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Best selling and prize winning authors talk about their latest book releases, writing and publishing followed by a book signing.

Freya North
Freya North is the author of 14 bestselling novels including debut Sally (1996), Pillow Talk (2008 – winner of the RNA award) and The Turning Point (2016). Her newest novel Little Wing launched January 2022. A sense of place is central to her writing and previous novels have featured Derbyshire, Teesside, North Norfolk, the Scottish Highlands, Vermont, France and British Columbia. A passionate reader, she founded and ran the Hertford Children’s Book Festival, has judged the Costa Book Awards and is a patron of the Society of Women Writers & Journalists. Freya is proud to be an Ambassador for Bowel Cancer UK and patron of Pointers In Need. She has degrees in Art History from the University of Manchester and the Courtauld Institute, London and loves teaching at writing workshops. Currently she is beavering away on her 16th novel and two screenplays.

Janice Hallett
Janice Hallett studied English at UCL, and spent several years as a magazine editor, winning two awards for journalism. After gaining an MA in Screenwriting at Royal Holloway, she co-wrote the feature film Retreat. Her debut novel, The Appeal, was a Sunday Times bestseller, a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and her second, The Twyford Code, spent over a month in the hardback top ten. When not indulging her passion for global adventure travel, she is based in West London.

Beth Morrey
Previously Creative Director at RDF Television, Beth Morrey now writes full time. Her debut novel, Saving Missy, was a Sunday Times bestseller, and she was previously shortlisted for the Grazia-Orange First Chapter award. Beth lives in London with her husband, two sons and a dog named Polly.

Keiran Goddard
Keiran Goddard is a British novelist, poet and social commentator. He is the author of one pamphlet, Strings (2013), and two full length poetry collections, For The Chorus (2016) and Votive (2019). His debut novel, Hourglass (2022) is published by Little, Brown. His work has been shortlisted for both the Melita Hulme and William Blake prize, and has been published in journals including The London Magazine, Rialto, Arete and Ambit.

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