Join Chichester Book Club authors Isabel Ashdown, Jane Rusbridge and me for readings and conversation over afternoon tea at The Beach House in beautiful West Wittering.
Date: November 3rd
Time: 4pm
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lace: The Beach House, Rookwood Road, West Wittering, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 8LT Tel: 01243 514800 email: info@beachhse.co.uk
Cream teas: £4.75 for tea for one, 2 scones, clotted cream and jam Cakes: £2.95.
BUY THE BOOKS from The Beach House in advance and on the day at the special event price of £5.
About the authors:
Isabel Ashdown’s debut novel Glasshopper was twice named in the press as one of the best books of 2009. Her second novel, Hurry Up and Wait, was published by Myriad in June 2011. Isabel grew up in East Wittering, and the Sussex Coast continues to be an important influence in much of her writing. Her prize-winning entry to the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition was described by judges Fay Weldon and John Mortimer as ‘magnificent’ (Glasshopper, 2009).
Gabrielle Kimm’s debut novel, His Last Duchess, was published by Little, Brown in 2010 and long-listed for the RNA Novel of the Year. Her second novel, The Courtesan’s Lover, shortlisted for the Impress Prize, is released in November 2011. Gabrielle lives and works in Sussex. As well as her writing, she is also an English teacher, and has taught in a number of local schools.
His Last Duchess (Sphere) is ‘ full of fascinating period detail and simmering with tension’ – Lancashire Evening Post.
Jane Rusbridge is published by Bloomsbury. Her first novel, The Devil’s Music, was nominated for the 2011 International IMPAC Literary Award. Her second, Rook, is set in Bosham and published in August 2012. The Rusbridge family has farmed in the local area for generations and Jane gains much of her inspiration for setting and atmosphere from the Wittering seascapes.
