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Mar
Author: stairwellbooks
18
Feb
Rita Jerram
Some years ago, Rita Jerram read her grandmother Edith’s journals and began to imagine herself following in Edith’s footsteps. Rita is herself now a mother and grandmother, and no stranger to an adventurous lifestyle, having lived in Fiji and Australia. Rita was born in Derbyshire where her family was subject to the vicissitudes of prewar life:Read more about Rita Jerram[…]
23
Jun
Ian M Emberson
23
Jun
Mary Sheepshanks
23
Jun
Colin Speakman
Colin is a respected academic, author and broadcaster and Burley-in-Wharfedale resident. A co-creator of the Dales Way, which is over 50 years old, and one of the most popular long distance paths in the country, Colin has written nearly 60 books, covering walking and history, transport guides, biographies, poems and fiction. He has been describedRead more about Colin Speakman[…]
06
Jun
Rose Drew
Rose Drew is a poet and anthropologist, at home in a lab, a classroom, or a stage. Rose is a public speaker, editor and book publisher, events manager, and has co-hosted the York Spoken Word Poetry & Prose open mic since January 2006. Rose and her partner Alan are founding members of York Literature FestivalRead more about Rose Drew[…]
06
Jun
Alan Gillott
Alan Gillott is a poet, writer, composer, and singer who performs in the UK and USA and is well known throughout the North East. His most recent book is Beyond the Window (Fighting Cock Press); he has a following as a music and art critic and is known for his lyrical style based on internalRead more about Alan Gillott[…]
29
Nov
Jo Summers
Jo Summers was made in Australia, but her mother, Pauline Kirk, just managed to get back to the UK before Jo was born. Having been whisked away to Yorkshire at 8, Jo grew up in the chilly outskirts of Leeds. She started working her way back down south at the age of 19, attending theRead more about Jo Summers[…]
29
Nov
Pauline Kirk
Born in Birmingham, Pauline moved to York, having lived in Leeds, Reading, Benfleet (Essex), and Melbourne (Australia). She now lives in a village between York and Selby. She studied at the University of Nottingham, Sheffield University (managing to get married in the holidays) and Monash University in Melbourne where she also taught at the MethodistsRead more about Pauline Kirk[…]
29
Nov
PJ Quinn
PJ Quinn is the pen name of mother and daughter team Pauline Kirk and Jo Summers. Jo challenged her mother to write a crime novel and, somehow, ended up writing it with her. The result is a series of detective novels featuring DI Ambrose and Chalk Heath, set in the late 1950s, a period of great change that seems likeRead more about PJ Quinn[…]