Author of acclaimed cookbook Ramadan Express, Lina Saad is invited to showcase her excellent cooking skills at the London Muslim Shopping Festival at the London Olympia. The author will be preparing Chicken Shawarma with Tahini / Cabbage and Pomegranate Salad, Grilled Aubergines with Pesto and Home-made Rocky Road. She will also meet many food enthusiasts and fellow chefs and discuss her celebrated creation Ramadan Express. Ramadan Express is a unique and delightful cookbook focused on recipes for Muslim’s holy month of Ramadan. The book contains many delicious recipes from snacks to main course meals.  Lina Saad was born in Sierra Leone but went to Lebanon to gain education. She witnessed the Civil War during the 1980s and experienced the atrocities people faced during that perilous time. Now she operates her own restaurant in London and is an expert chef that brings tantalizing flavours to her customers. Click here to know more details about this event.

Waterstones will be arranging a workshop for which they have invited Amanda Kehoe, the author of Children’s book TJ and his Wheelable Chair. She will be attending the event and interacting with the audience. It will be a great opportunity for meeting the author in person and gaining insight about the inspiration of writing and getting the book published. TJ and his Wheelable Chair is an interesting book for children to learn about a boy who cannot walk or talk but does not lets his disability become a barrier in enjoying his life to the fullest. He is able to interact with people, make new friends and enjoys playing with his friends. Amanda was born in Ballinteer and studied at Dublin Business school. She worked in Marketing for several years and was also employed as a P.A. to the Chairman at Nissan Ireland. She is also a qualified Montessori Teacher and SNA. In 2009, her ten-month-old son Tadhg was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and Global Developmental Delay, so she gave up work to take care of him. Now she lives in Newbridge with her husband and three children.

The author of One Chance Mary Finnerty-Morris will be attending her book launch event at Mc Brides in Galway, Ireland. The event will be attended by novel aficionados and book lovers alike. Mary will be signing copies and answering the questions by fans of novels. Mc Brides is a favourite local tavern in Galway and is the ideal spot for the unveiling of One Chance. One Chance is a captivating novel about a girl named June as she braves on her life despite her routine ups and downs. June was raised by her grandparents when she was abandoned by her own mother. She is in love with a man only to lose him later on. One Chance explores the mettle of a young girl as she battles with herself and her situations. Mary Finnerty-Morris is a passionate writer with a vast portfolio including fiction and poetry. Mary comes from a traditional Irish family and enjoys walks by the sea with her dog and exploring the outdoors.

Redondo Beach Public Library will be hosting an author talk and book signing of Mary and her new Friends by Fawzia Reza. Children will enjoy a story time reading from the author and can get their copies of Mary and her New Friends signed as well. Mary and Her New Friends is a delightful children’s book. The story is about Mariam, a jolly young girl with a talent to make new friends. Mariam is called Mary lovingly by her friends, she gains more friends when she demonstrates her abilities to draw beautiful henna patterns on hand. The book also features colouring pages of Henna patterns for children to enjoy. Fawzia Reza is an educationalist and children’s author, she holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and has a Masters of Childhood Education. She delivers talks across the world on various subjects which are about education of young children. She lives in California with her husband and two daughters.  

In preparation of National Pet Day on 11th April, Strathpeffer Primary School has invited Margret Scott is to talk about her book ‘Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport’. She will interact with the students and sign the copies of her book. ‘Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport’ is a story of a lovely Dalmatian named Jimmy, who was born in the USA and met her new Scottish mummy in North Carolina. As she turned three she was required to visit the vet so she could acquire her pet passport to meet her Scottish family. Although she was excited about flying on the aeroplane, she did not look forward to going to the vet. The story is about overcoming her fears and becoming a brave Dalmatian. Margaret Scott spent her childhood in North East of Scotland, she graduated in Sports Development and Health Promotion at University. She worked as a Camp counsellor in Northern Georgia for nine years in the USA. For seven years she worked as an Operations/Program Assistant, where she met Jimmy. Later, she moved back to Scotland in 2015, to help her terminally ill mother. This helped the children’s book author in writing about real life events about Jimmy.

Drakies Primary School has invited children’s book author Margaret Scott for a full day visit. She will be interacting with students and read from her book Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport for them. She hopes that she could inspire compassion for pet animals in young students through her book. Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about a loving and adventurous Dalmatian named Jimmy. When it was time for her to visit her Scottish family, the three-year-old Jimmy was required to visit a vet for getting her passport but she was scared of it. Would she be able to overcome her fears? Margret Scott was born and raised in North East of Scotland. She graduated from University with a degree in Sports Development and Health Promotion. Later, she moved to Northern Georgia and worked as a Camp Counsellor, Unit Leader and Sports Director. In 2015, she moved back to Scotland.

Drakies Primary School has invited Margaret Scott for a full day visit. During her visit, she will present the book Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport to the students of primary classes. She is looking forward to introducing the book and answer many interesting questions of the smart kids from the school. Jimmy Gets a Pet Passport is a fun children’s book about a pet dog Dalmatian, named Jimmy. She is loveable, friendly and is excited to fly on the plane so she can meet her Scottish family. But to ride the plane she must go to the vet so she can be issued a passport. What should she do to overcome her fear of the vet? Margret Scott is of Scottish descent and studied Sports Development and Health Promotion at University. She spent many years in the USA as a camp counsellor in summers. She also worked as an Operations/Program Assistant in Eastern North Carolina working at YMCA Camp. That’s where she met Jimmy which gave her the opportunity to write about real life events of Jimmy and contributed to her first book.

WHSmith will be hosting a book signing event for promoting the book Ants in Space: Kweezy Capolza Tales (Book One) by G J Griffiths. Children’s book author G J Griffiths will be signing the copies of his book for the customers of the bookstore. Draft a time slot for the book signing in your to-do list, so your child does not miss on getting his signed copy directly from the author. Ants in Space: Kweezy Capolza Tales (Book One) is an informative book full of science facts and so much more! It is a fun way to get your children interested in astrophysics and astronomy. Join Lara and Eve on their space adventure when they go to save a planet named Zeegrazzalo-Jeewoppza in a spaceship big enough for ants. G J Griffiths is an avid reader and a granddad who is now retired from his job as a science teacher and enjoys writing books and getting them published. UK born author has so far published a novel ‘Fallen Hero’,  a series titled ‘So What!’, a collection of poetry and two illustrated children’s book.