Celebrating Success with Pauline Barclay

Jessica on Stage

Today, I am so pleased to be talking to Jessica Turner. Jessica’s love is acting on the stage and today she’s talking about her role in Rackheath players pantomime, Alice in Wonderland.
So without further ado, please sit back and meet my lovely guest.
https://www.rackheathplayers.co.uk/ 

Bullying - Life Threatening, Life Ending

Today, my wonderful and amazing guest is, Samual Ridge-Ward. Sam was the victim of horrific bullying. Throughout 2024, Sam is going to share his journey from being a young boy who thought life was almost over, to a successful, professional charity worker.

A Truncheon and a Whistle

Today, my wonderful guest is an ex police office of 30 years, today he’s a crime writer. Ian Walker, pen name Jon Mason has a wealth of knowledge that can make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Ian joined the police force in the early 60’s where officers were issued with a truncheon and a whistle. Removable collars and the wearing of a tie was as was important as discipline. Today, Ian talks about those early years in his career and how those days have formed an important part of his writing.
 So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.

Ian Thomson on The Rise & Fall of Tommy Ball

Today, I am delighted to be, once again, chatting with Ian Thomson. Ian is an award winning author, born in Blackburn, Lancashire on Halloween, 1949, into a different world, where coal was delivered by horse and cart. Ian’s, best selling trilogy is set in his childhood town of Blackburn. It was through these books and Ian’s writing that caught the eye of Patricia Price who had a story to tell. Patricia approached Ian to talk about writing the true story of her father, the Blackburn entrepreneur, Tommy Ball, a rags to riches story with more twists than an air pin bend. A story will bring out many emotions from admiration to disbelief and anger.
 So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.

Paul Smith and PYA

Today, I am delighted to be talking to Paul Smith. Paul is behind the Yorkshire writer’s site, Promoting Yorkshire Authors. Paul is also a published writer and creates beautiful limited edition greetings cards from original art. So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest and finding out about a little about Paul.

Ruth Enright

Today, I am delighted to be talking to the wonderful author, Ruth Enright, you may remember Ruth from a podcast we made at the end of February which you can listen to either on Spotify or from my Podbean dashboard.
Ruth’s latest book, Clarionettes, is set in 1896 in the industrial town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK and his a wonderful story about people from all walks of life.  So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest and finding out about Clarionettes. https://www.r-enright58.co.uk/
 

Blackburn Trilogy

Today, I am delighted to be talking to Ian Thomson. Ian was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on Halloween, 1949, in a different world, where coal was delivered by horse and cart. Like any boy of his age, he wore sleeveless tank tops, which were short, and shorts which were long. Ian’s trilogy is set in his childhood town of Blackburn and whilst the book are fiction they do include many memories of earlier years. So please sit back and enjoy meeting my wonderful guest.
Web site: ianthomsonauthor.com
 

Coincidence

Coincidence is a collection of short, true coincidence stories from:
Michael Duffy -  MADwriter - Michael A Duffy Writer
Annie Whitehead - https://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk/
Helen Hollick -  https://www.helenhollick.net/ 
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Hat Trick of Awards - Michael Duffy

Today, I am delighted to be talking to Michael Duffy. Michael scoped a hat trick of awards last month for his black humour book, Gavin and the Body Snatchers, so please sit back and enjoy meeting my lovely guest.
Find out more about Michael on his web site: MADwriter - Michael A Duffy Writer

The Adventures of Hedgerow Farm

Stephen Richmond is talking about the children’s books he has written, The Adventures of Hedgerow Farm. You can find out more about The Adventures of Hedgerow farm by visiting Stephen’s web site. https://www.tractorbarnproductions.com/