Posts made in July, 2014
Best Book Read in June & July: A KISS IN THE DARK by Cat Clarke
My reading for the last couple of months has been rubbish. My life went into overdrive the day after Glimpse released — but sadly not for book related reasons — and has only just stopped for a few days’ breather. Now I’ve got a little free time, I’m trying to use it for writing rather than diving into my massive TBR pile…though I wish I could do both! Over the last couple of months I’ve read: The Fearless by Emma Pass – a post-apocalyptic story about a girl trying to keep her brother safe from an army of violent, mind-altered people. A unique idea and a refreshing zombie story without zombies. Crossing my fingers for a...
Interview with Ghostwriter Emma Newrick
Today, I’m delighted to be interviewing Emma Newrick. Emma and I studied at university together, and Emma has since gone on to do amazing writerly things — including ghostwriting. Not knowing much about ghostwriting, but being very intrigued by it, I decided to ask her some questions. Though I am slightly sad her work does not involve this… …it’s still fascinating stuff. Read on… Hi Emma! Tell us a little about yourself. I’m an English literature graduate from Durham university, and my favourite things are border collies, 1950s novelty print dresses, Earl Grey tea, reading, and writing, not necessarily in that...
YALC Review
Last weekend was the UK’s first YA Lit Convention, and what an amazing weekend it was! All the things I love that usually exist only in my inner world — stories and writing talk and online friends — manifested in reality for forty-eight hours, and it was a very special thing. I’m not going to try to summarise the various panels and workshops, because a) I didn’t go to that many, and b) other people have already done it so well elsewhere. (I especially like the two posts on Rants of Being a Bitter Northerner, which summarise various events. See them here and here.) Panels, workshops and signings all took place simultaneously, and workshops...
YALC & the Fringe — come say hi!
The UK’s first ever Young Adult Literary Conference is almost here! I’m so very excited to be heading down to London for it at the weekend. The schedule of panels, workshops, and signings looks amazing (take a look here — I personally have no idea how I’ll fit in everything I want to do). It’ll also be so lovely to meet in real life (real life!) lots of authors, bloggers and readers I’ve only met on the internet thus far. If you spot me, please do say hi. Though I’m not attending the actual conference as an Author with a capital A, I’ll be joining other authors at the Fringe on Saturday evening to sign books and hand out...
Glimpse
Inspired by Alfred Noyes’ poem 'The Highwayman', Glimpse is a ghost story, a love story, and a story of overcoming trauma.
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About Kendra Leighton
I’m a YA writer and chocolatier. Glimpse, my debut novel, was inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem 'The Highwayman'. It was published in 2014.Read more...
