Love Books Podcast - A plethora of bookish goodness

The Honey & Stag duo, Dr Jacky Collins and Kelly Lacey bring you the #booklaunch of What I Hid From You by Heleen Kist. Please leave your questions in the comments for Heleen. Watch live on our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/OzzaUL5ujds or on Facebook at HoneyStagEvents Blurb Traumatised by the death of a patient, and crippled with anxiety, Glaswegian dentist Radha Bakshi succumbs to an addiction to Valium that lands her in the clutches of blackmailing drug dealers. A psychological suspense novel that deals with substance misuse among healthcare workers and changing familial relations as children grow up. https://amzn.to/3HGPKHl

The Honey & Stag duo, Dr Jacky Collins and Kelly Lacey bring you the #virtualbooklaunch of The Loyal Friend by A. A. Chaudhuri. Please leave your questions in the comments for A.A. Chaudhuri. Blurb She has your back. And may stab you in it. Wealthy, pampered Susan is living the perfect life in leafy Kingston. She’ll never let anyone see the darkness she’s concealing behind the diamonds and rosé. Grace is new to the group, seemingly the perfect wife and mum. Yet no one knows the truth of what’s happening behind closed doors. Loner Natalie hides the pain of her childhood behind a carefully ordered life. But how long can the past stay hidden? Three unlikely friends, brought together for a weekly class run by beautiful, friendly, instructor, Jade. But when Jade goes missing in mysterious circumstances, the group starts to unravel. And as their darkest secrets come to light, it seems that no one can be trusted. Even their closest friends… A heart-in-your-mouth thriller that builds twist after twist, culminating in an unforgettable ending. This shocking, tense and gripping read will delight fans of T.M. Logan, B.A. Paris and Big Little Lies. https://amzn.to/3zTnM9s

A fussless podcast that gives you a little teaser of the first chapter of a book in the author's own words. Brought to you by Kelly Lacey at Love Books Tours. www.lovebookstours.com A supportive place for authors and readers.

Little Village of Second Chances by Gina Hollands

Blurb

Surely everyone deserves a second chance?
Ex-fireman and edible flower farmer Shay McGillen has plenty of reasons not to give Sarah Pickering even one chance when she turns up in his small Yorkshire village. After all, she is only there to try to convince him and his fellow villagers to sell up so her company can build a bypass. If Sarah thinks she can make Shay give up his farmhouse and his business, she has another thing coming!

But when an unexpected blizzard leaves Sarah stranded in Shay’s home, he soon realises that they are far more alike than he could have ever imagined – and perhaps both of them deserve a second chance ...

Author bio

Originally from Yorkshire, Gina now lives by the sea in West Sussex with her husband and son. When she’s not working in her job in marketing and PR, or writing her latest book, Gina can be found dancing everything from lindy hop to salsa, shopping (she loves clothes far too much for her own good), eating out (she hates washing up far too much for her own good), or relaxing, which generally involves reading a book someone else has written or indulging in her new hobby of learning to play the piano. She has a sneaky suspicion she may be a musical genius in the making, but isn’t about to give up the day job just yet.

Connect with Gina Hollands

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Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3qoNo7E

Organised by Honey & Stag Events

Join Dr Jacky Collins as she interviews Julia Goodman about her latest release YOU BRAND. Includes special guest appearance by Elizabeth Moynihan

You Brand by Julia Goodman

Blurb

A manual for Confidence will help you develop your unique voice and your self-belief as a communicator, by uniting head, heart and body. Rooted in the psychology and techniques of the professional theatre, the You Brand method will teach you the craft of ‘performing yourself’ - wherever you are.

Author Bio

Julia Goodman set up Personal Presentation Ltd in 1989 after a European tour playing Lady Macbeth. She had the idea while lying in the bath, contemplating how to keep her head above water in a major recession as a divorced single mother of two children. She was surviving - when not working - on £90 a week social security. Within three years PPL had become a world leader in communication coaching.

Amazon - https://lnkd.in/emsM994

You can watch the YOU BRAND event on the Honey & Stag events YouTube page - https://youtu.be/hEv4l70cBDE

Special Guest - Elizabeth Moynihan

Elizabeth Moynihan is an actress and writer, known for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Black Mirror (2011) and Vikings (2013)

Elizabeth has two productions in the works, tickets are available now.

An Unmade bed Part 2.

