Esther Chilton

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  • Book Review: Then She Was Gone @lisajewelluk

    I’ve read several Lisa Jewell books and I’ve never been disappointed. From the delightful, heart-warming 31 Dream Street, to the more chilling and sinister I Found You, I’ve been instantly hooked. Would Then She was Gone be any different? The blurb says: ‘She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl.She had her whole life ahead of…

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  • Book Review: Hood Academy @ShelleyWilson72

    I met the wonderful Shelley Wilson at The Bloggers Bash in London some years ago. She’s a writing mentor as well as the author of several self-help books and YA fiction. I recently read her YA novel, Hood Academy, described on the cover as ‘a gothic page turner’. And it certainly is! The blurb says:…

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  • And The Winner Is…

    Well, you certainly didn’t make it easy for me! Your stories had me laughing one minute, my jaw hanging open the next, followed by tears welling in my eyes. I found it so, so hard to choose a winning story. I whittled them down to a longlist, then a shortlist and then there were five.…

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  • Book Review: Don’t Let Go @HarlanCoben

    We all have them, don’t we? You know, that author who saves us, who always gives us what we want. So, when you’ve been wading your way through a book you’re really not enjoying and you think why am I doing this to myself? Reading should be a pleasure, that’s when you turn to your…

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  • Thank You!

    I must give an enormous thank you to all of you who entered my competition to win a copy of my latest book, A Walk in the Woods. I’ve been overwhelmed with the amount of entries and the fantastic stories you’ve created. I love how you can take an opening line and everyone will head…

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  • There’s Still Time To Enter!

    Last week, I announced a short story competition to celebrate the paperback launch of my book, A Walk in the Woods. If you haven’t entered yet, don’t worry; you have until the 14th February. The competition is to write a short story, with the following opening line: Thank goodness they had gone. Who had gone…

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  • Win A Book!

    To celebrate the paperback launch of A Walk in the Woods, I’m holding a short story competition. A copy of my book will go to the winning entry and the story will also be published on my blog. If you’ve already bought a copy of the book, thank you, but why not still enter and…

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  • A Walk In The Woods – Extract

    For those of you who missed my blog from Saturday – I’m pleased to announce that the paperback version of A Walk in the Woods is finally out. Here’s an extract from one of the short stories: Home Six o’ clock in the morning. Another day Muriel would rather be dead. She opened her eyes…

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  • Paperback Launch!

    Finally, my book, A Walk in the Woods, is out in paperback! As many of you know, it’s been available as an ebook for some months. I’d hoped to be able to release the paperback not long after, but there were several issues which resulted in its delay. Still, it’s here at last and I…

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  • New Book: When Stars Will Shine

    I met fellow editor, Emma Mitchell at Harrogate Crime Festival this year and we had a good chat about all sorts of things to do with editing, especially our thoughts on the use of the Oxford comma! Emma’s recently brought out a wonderful book of short stories with all the proceeds going to charity. Please…

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