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A SIXTH FOREIGN EDITION OF STAR GAZING
Wydawnictwo Ksiaznica will publish a Polish edition of STAR GAZING.


STAR GAZING short-listed again
Linda's third novel STAR GAZING has been short-listed for WOMAN'S WEEKLY's Best Romantic Novels published since 1960. The winner will be announced on 16th Sept. The two other short-listed books are EVERY WOMAN FOR HERSELF by Trisha Ashley and A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE by Barbara Taylor Bradford.


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Linda now has a Fan page on Facebook where book (and other) news is posted.

Linda has been recruited by CREATIVE WRITING COURSES as tutor for residential courses and cruises in the UK in 2010. Tap in to the secrets of the experts! Learn writing skills from published authors at Creative Writing Courses



EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY to have its first foreign edition.
Following the success of STAR GAZING in Portugal, the publisher Publicacoes Europa-America will be bringing out a Portuguese edition of Linda's first novel, EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY (Os Laços que nos Unem) in May 2010.


STAR GAZING NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIO
You can now listen to STAR GAZING unabridged on audio cassettes, CDs or MP3, all available from Ulverscroft. The book is read by Scots actress Cathleen McCarron.


VIDEO INTERVIEW NOW ONLINE
Linda made a 5 minute video for Borders Books talking about her third novel, STAR GAZING.


STAR GAZING SHORT-LISTED AGAIN!
STAR GAZING was short-listed for the UK's first environmental book award, the Robin Jenkins Literary Award, promoting writing inspired by Scotland's landscape. The winner was Mandy Haggith's THE LAST BEAR. Shortlisted authors were invited to an event at the Edinburgh Book Festival and Linda has blogged about it on the book blog Rhapsodyinbooks


TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE
STAR GAZING will be appearing in a Russian edition from Atticus Publishing. This makes the fifth foreign language edition. Translation rights have already been sold to Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal.


LINDA GUEST BLOGS
Linda has written guest blogs for the writers' blog Author! Author! and the book blog Rhapsodyinbooks.

 

STAR GAZING & EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY FILM RIGHTS SOLD
STAR GAZING and EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY have both been optioned for cinema by Capricorn Film Productions Ltd in Glasgow.


STAR GAZING SHORTLISTED FOR BOOK AWARD
Linda's third novel, STAR GAZING was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2009, presented by the Romantic Novelists' Association. For more details about the award see the RNA's website.


SMOOTH RADIO
Linda was interviewed on Smooth Radio's Bookcase programme. She was discussing STAR GAZING with Alex Dickson.


STAR GAZING, Linda's third novel was published by Piatkus in May 2008.


RUNNER-UP IN PURE PASSION PROMOTION
EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY tied as runner-up in NW Libraries' PURE PASSION promotion. Readers were asked to vote for their favourite romantic read from a shortlist selected to reflect the diversity of romantic writing published in the last ten years. Many thanks to anyone who voted/canvassed for EG!


Linda was invited to appear at the first national Mental Health Arts Film and Media Festival held in Glasgow in October 2007. She appeared at Glasgow Women's Library talking about EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY. The festival explored mental health and people’s experiences of stigma and discrimination.


A LIFETIME BURNING was featured in PRIMA magazine in an article about book groups' favourite reads.


THE BOOKCROSSING UNCONVENTION
Linda appeared at The 2008 BookCrossing Unconvention in Brighton, giving a talk about her books and also teaching a writing workshop.


EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY was voted into the Top Ten Reads of 2006 by BCUK, the UK chapter of www.BookCrossing.com. EG tied in 4th place.



 

WRITING WORKSHOPS - FEEDBACK 

Linda taught a writing workshop at THE WRITE READ, a day for writers and readers held at Higham Hall, Cumbria, July 2007.

One of her students, Linda Hepworth of Alston, Cumbria wrote:

"Your workshop was the best and most stimulating I have been to and your notes are a wonderful aide-memoire. I have told so many people about you and your books and shall continue to do so."

Linda also taught a 2-day writing workshop, Where the Writing Begins with fellow Transita author Adrienne Dines at the Elmbridge Literature Festival, Surrey, November 2006.

16 students attended and the comments on the feedback sheets were terrific. Here's a selection...

"A great weekend. I wouldn't have missed it for anything."

"Inspiring".

"You've given me tools to get going."

"You have clearly both done a lot of preparation and achieved a spontaneity which inspires me and others too."

"I haven't stopped writing since. One of the things I took away, which has benefited me immeasurably, is the importance of maintaining the marriage to longhand. I've been over-reliant on my computer when it comes to putting words, sentences and paragraphs together, and the delete button has made my writing stilted. As you pointed out, the longhand process is much more organic and helps with natural flow – so thank you for that hot tip."

"You arrive with a blank sheet of paper and leave having filled a book!"

Favourite comment? In answer to the question "Did you find any of the workshop difficult?" one student wrote, "Holding back my excitement."