Sue Pepper, author of 'Life After Death', will be at Sittingbourne Library on Friday 8th September discussing her new book. Sue will be available for book signings and to answer any questions you may have. She will also be doing a reading from 'Life After Death'. Always energetic – hockey at school, badminton, swimming – Sue Pepper didn’t realise something was going wrong with her body until her late thirties when periods of tiredness became unusually long. Symptoms began to include muscle spasms and pins and needles in her limbs forcing her to give up her passion for badminton and restricting her to line judging at major tournaments. Sue Pepper’s autobiographical telling of the onset of multiple sclerosis and living with the consequences is at once inspiring and yet at the same time frustrating as gradually her powers of mobility are reduced. With the onset of a disease like MS the nature of friendships and work relationships have to be re-evaluated and wholesale changes must be faced in life. For fellow sufferers of MS, Sue Pepper’s story is one of courage as she adapts to her limitations and successfully takes her swimming to the level of the National Championships.

Join Roy Lancaster, author of 'Parrot Takes Command', at Hesters Way Library on Saturday 2nd September.  Roy will be conducting a reading of his book as well as taking part in a Q&A session. There are also plans to have a arts and crafts session prior too or after the event. Further details of this will follow. Roy will also be at Hatherly Library on September 4th for a similar event if you cannot attend this one,   ‘Parrot was very angry indeed. He was also very wet. Although he had heard the cry to abandon ship, and had even seen the sailors jumping into the lifeboat, before he could jump in too, the huge, towering wave swept him spluttering and squawking over the side.' After this dramatic start, Parrot, a bird who has forgotten how to fly having spent most of his life on perches or human shoulders, has to learn how to survive in a wide open and at times dangerous sea. But he is not alone, a handful of other animals share his shipwrecked fate and place their trust in him to see them through. 'Parrot Takes Command' is a delightful book full of adult relationship themes covered at a child's level. It is funny, a little dangerous and is beautifully illustrated.

Roy Lancaster, author of 'Parrot Takes Command', will be at Hatherley Library on Monday 4th September from 11am. Roy will be conducting a reading from his book and taking part in a Q&A session. You might even be able to bag yourself a signed copy! Roy will be at Hesters Way Library on Saturday 2nd September in case you are unable to make this one. There are plans to have an arts and crafts session prior to to after each event. More details of which will follow.   ‘Parrot was very angry indeed. He was also very wet. Although he had heard the cry to abandon ship, and had even seen the sailors jumping into the lifeboat, before he could jump in too, the huge, towering wave swept him spluttering and squawking over the side.' After this dramatic start, Parrot, a bird who has forgotten how to fly having spent most of his life on perches or human shoulders, has to learn how to survive in a wide open and at times dangerous sea. But he is not alone, a handful of other animals share his shipwrecked fate and place their trust in him to see them through. 'Parrot Takes Command' is a delightful book full of adult relationship themes covered at a child's level. It is funny, a little dangerous and is beautifully illustrated.

Eddie Mann will be attending his book launch on Thursday 7th September at Waterstones in Milton Keynes. The event is due to start at 6pm, with the initial talk lasting approximately 30-45 minutes. You will then have the opportunity to ask Eddie any questions and potentially even grab yourself a signed copy of his book. It's certain to be a wonderful evening. 'Ordinarily Unthinkable' by Eddie Mann is the tale of ‘Grant', a man with a mysterious past.  After the senseless deaths of his wife and daughter, Grant seeks revenge on those responsible for this abhorrent act. Who is responsible and will Grant exact revenge on those who he loved and lost? Ordinarily Unthinkable is a fast-paced, exciting novel which will have the reader gripped.

Cat Taylor, author of 'Florence - The Confused Frog', will be at Haddo House as part of the Summer Fair. Cat will be partaking in a book signing and a small writing workshop. The writing workshop will be running twice throughout the day, at 12pm and 3pm, The day will be packed with fun activities, tasty food and stalls that you can book onto if you have a few things you'd like to sell. Full details of the event can be found here. Florence is a frog, but believes she is a hedgehog due to all the things she has in common with hedgehogs. She argues that she likes to swim, eat beetles and slugs, and hibernate - all things that a hedgehog does so well. However, her friend Herbert the Hedgehog is on hand to rebuff all her arguments and provide logical thinking to finally make Florence see that she is a frog and not a hedgehog. A light-hearted book showing that it is better to be yourself and celebrate the differences between friends.      

Author Cat Taylor will be at Castle Fraser on Sunday 1st October. Meet the author of 'Florence - The Confused Frog' and sit by the fire to listen to her read the lovely story of an adorable frog.  Afterwards there will be time for questions and answers followed by a writing workshop and games.  Book signing will complete the day! There are two readings dependent on age that you can attend. The first of which begins at 10:30 and is aimed at 2-5 year olds. The Second starts at 12pm and is for 5-8 year olds. Florence is a frog, but believes she is a hedgehog due to all the things she has in common with hedgehogs. She argues that she likes to swim, eat beetles and slugs, and hibernate - all things that a hedgehog does so well. However, her friend Herbert the Hedgehog is on hand to rebuff all her arguments and provide logical thinking to finally make Florence see that she is a frog and not a hedgehog. A light-hearted book showing that it is better to be yourself and celebrate the differences between friends.  

Join J.D. Welch, author of 'The Einstein Code' and 'The Darwin Code', at Wilmslow Library for an interesting code cracking session. The session will run from 11am to 12pm. You will get the chance to ask J.D. Welch all your code cracking questions and maybe even bag yourself a signed copy of one of her books.  'The Einstein Code': Ben's mother has been kidnapped and the adults don't believe it. They think she's just missing and her employers and the police don't really want to know. The meeting she attended, after all, never took place. But the message she sent Ben tells a different story. To find his mum Ben must follow a perilous trail and solve a series of difficult clues, whilst evading being captured by the kidnappers. With help from his alarmingly clever cousins, Jess and Freddie, as well as some hindrance from his uncle, he investigates her mysterious disappearance. Tormented by conflicting leads and a growing threat, Ben's search becomes increasingly desperate. Can he solve the puzzles and save her, before anything terrible happens to her - or him? 'The Darwin Code': In her book 'The Darwin Code' J.D. Welch uses her love of science and puzzles to help her characters try to solve two mysteries whilst also delivering an interesting and understandable insight into human genetics. Set against a backdrop of the streets and colleges of Oxford, a story of intrigue and suspense unfolds. When young Ben Baxter and his mother Sue escape from a horrific ordeal, their lives remain in danger as they race to prevent a deadly poison being launched. For Ben, this also brings the opportunity to discover the answer to a very important question; who is his father?

Sarah Slater, author of 'Bookmark Bear', will be at Head Over Heels in Cheadle for a book reading on Monday 21st August. There will also be a colouring competition that the children can enter.  If aren't able to make it to Cheadle, Sarah will be at Head Over Heals in Chorlton in the morning at 11:30am. Hopefully you will be able to attend one event, or if you really love it, why not head to both?! Felix loves to read but never imagined he could find books such an adventure, until he meets a certain grumpy - and hungry - bear. Together, they enter the world of books - quite literally! Join Felix and see if he can help the 'Bookmark Bear' stop the Scribingers, who lurk in books, trying to make mischief and sow confusion...Will they save the story?And more importantly, will Felix make it back home?