Meet local authors Loree, Richard & Helen for a celebratory launch of their latest novels. They will discuss their craft, inspirations, settings, themes and influences and read from their work. Live music from local musicians will bring alive themes and flavours from within the novels.
A bar and light snacks will be available. All readers are welcome, and tickets are absolutely free!
The Worry Bottles, by Helen Salsbury: Naomi, an idealistic businesswoman, writes down her worries and discards them into the Bristol Channel in bottles. Matthew, an artist living alone on an island, finds them and the tenor of his existence is disturbed. He starts to search for the bottles.
A Danger of Books, by Richard Salsbury: In a timeline where novels, films and music have been hamstrung by copyright law, Josh is drawn into an underworld of illegal artistic appreciation. What can he discover about the culture that Britain has disowned, and how does it tie in with the mysterious note he finds from his long-dead father?
A Legacy of Earth and Sky, by American author Loree Westron, is a braided family saga set in the western United States. Inspired by historical events, it explores themes of fatherlessness, identity and belonging, and the histories people carry.