Moulton Crow fair July. Very good mixed reviews for both children’s books after short animated book reads between events in the main arena! Several sales to school teachers again for learning and literary purposes-Cloverdaisy-and to Mum’s with small children for Soap-‘cos of the pictures!
Parents from the Apex Cheer leaders’ group were particularly taken with the analogy to Wind in the Willows, Narnia and Alice in Wonderland along with the illustrations and short reading. Even one with The Secret Garden-child’s classic!
Love the rhyming prose, brilliant drawings and the originality. I’ll have 3 copies for my primary school classes! Helen, Stoke-on–Trent teacher on ‘The Magical Soap’. Nantwich Food and craft festival. Aug/September
August-Killigarth holiday camp courtesy of John Fowler holidays Polperro. Ideal for part of kids’ show Magical Soap in particular David. Some parents have ‘borrowed’ copies for children’s night time reads in the caravans after listening to your talk-terrific. Geoff & ‘Stripy Sarah’. Entertainment manager and assistant. Please come back next summer! There ‘show was hilarious. At times like something from Phoenix Nights!
‘Two copies of each please David- ‘Cloverdaisy and ‘Soap’. Enjoyed your presentation and blurb. Sounded lovely. Be great Xmas presents for the grandchildren. Ann Percival, farmer. Bostock Hall Farm. Northwich’. September
October. Moulton Methodist Harvest festival. Open discussion following presentation. Well received David.
Also read later to my ‘soppy’ grown up ‘little’ girls as it reminds them of their long-but not lost-childhoods! Always children to me! Loved it especially the old landmark reminders growing up. Only the huge Acorn tree remains in Niddries Lane adjoining Verdin Close. If only those who houses are built there now could have seen it before-A rural paradise-haven! Pauline Ikin. Chapel secretary.
Vintage Craft fair. Nantwich 6th October. Pitched outside main market opposite the historic Parish Church. After a cold, wet miserable start the foot traffic increased but slowly. Weather took its toll so punters quiet all day. However managed to sell dozen or so books so wasn’t wasted. Early Xmas presents for many or so I was told! Good PR work in between buyers. ‘Cloverdaisy’ sales numerically since publication last December bordering 200 copies. Would love to make this into a short film or kids’ TV series, even a musical. Working on that one-quietly. Due to meet Manchester animation company late October if the meeting comes off.
Once again however my 60’s Book-‘Winding the Clock Back’ was best seller on the day. As popular now as when first launched 2014!
As that’s my one and only ‘grown ups’ book I will mention advance notice- first draft (all 170,000 words of it!) is soon to be dispatched to my lovely editor Alison and not before time! Watch this space. The only comparative clues to content I can give is the Wonderful ITV series ‘Grantchester’ itself taken from a written publication called the Grantchester Mysteries. I’ve already approached one TV Company with a view to…