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Kate Went

Signing books at Kemps

A book signing! In a bookshop! Never done that before. But now I have. I was one of the six authors selected by Kemps of Malton in their...

Kate Went

The Portal Bookshop becomes a stockist

Great news! The Portal Bookshop in York is now stocking Llantathan. Situated just off the market place at no. 5 Patrick Pool, it's open...

Kate Went

A hundred years of Lord Peter Wimsey

The other day I decided to read all Dorothy L. Sayers’ Peter Wimsey novels again. Except for those featuring Harriet Vane, they can be...

Kate Went

Plot devices

A few years ago the chance discovery of Malcolm Pryce’s Aberystwyth novels was an event which has definitely enriched my life. In these...

Kate Went

What's in a name?

“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asks in Romeo and Juliet, asserting that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. It would, but...

Christine Went

Recycling failed plots!

One question writers are always asked is ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ Sometimes there’s a straightforward answer but as often...

Christine Went

Real, at last

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have books. Anthony Buckeridge, Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild, Josephine Elder… The favourites of...