Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Special Offer

My publisher, All Mouse Media, is currently running a special offer on my latest novels. You can buy Bringing Home the Stars and Twinkle Little Star together for just £10, with free postage. If you add the name to dedicate them to in the "special instructions", I'll even sign both books for you!

Just click below to order the books.





Sunday, 20 November 2011

Signing in Manchester

The signing tour continues - it is unstoppable! Today I am signing books in the Manchester Arndale branch of Waterstones. It's a store I haven't been to before and I'm looking forward to it. I'll be there from 1-4pm today. If you're in the area, come and say hi!

Saturday, 19 November 2011

Signing in Bolton

I'm signing Twinkle Little Star and Bringing Home The Stars today in the Bolton Branch of Waterstones. We just started and I'll be here until 4pm. Come on down and say hi!

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Come hither, to the town hall!

On Tuesday, I met the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton for tea and a chat. It was a fantastic experience and I am really honoured to have been invited. Zoe and I got a tour of the Town Hall, which was fantastic, and we chatted for over an hour about all kinds of things. As it turns out, the Mayor is an even bigger history buff than we are, so we had a long talk about the effects of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on European history.

Before we left, I presented the Mayor with signed copies of 'Bringing Home The Stars' and 'Twinkle Little Star', plus a copy of each for Bolton Library. Zoe then took a photograph for posterity.

Jennifer Kirk with the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton

Speaking of books, I am signing again this weekend. On Saturday, I will be at Bolton Waterstones from 10 am to 4pm, while on Sunday I am at the Arndale Centre branch of Waterstones from 1pm to 4pm. If you are in the area, I would love to see you there.

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Today at the town hall

I spent lunchtime today with the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton. I presented them with some signed copies of my books, and further copies for inclusion in the public library.

It was rather fun and they have some very nice chocolate biscuits! I also learnt the real reason why Bolton's crest has an Elephant with a castle on it.

Sunday, 13 November 2011

Book signings - Bolton and Manchester

On Tuesday I have been invited to meet the Mayor of Bolton as a local author. I've met him as well as three previous Mayor's of Bolton, but never in the capacity of being a local author. It feels odd to be considered noteworthy enough to get such an invite!

Also don't forget that this coming weekend there are two book signings. Both are at branches of Waterstones. On Saturday I will be at Bolton Waterstones signing copies of my books. This has always been a good venue for me and I'm looking forward to making this my fourth visit to the store to do a signing. Sunday sees me at Manchester Arndale at the branch there. This is a new venue for me, though I've done the Manchester Deansgate and Trafford Centre branches before. Hopefully there will be a good turnout as Manchester busies up with Christmas shoppers. What better gift to get than a personalised signed copy of my newest book?

Reviews and feedback from those who have been reading 'Twinkle little star' are coming in now, and I am overwhelmed by the positive comments. It seems that despite the fact that I have to admit I didn't enjoy the writing process as much as for the previous book, the end result is blowing people away! Momentum is building and it is exciting though a little scary at the same time. Hopefully I can make the third (and final - promise!) 'Stars' book better still. Though don't hold your breath, as I haven't started writing it yet. I have, however, written another book which is still in the editing stages with no planned release date as yet.

An open letter to bad drivers

Dear prick in the car on the M55 last night,

If you don't want the truck driver from 'Duel' on your rear bumper with their headlights on main beam, then why not try letting them overtake you instead of speeding up when they pull out then slowing down when they pull back in. It got old fast after several aborted overtaking attempts.

As another suggestion, your personalised numberplate alluding to the size of your penis might be better representative of you if you chose to buy something like 'W4 NKR'. Just a suggestion.