Thank you everyone who voted for me in the Dead Good Reader Awards 2022 for my cosy crimes to win the New Kid on the Block Award for Best New Crime series. I was up against Richard Osman and Val McDermid so didn't expect to win and it was Richard Osman who won. The awards were presented at Theakstons Crime festival in beautiful Harrogate in July.

This month's newletter includes the release of my Christmas saga, some special news about my soap opera Riverside, two competitions, a 99p offer and an invitation to join me at my cosy crime paperback book launch this Saturday.

It's a jam-packed newsletter and I hope you enjoy it. In fact there's so much that it might not fit into your phone or browser so if you reach the end and it says 'view entire message' be sure to click on it so you don't miss out. Thank you everyone for your continued support, it means the world to me. Glenda

My Christmas Saga, A Mother's Christmas Wish, is released on August 18th in ebook and hardback and audiobook. Paperback coming November 24th. I think it's my favourite saga so far.  Buy it here.

Riverside is my feel-good story of family, friends and community. It features romance, heartbreak and secrets, as well as gentle wit and humour – all the elements of a classic soap – with a cast of actors already well-known from TV and radio soaps. And it's now available in bite-sized 15-minute episodes as an audio drama. The drama is based on the already successful Riverside serial, which I've written since 2016 and published weekly in The People’s Friend.

Visit the Riverside website at https://riversidethesoap.com

Download the audio drama from Amazon, Audible and iTunes.

ALL WELCOME! BOOK LAUNCH for my new cosy crime novel set in Scarborough
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel. It's on Saturday 6 August from 11am to 1pm. Meet and greet, pop-in to say hello, have your book signed. Waterstones Scarborough will be there selling books and there'll be live music from The Tall Boy, nibbles from Scarborough's EatMe Cafe and a free tombola to support the charity Dog A.I.D. (Assistance in Disability).

Venue: Shuttleworth Gardens, Scarborough, opposite the clock tower on the Esplanade.

Sign up here with Eventbrite - it's free!

Enter to win a signed copy of  my new Scarborough cosy crime CURTAIN CALL AT THE SEAVIEW HOTEL. I'll also throw in three sticks of candy rock and a box of Scarborough toffee and fudge. UK entrants only, please. Deadline for entries is Thursday August 4 2022 at 5pm. One winner will be drawn at random and announced on my blog.

Good luck, everyone!  Enter here.

Please join me at Sunderland Waterstones on Saturday 13 August from 12-2 where I'll be signing copies of my new cosy crime set in Scarborough, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel. All details here.

I’m pleased to let you know that my saga BELLE OF THE BACK STREETS has been selected for a Kindle Monthly Deal for August – it will be 99p for the month.  Buy it here.

Join me on a guided walk around Ryhope showing the locations in my novels. Part of Heritage Open Days 2022. Saturday 10 September at 11am.
Free but booking essential. All details here.

Win one of three copies of my Scarborough-set cosy crime, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel with the wonderful website TripAdvisor. Enter here and good luck!

Did you know that I write a weekly soap opera?

It's called Riverside and is published in The People's Friend magazine each week. Riverside is funny and frothy and I hope you might enjoy it. The magazine goes on sale each Wednesday in all shops and supermarkets and you can subscribe online to the magazine here.

Please come and say hello at my website which is GlendaYoungBooks.com.

I'm on Twitter @flaming_nora and Facebook/GlendaYoungAuthor and I blog at flamingnora.blogspot.com

I'll see you later this year with my next newsletter. Please feel free to share this newsletter with your friends who love books. And if you have any suggestions as to what you'd like to see in the next newsletter, or you'd like a personally signed, dedicated book from me, please get in touch.

All my best wishes to you,

Glenda