Meet the authors event Rothbury Community Hall Wymondham 26th of April 10-2
The event hosted by Samuel J white is being held as part of the Wymondham Magazine Arts Festival. We currently have 10 local authors attending and a few more hoping to join us. Each author will be giving a 15-minute talk about their work and every author will be selling signed copies of their work. There will also be a tombola with each author donating a copy of their work as a prize and a 100-word writing competition organised by Bill Yeats. The information is as follows
The hundred words stories competition.
RULES:-
-Stories must be of exactly 100 words (Excluding title)
-Competition is open to adults only and must be the author's own work
-stories have to be emailed to billyeates55@gmail.com to arrive no late than 12:00 19/04/25.
-Entries must include the author's name and address
PRIZE:-
-Winners will be announced at the event
-Winner will receive signed copies of the first 4 books in the Rob Blackstock Adventures series - Corruption, Kidnapping, Murder. Worth £40
-Runner up will receive a signed copy of Robin - The truth behind the legend.
Worth £8.00
Your host Samuel J, White host of the event, is an author who grew up in Hevingham. Former indoor rowing champion. He had always wanted to write but never found the time until a change of circumstances occurred in 2014. He published his twisting paranormal romance about two strangers sharing a dream, 'A Midwinter Night's Dream: The Broccoli, the Stilton and the Haystack' in 2017, followed by the first part of his paranormal series 'Derailed and Dispersed, which on the marshes around Great Yarmouth. Sam has been selling at local events since 2023. His best seller by far is 'Maria's Photograph', A ghost story based on an actual photograph set in Hevingham.
He was born in Worcestershire and is retired, and he lives with his wife in South Norfolk. He began writing in 2017 with a collection of stories restricted to 100 words each. Bill quickly moved on to storytelling proper with his first novel, a story of corruption, kidnap and murder. He am currently writing the eighth book in the series with the same characters. Bill has an interest in history and has written Robin – The Truth Behind the legend and is researching for a book based on characters in the US 8th Airforce based in Wymondham during WW2
Sandra Derry
I'm Sandra Derry (Sandy), author and illustrator of Applegate farm books.
I was born a daughter to a cowman and raised on farms in the East Anglian countryside. It is from
there that I drew inspiration for my farm animal stories. Initially, they were written for my own pleasure, but being an artist, and having created the animals, I now had to illustrate them.
The stories are written for children 2-8 years and designed to give a little insight into each animal's role on the farm. A donation of 50p is given to EACH charity for every book sold.
JM Burgoyne (also known either as Jax or Jacqui Burgoyne) is originally from St Albans in Hertfordshire. As well as being a writer, she is a freelance journalist and teaches in a variety of fields.
Her writing includes things like post-apocalyptic fiction, somewhat experimental fiction, and dystopias, plus a few short stories.
Her first published novel, Writer, is a gothic-western horror. A man makes a wish on a typewriter to forget a woman who has hurt him, then realises he made the wrong choice. It is a meditation on love, loss, and the things that we will do to avoid pain.
Peter Steward
Peter Steward spent his working life as a journalist in Norfolk, Suffolk and the Midlands before moving into pr.
Following his retirement, he now spends his time on voluntary work in Hethersett and writing a number of books. In 2024 he was given a lifetime achievement award by South Norfolk Council.
His first published book "Hell in Paradise" was co-written with John Head and tells the true story of a massacre at Le Paradis in Northern France in which 97 soldiers lost their lives.
He followed this with an autobiography entitled "A Charmed Life" and "Lockdown Blogs Volume One". The latter of these is a collection of blogs written during lockdown.
Anne Bealing
Since retiring from teaching in 2005 I have concentrated on short story writing and have benefitted from an Open University course in Creative writing and many other local courses. I have been a member of Wymondham Writing Circle for many years and through the help of fellow members have been encouraged to offer my stories for publication. I write regularly for the Wymondham Magazine. One of my stories was chosen by Prima magazine for its national Christmas themed story. I now have a children’s book The Safari Park Lion published by Pegasus.
Martin Ferguson
Martin's debut series, Relic Hunters, is a Young Adult adventure series, drawing on the myths and legends of different time periods and blending them with thrill-seeking action in the modern age. A team from the British Museum, led by the daring Hunter brothers, investigates myths and legends across the world - facing legendary villains, terrible curses and epic races against time.
