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A lively and friendly audience for tales of criminality at Ringwood U3A
On Thursday 19 June I had the pleasure of speaking to members of a very friendly and welcoming U3a at Ringwood. Ringwood is an historic market town in Hampshire located on the River Avon, on the western edge of the New Forest. It’s situated between Southampton and Bournemouth.
Apparently Ringwood had a long history of a thriving hand knitting industry. (I knew I should have taken my knitting with me). It became famous for its "Ringwood" woollen gloves, which were knitted in either cotton or wool 4 ply, and on fairly thick needles. Ringwood gloves were knitted commercially until after the Second World War.
But it wasn’t to talk about knitting that I was there but about my crime novels.
I entertained members of the audience with tales of the dogged Portsmouth cop, DI Andy Horton and explained how I plot, research and write the DI Andy Horton series and my other crime novels all of which are set on the South Coast of England, in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
I talked about the inspiration behind the Horton novels and my two standalone crime novels, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill. After the talk there followed, as usual, a very lively Q & A session and a book signing.
I give a number of talks around the UK to many different organisations. I will be appearing at Worthing Library on 28 June and Lymington Library on 16 July.
For all my forthcoming speaking engagements or to book me as a speaker visit the Events Page on my website
U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.
Shroud of Evil
Apparently Ringwood had a long history of a thriving hand knitting industry. (I knew I should have taken my knitting with me). It became famous for its "Ringwood" woollen gloves, which were knitted in either cotton or wool 4 ply, and on fairly thick needles. Ringwood gloves were knitted commercially until after the Second World War.
But it wasn’t to talk about knitting that I was there but about my crime novels.
I entertained members of the audience with tales of the dogged Portsmouth cop, DI Andy Horton and explained how I plot, research and write the DI Andy Horton series and my other crime novels all of which are set on the South Coast of England, in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
I talked about the inspiration behind the Horton novels and my two standalone crime novels, In Cold Daylight and In For The Kill. After the talk there followed, as usual, a very lively Q & A session and a book signing.
I give a number of talks around the UK to many different organisations. I will be appearing at Worthing Library on 28 June and Lymington Library on 16 July.
For all my forthcoming speaking engagements or to book me as a speaker visit the Events Page on my website
U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives for older people no longer in full time work, providing opportunities for their members to share learning experiences in a wide range of interest groups and to pursue learning not for qualifications, but for fun.
Shroud of Evil
The wonders of Worthing for crime author Pauline Rowson,
On Saturday 28 June I was invited to talk to readers at Worthing Library about crime writing and my crime novels.
Worthing is a seaside town and the largest in the county of West Sussex. It nestles at the foot of the beautiful South Downs, and is ten miles west of Brighton, and eighteen miles east of the cathedral city of Chichester. It’s not mentioned in my crime novels, whereas both Chichester and Brighton are but I think I’ll have to rectify that after hearing about its diverse population from some members of the audience.
It also boasts that Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter both at one time lived and worked in the town so I was in good company.
It was a pleasure to entertain the small but perfectly formed audience at Worthing Library on Saturday with tales of criminality. It was the second talk I’ve given there, the first was very soon after my second DI Andy Horton novel had been published in 2008, Deadly Waters, and now there are eleven in the DI Andy Horton crime series, and two standalone crime novels.
According to Wikipedia "the area around Worthing has been populated for at least 6,000 years and contains Britain's greatest concentration of Stone Age flint mines, which are some of the earliest mines in Europe. For many centuries Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet until in the late 18th century it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day."
After the talk I read an extract from The Suffocating Sea (DI Andy Horton 3) then took a lively Q & A session which was followed by a book signing and the chance to talk to members of the audience.
My thanks to all for coming along to hear my talk and to the lovely staff at Worthing Library for asking me to speak and for hosting the event.
For all my forthcoming talks and appearances visit the events page on my website
To contact me please use the form on the Contact Us page on my website
The Suffocating Sea. Pauline Rowson
Worthing is a seaside town and the largest in the county of West Sussex. It nestles at the foot of the beautiful South Downs, and is ten miles west of Brighton, and eighteen miles east of the cathedral city of Chichester. It’s not mentioned in my crime novels, whereas both Chichester and Brighton are but I think I’ll have to rectify that after hearing about its diverse population from some members of the audience.
It also boasts that Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter both at one time lived and worked in the town so I was in good company.
It was a pleasure to entertain the small but perfectly formed audience at Worthing Library on Saturday with tales of criminality. It was the second talk I’ve given there, the first was very soon after my second DI Andy Horton novel had been published in 2008, Deadly Waters, and now there are eleven in the DI Andy Horton crime series, and two standalone crime novels.
According to Wikipedia "the area around Worthing has been populated for at least 6,000 years and contains Britain's greatest concentration of Stone Age flint mines, which are some of the earliest mines in Europe. For many centuries Worthing was a small mackerel fishing hamlet until in the late 18th century it developed into an elegant Georgian seaside resort and attracted the well-known and wealthy of the day."
After the talk I read an extract from The Suffocating Sea (DI Andy Horton 3) then took a lively Q & A session which was followed by a book signing and the chance to talk to members of the audience.
My thanks to all for coming along to hear my talk and to the lovely staff at Worthing Library for asking me to speak and for hosting the event.
For all my forthcoming talks and appearances visit the events page on my website
To contact me please use the form on the Contact Us page on my website
The Suffocating Sea. Pauline Rowson