It’s 12 months since Duo left Doll in the middle of a pandemic and hasn’t been seen since.
Doll is more reclusive now than when Duo lived with her. Living on a diet mainly of instant noodles, which Mohammed brings up from the shop underneath her flat. In a series of memories Doll traces her relationship's breakdown, culminating in a violent act. Will Doll ever leave her flat? Will Duo ever be found?

An Unmade bed explores the life of a woman unable to stay and too afraid to leave.

At the New Theatre Dublin from the 8th of July at 1.00pm. as part of the Push Forward Festival of New Writing.

SHADES OF PEMBERLEY: BLACK GIRLS LOVE JANE AUSTEN TOO

Hotbed Theatre Festival., Cambridge.

By Elizabeth Moynihan with Sybille Wehrli Produced by Éala Productions

Shades of Pemberleyis inspired by memories of the performer’s teenage years, and her own personal journey from Cameroon to Strasbourg via the suburbs of Paris. The young Blanche’s loneliness finds an outlet in an unlikely obsession with Jane Austen.

Blanche’s imagination takes her to the cossetted, corseted world of Georgian England. Gossip, romantic disappointments, and the triumphs of dispossessed young gentlewomen resonate deeply with the disaffected Blanche. Her own isolation finds comfort in stories of a time when young women, rich or poor, had little agency of their own.

Performed by Sybille Wehrli Directed by Clara Onyemere Original score by Fergus Cahillane

Fri 16th: 6pm & 8.30pm (45 minutes) Venue: J3|Tickets: £8/£7
Suitable for age: 14+

Listen to a live recording of the Honey and Stag book launch for FAKE NEWS by C.J. Dunford.

Chaired by Jacky Collins and featuring special guests Philip Caveney and Alex Nye.

Fake News is available from the Fledgling Press website and in all good bookshops. - https://www.fledglingpress.co.uk/product-page/fake-news

Blurb

When four high school children, and one dog, suffer at the hands of online media they come up with a plan to show everyone how little they should trust what they read on the internet (actually, the dog only supplies moral support). They launch their own news site that details amazing, shocking, fascinating, utterly believable but totally untrue stories. Their intention is always to come clean, and never to target anyone in particular, but success goes to their heads. Before long they are enmeshed in a world of spies and aliens. What’s more, they have a sneaky and rather desperate journalist on their tail.

How are they all going to get out of all this unscathed? What happens next will change all of their lives forever...

The event was recorded on the 31st of May at 19:30.

You can watch the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL_UI6r6XcI

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The virtual book launch for SAVE HER by Abigail Osborne.

Organised by Kelly Lacey and chaired by Dr Jacky Collins.

Out now in eBook and paperback. https://amzn.to/3el9ZNF

Blurb Would you give up your husband to save your best friend's life? Bonded by their traumatic childhoods, Flora and Sophie are inseparable friends who married brothers. What they could not have anticipated was their mother-in-law, Cecelia. Disappointed that her children have married beneath them, Cecelia takes every opportunity to belittle and taunt her daughters-in-law. When Cecelia learns that Flora and her son are moving away, her wrath escalates, and Flora’s world begins to fall apart. Meanwhile, Sophie’s life is also crumbling around her. Her marriage is not what it seems, and she is desperate to escape the clutches of the poisonous family she has married into. Is Flora being tormented or is she losing her mind? Will Sophie and Flora be forced to leave their husbands in order to survive? With a mother-in-law like Cecelia, anything is possible… Discover a twisty and completely gripping psychological thriller today.

Listen to an hour filled with book chat and questions from the audience.

This event was organised by the Honey & Stag Literary events team. Recorded live on the 5th of May, 2021.

Who? What? Why? - Joanne Baird - Portobello Book Blog

Join Kelly Lacey in conversation with book blogger Joanne Baird.

Here is the link to the Portobello Book Festival event for A Tomb With a View by Peter Ross

https://portobellobookblog.com/2021/01/04/a-tomb-with-a-view-by-peter-ross-bookreview-peteralanross-headlinepg/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://lovebooksgroup.com/2021/02/23/breaker-by-anne-marie-allan-bookreview/ Breaker by Annemarie Allan - book review by Tanya Kaanta. You can follow us across our social media channels. Facebooks: https://www.facebook.com/LoveBooksGrp Twitter: https://twitter.com/LoveBooksGroup Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellysloveofbooks/ Website: https://lovebooksgroup.com/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://lovebooksgroup.com/2021/02/22/set-my-heart-to-five-by-simon-stephenson-booktour-bookreview-amberachoudhary-midaspr/