Category Archives: News
Newsletter – March 2011
Hello and welcome to my second newsletter. Suddenly it feels like Spring is properly on its way, doesn’t it? The clocks have gone forward, the evenings are getting lighter and the bleakness of winter is fading… Here’s what I’m up … Continue reading
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Basingstoke Girls’ Night In event
On 5th April, I’ll be appearing at the Basingstoke Discovery Centre at Festival Place for an evening of fun, fashion and fiction with Adele Parks and Julie Cohen. The lovely Adele Parks. Come along to meet us and hear us talking … Continue reading
More reviews for ‘To Touch the Stars’
I’ve been sent a couple of lovely reviews for To Touch the Stars from Australia and South Africa recently – particularly fitting as I’ve just got back from a fantastic break in Cape Town (I’ll put some photos from my … Continue reading
Why I’m Mad About Hats in April Woman & Home
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for Woman and Home about why I love hats so much. It was all commissioned and written in quite a rush, and involved doing a photo shoot in a beautiful house in … Continue reading
New reading guide for To Touch the Stars
If you’re a member of a book group you might find the Reading Guide for To Touch the Stars useful. You can download it as a PDF here. It’s got a bit of background as well as a set of … Continue reading
Newsletter – February 2011.
Hi and welcome to my first newsletter. I’ll be sending these out regularly, so you can keep up to date with what I’m up to, and there’ll also be the occasional giveaway/competition exclusive to newsletter subscribers. I’m so thrilled to … Continue reading
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An Awfully Nice Review from An Awfully Big Blog Adventure
Lovelly Adele Geras, author of countless children’s books and some wonderful adult novels including A Hidden Life and Made in Heaven, has given To Touch the Stars a fantastic review on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure. “This book is Jessica … Continue reading
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To Touch the Stars Extract Trail
To Touch the Stars is published next Thursday (pre-order now!) and, to celebrate, there’s going to be a trail of extracts exlcusively posted on a selection of great blogs, culminating in a competition on publication day. The running order is … Continue reading
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First review, and a cover quote
Thanks so much to Female First who have lived up to their name with the first review of To Touch the Stars – and it’s a great 4 starred write up. They say: “To Touch The Stars is packed with … Continue reading
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How to write a novel – 6 week online course
From January 22nd, I’m going to be teaching a six-week online novel writing course, for The Writers’ Workshop. Full details of the course are on the website, along with a short video of me introducing myself and the general areas … Continue reading