Martin's most recent work delves into the Young Adult fantasy worlds of The Forsaken series and (NEW FOR 2025) Thief series - both entertaining with magic and mayhem aplenty.
The Forsaken is a team of misfits - hunted, cursed, banished, orphaned and unwanted - led by the monster slayer, Wraith. Together, they face the worst the world has to throw at them; beasts, demons, accursed sorcerers and their own terrible reputation! Wraith's own secret proves to be their greatest challenge, hiding her growing arcane talent in a world where any who can control magic are hunted.
Thief, new for 2025, follows the story of a young orphan who becomes a thief to escape slavery and then to survive the unforgiving streets. When gifted an opportunity at living a better life, putting his thievery talents to use for the local Guild, he jumps at the chance. In doing so, Jaryd will unknowingly place all he holds dear in danger, and beckon a confrontation with his own secret past closer and closer.
Facebook at: http://fb.me/AuthorMartinFerguson
Twitter: @MFergusonAuthor
David Viner
David Viner has had a number of short stories published since 2007. He has edited and contributed to both Redwell Writers anthologies (2017/2020). In 2020 he self-published two novels, Splinters and Time Portals of Norwich and has followed the latter with two sequels, Time's Revenge (2022) and Time's Paradox (2024). In addition, he has released two collections of short stories, Time Enough for the World to End (2021) and Beyond Between (2023) and has published two other authors. He is currently working on at least two more Time Portals sequels!
Website: https://www.vivadjinn.com
Martin Wanger is a retired banker, living in Wymondham, and has been writing since 2011 under his mother's name, Madeline Dando. See madelinedando.com.
He has published two novels in the genre of Women's Contemporary Fiction and two children's books for ages between 8 and 10. His books can be found in Norfolk libraries. He has also written a short story and is currently finishing his third novel. Both are expected to be published this year.
Martin has given talks and readings in libraries and schools. He loves to chat and will be pleased to talk to visitors about his writing journey.
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Josephine Greenland is a Swedish-British writer from Eskilstuna, Sweden, based in Norwich where she is doing a PhD in creative writing at UEA. She studied English and creative writing at the universities of Exeter and Birmingham, before completing a PGCE at the University of Edinburgh and working as a school teacher. She taught English as a foreign language in Thailand, Austria and Spain before returning to the UK to pursue her PhD. Her first novel, Embers, a YA mystery novel set in northern Sweden, written for her MA, was published by Unbound in 2021. Her short fiction has won two competitions and has been published in numerous magazines including Tangerine, The Bluebird Word, Toasted Cheese, Litro Magazine and Dream Catcher. When not writing she can be found at music festivals or camping in the great outdoors.
I was born in Norfolk and have lived mostly in East Anglia. Before
retirement I worked as an administrator – also, for a while, as a registrar
of marriages.
Writing is a passion – post-retirement I found more time to devote to it. I
have self-published two books on Amazon which are collections of short
stories (various themes) which I hope may entertain my readers. I am
currently working on my third book which may follow a similar format but,
hey, who knows, sometimes writing takes off at different tangents and
pesky characters take on a life of their own…..
Tony Warner is a prize-winning short story writer and the author of four novels. His work ranges from social realist works based in the eat of England to the alternative histories of Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. He is currently writing a series of detective novels featuring the world's worst detective. Tony lives in Bixley, where he is restoring the church tower for use as his scriptorium."
Jack W Gregory also known as The Accidental Journalist is a formerly homeless addict who turned his life around using creativity. In his almost 11 years of sobriety, he has not only rebuilt his life and family in Wymondham but he has carved out a life in film, Poetry, filmmaking, Investigative Journalism and International Speaking on podcasts all over the world having worked on projects for such people as Martin Scorsese, Tom Burke, Joanna Hogg, A24, BBC and ITN. In his relatively short Journalistic career he has interviewed everyone from Former criminals, comedians, convicted terrorists, serial killers and Former Undercover Police to escapees of human trafficking, 80s Popstars such as Chesney Hawkes.
Jack's first book a Personal Apocalypse, is a Biography/ Poetry fusion. His Second book, Between the Streetlights and Red Lights, is an expose into the world of Human Trafficking and the stories of those who escaped it, which led Jack into opening up about his own experience of being trafficked as a Child. He has also written 2 poetry chapbooks and collaborated on other true crime books with other authors.