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On a mini book tour in South Wales on 2 and 3 October
On 2 and 3 October I will be visiting four libraries in South Wales to talk about crime writing, my crime novels and the inspiration behind the DI Andy Horton mystery series set in the Solent on the South Coast of England. The programme of talks with links to the libraries for tickets is on my website
I hope some of you will be able to join me.
Death Surge, the tenth in the DI Andy Horton series, in now published in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in the USA on 1 January 2014.
Death Surge
I hope some of you will be able to join me.
Death Surge, the tenth in the DI Andy Horton series, in now published in the UK and Commonwealth. It will be published in the USA on 1 January 2014.
Death Surge
Second stop on Pauline Rowson book tour in South Wales takes her to Pontarddulais Library
The second stop on my book tour of South Wales on the publication in the UK of the tenth in the DI Andy Horton crime series, Death Surge, was at Pontarddulais, a town situated just under ten miles to the north west of the Swansea City. Pontarddulais in English is translated as Bridge on the Dulais, with Dulais meaning black stream, probably on account of its journey through the coal measures.
Once a busy and prosperous place with two mills and two factories powered by the River Dulais, the railways and tin plate works, Pontarddulais suffered when in 1950 a new and modern tinplate works was built in nearby Trostre and Felindre and rendered the old works in Pontardulais obsolete. Over the latter half of the twentieth century many jobs were lost and the town has fallen victim to the economic downturn.
However, on my arrival and talking to the people who came to hear my talk Pontarddulais to me looked and felt very much like a small town on the up. It is indeed one of nine towns that will benefit from Welsh Government funding as part of its Western Valleys Regeneration Area programme. This is being matched by funding secured from Tesco under a planning agreement.
Some well-known literary figures have associations with Pontarddulais, including Edward Thomas and Dylan Thomas, who had several aunts and uncles in the town. So I was in good company both figuratively speaking and literally.
The evening also raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support charity with the small admission charge for my talk going towards the charity.
It was a pleasure to meet everyone and my thanks to Julie Clement and Sarah Loud for making the evening so successful.
Death Surge
Once a busy and prosperous place with two mills and two factories powered by the River Dulais, the railways and tin plate works, Pontarddulais suffered when in 1950 a new and modern tinplate works was built in nearby Trostre and Felindre and rendered the old works in Pontardulais obsolete. Over the latter half of the twentieth century many jobs were lost and the town has fallen victim to the economic downturn.
However, on my arrival and talking to the people who came to hear my talk Pontarddulais to me looked and felt very much like a small town on the up. It is indeed one of nine towns that will benefit from Welsh Government funding as part of its Western Valleys Regeneration Area programme. This is being matched by funding secured from Tesco under a planning agreement.
Some well-known literary figures have associations with Pontarddulais, including Edward Thomas and Dylan Thomas, who had several aunts and uncles in the town. So I was in good company both figuratively speaking and literally.
The evening also raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support charity with the small admission charge for my talk going towards the charity.
It was a pleasure to meet everyone and my thanks to Julie Clement and Sarah Loud for making the evening so successful.
Death Surge
