OUR READERS 20th July 2023

Maude Martin

  • Maude Martin is the pen-name for Tracy Burge who is one of the founders of Wylye Valley Writers.
  • Maude read us a comic short story about a mother, God and death.
  • Maude has performed at Stories at the Chapel, Stories on the Farm and also at Priston Festival.
  • She has also featured on BBC Upload, much to the delight of her Welsh family, who all tuned in.
  • Find out more about Maude on her website.
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Tom Bromley

  • Tom read us a comic excerpt from a novel that he is currently writing.  The reading concerned a man faking vegetarianism to seduce a woman.
  • Tom Bromley is a writer of contemporary fiction and non-fiction as well as an internationally bestselling ghost writer.
  • Tom runs the monthly Salisbury Writing Circle and is the director of the Salisbury Literary Festival. He teaches novel writing for Reedsy.
  • Find more about Tom and his books on his website.
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Lisa Conway

  • Lisa writes under the name Elisabeth Conway.
  • Lisa read us an extract from her novel, A Strand of Gold, set in nineteenth century Singapore – the time of Stamford Raffles.  The book is the first of a three-part series she has written that mixes real history with fiction.
  • Find more about Lisa and her books on her website.
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Dave Key

  • Dave read us an extract from his science fiction novel, RealTime, that he is in the final stages of editing.  It concerned trying to unlock the secrets of a recently discovered alien artifact.
  • He recently took part in NanoWriMo, successfully completing a 50,000 word book in a month.
  • One of his short stories won a competition run by the Science Museum in 2001 and will be included in a compilation to be published soon.
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Rachel Barnett

  • Rachel read us an extract from her recently published, and highly successful, romance novel: A Summer on the Riviera.

  • Her next book, Starlight at Snow Pine Lodge, is scheduled for release on 26th September by Embla Books: “Three friends. One Christmas escape. A week that will see their lives changed forever…”

  • Find out more about Rachel and her writing cave.
  • And about her and her books on Amazon, or on Instagram (RachelBarnettAuthor) and Facebook (LauraRLeeson).
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Thanks to John Bruce for the Photographs on this page