the Park' session. Throughout the day there will be children's authors reading from their books, a fun treasure hunt challenge, and space for kids to talk about their favourite books, or just to sit and read!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/books-that-help-panel-and-book-launch-free-event-tickets-902732315657

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytime-in-the-park-with-hertford-library-additional-free-tickets-tickets-906911987167

We love this!

Have you seen when spells out the month using book titles? I love it, and if you don’t know what I’m talking about, go check out her page to see.

To celebrate kicking off this weekend, I decided to spell Herts with books.

H - Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
E - Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
R - Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
T - Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
S - Stories Stars Tell by C L Walters .walters

Whilst at the festival, I’m going to look for books that start with H, E, R, T, or S. Can you spell HERTS with your books? If you post a pic, tag me and I’ll share to my stories.

We're excited to be attending the Herts Book Festival this weekend, at Hertford Castle Grounds on Saturday 18th May and at Southern Maltings in Ware on Sunday 19th May.

We'll be hosting a table at the Authors Market, where you can pick up a copy of some of the books that our members have written and published, meet members of the group - and find out more about us!

The festival has a great range of activities - with a range of workshops, open mic poetry, author talks and a book exchange. Each day runs from 10am to 4pm - so come along and join us on this fun weekend!

This is brilliant! And MG Vaciago will be talking about her new book at our featured session 'Books That Help' at the Herts Book Festival on Saturday - 10.00 in the Storytime Tent. Do come along for a fascinating discussion about how books can help children navigate difficult times.

Book free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/books-that-help-panel-and-book-launch-free-event-tickets-902732315657

Amazing to wake up to this. 😊



Troubador Publishing

Exciting showcase event at the Book Festival on Saturday!

In a great double-bill for book lovers, Radio 1 presenter and avid book reader Fee Mak will be talking to rising literary star Kirsty Capes about her new novel Girls on Saturday 18th May at 3.15pm.

Kirsty’s debut novel Careless was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022.

Girls is published by Orion on 16th May. The story follows two sisters, Mattie and Nora, on an all-or-nothing road trip across the US, exploring the intricacies of motherhood, friendship and the ties that bind us, or break us. Described as ‘Surprising, heart-breaking, light, brutal, and dryly funny’ Girls is a novel that will start conversations and will appeal to fans of Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason and Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Kirsty Capes works in publishing and is an advocate for better representation for care-experienced people in the media. See her on Instagram .author

Fee Mak is a radio presenter and the host of the BBC 1Xtra Breakfast show on Sundays. She is an avid reader who loves to get lost in a book and shares her passion for reading on her Instagram account . Fee’s plan is to read 24 books per year and share her honest opinions on them while also, most importantly, hearing what everyone else has to say too!

Book your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-event-bbcs-fee-mak-interviews-kirsty-capes-free-showcase-event-tickets-906248131557

Coming July 8th! Affections & Wishes, A Pride & Prejudice variation anthology.
https://geni.us/AffectionsAndWishes

Affections & Wishes has something for all readers, including regency romances, contemporary romance and fantasy or romantasy.

Shades of his Character by Jessie Lewis Author
A begrudging act of collusion in Netherfield’s library awakens Darcy and Elizabeth to their true feelings for each other.

All That Glitters by Julie Cooper
Darcy must decide what is most important: treasure in the bank, or treasures of the heart.

Pink Party Punch by Amy D’Orazio
Fighting boredom at Jane and Bingley’s baby shower, Darcy bets Elizabeth that he can best her at the baby games for a prize of one date with her.

Her Charms to Recommend Her by Mary Smythe
When Mr Darcy cannot shake an inexplicable illness, he's forced to seek out the particular, magical talents of Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

Orange Roses by Frances Reynolds - author
Darcy and Bingley re-enter the Bennet sisters' lives in London, shortly after Elizabeth's return from Kent.

Darcy & The Blue Devils by Lucy Marin
In Kent, Mr Darcy fights his attraction to Elizabeth Bennet and discovers the connexion between her and the blue devils that plague him.

Perfectly Right by Jan Ashton
Elizabeth's creation of a fake boyfriend to thwart her mother's matchmaking schemes inspires a desperately smitten Darcy to propose his own dating challenge.

Actions, Not Words by Barry S Richman
Lady Catherine confronts Fitzwilliam Darcy at Netherfield Park after having castigated Elizabeth Bennet at Longbourn.

Symptoms of Peculiar Regard by Elsie Fulbrook
A fantasy romance where love literally grows, and Jane has a gift which helps her steer Elizabeth and Darcy to their happily ever after.

We are looking for a friendly person to help us deliver our books to the housebound in the Bengeo area on a Thursday afternoon. Would like more details? Contact the number below or drop us an email - we would love to see you.

Hertford Book Festival

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