en-US Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:57 -0800 60 144 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo_144.jpg /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/232744-kitty-mckenzie-historical-mainstream-blurb-york-yorksh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:57 -0800 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/232744-kitty-mckenzie-historical-mainstream-blurb-york-yorksh
Kitty McKenzie - historical mainstream.
Blurb York, Yorkshire. 1864
Suddenly left as the head of the family, Kitty McKenzie must find her inner strength to keep her family together against the odds. Evicted from their resplendent home in the fashionable part of York after her parents' deaths, Kitty must fight the legacy of bankruptcy and homelessness to secure a home for her and her siblings. Through sheer willpower and determination she grabs opportunities with both hands from working on a...

posted by Anne Whitfield on November, 24 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/207972-i-support-my-local-library Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16:42 -0800 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/207972-i-support-my-local-library It felt a good thing to do, as I use my local library all the time and the staff are truly lovely and have been supportive of me and my books in the past.
All I had to do was tell them what I'm reading or have recently finished reading. Too easy.
Click on the link to check out their website.


posted by Anne Whitfield on November, 21 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/202186-an-audio-book Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:38:43 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/202186-an-audio-book Great news. My historical saga Woodland Daughter has been offered to go into audio by Isis UK, via my publisher Robert Hale. This will be my first audio book and I'm so very excited. At the moment Woodland Daughter is available in hardback and also Large print. BlurbThroughout her years of devoted service to the Bradburys, Eden Harris has hidden a secret that would affect them all, a secret shared only with her husband, Nathan and grandfather. But an enemy returns, shattering her world and...

posted by Anne Whitfield on October, 25 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/189484-3-books Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:33:42 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/189484-3-books Just finished - The Devil's Brood by Sharon Penman. (historical) I really enjoyed reading this Sharon Penman book, her third in the story of Henry II's family.Penman has a talent in mixing historical detail and family fueds with equal measure so that the reader feels as though they are right in amongst the warring family. There are no winners as son fights father, father fights mother and their polictical enemies and friends all combine to make this true story exciting and interesting.


posted by Anne Whitfield on October, 17 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/173942-book-tidy-up Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:56:01 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/173942-book-tidy-up
So, we bought a new bookscase at the weekend because quite frankly I was sick of my books being in piles on the floor and in boxes. Good news is the bookcase fitted in the spot it needed to go and I managed to get a good few boxes unpacked. All the copies of my favourite authors are on the shelves; Audrey Howard, Catherine Cookson, Elizabeth Chadwick, Sharon Penman, and so on. Going through all the books was such fun, like visiting old friends. My daughter, Ellie, was helping me and she...

posted by Anne Whitfield on September, 28 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/165222-young-victoria Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:43:46 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/165222-young-victoria Yesterday, my dear friend, Maggi Anderson, and I went to see the film Young Victoria. We really enjoyed it.
Yes there were a few inaccuracies, but overall a very enjoyable film. The costumes were glorious and there were beautiful settings, wonderful period rooms and scenic gardens, etc.
Maggi and I agreed that the sexual tension was done very well, all with looks, the odd smile, and no need for great big romping sex scenes. I was a little dubious when I heard Emily Blunt was to play Victoria, b

posted by Anne Whitfield on October, 22 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/160986-aside-from-working-on-my-second-edit-of-my-current-histor Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:04:53 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/160986-aside-from-working-on-my-second-edit-of-my-current-histor
One is Dr Margaret's Sea Chest by Waheed Rabbani, a fictional story set in India and Canada in the 1960s but also with scenes set in the past of Victorian India and Canada. A very detailed story with an intriguing plot.
The other book is a non fiction biography of Dame Judi Dench, the UK actress, written by John Miller. I found this book really insightfu

posted by Anne Whitfield on October, 25 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/137158-twrp-newsletter Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:58:01 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/137158-twrp-newsletter http://www.thewildrosepress.com/publisher/newsletters/Rose_Clippings_Aug_10-09.pdf

posted by Anne Whitfield on August, 13 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/134404-one-lovely-blog-award Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:51:42 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/134404-one-lovely-blog-award My dear friend and fellow writer, Anita Davision, nominated me for the 'one Lovely Blog Award, which is awfully kind of her. She also wrote a sweet little message about me and so in the spirit of the award I now have to pick three friends with blogs to pass the award on to.
So here goes and in no particular order.
Margaret Muir, is a fellow writer with the same publisher as me, Robert Hale UK, and until recently we shared the same literary agency. Through the ups and downs of publishing and of t

posted by Anne Whitfield on August, 11 ]]> /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/124765-round-up Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:37:13 -0700 /author/show/272681.Anne_Whitfield/blog/124765-round-up It worries me that I have to do this another twice more when Josh and Ellie start learning to to drive in a couple of years.

I have been working on my latest manuscript, the synopsis is written, although they are such a pain to do. I will soon be sending the first three chapters out to agents and h

posted by Anne Whitfield on August, 18 ]]>