When work isn't writing...

 I had the pleasure of two speaking engagements in April. The first was at Sunbury Book Club where I gave a talk titled - From Juliet Bravo to Cagney and Lacey to Happy Valley: Why I write female detectives. I gave an overview of how women were allowed to join the police force in the UK before exploring fictional female detectives on the page and the screen. I then had the chance to talk about my own female detective - DI Bernadette 'Bernie' Noel, before finishing with a little quiz.

Then, at Books in the Park Festival in Beckenham, I had the fabulous opportunity to interview Janice Hallett. We talked a lot about her different experiences of writing (journalist, government speech writer, screenwriter and author), as well as look at her latest novel - The Examiner. It was such a lovely festival in a beautiful setting and well worth my while sitting on a tram for 55 minutes to get there! Unfortunately, none of my family could come with me so no photos of the actual event for me.

Now in May, it's back to editing!