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Loves Me, Loves Me Not

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Margaret James reports on her recent visit to the Torbay Bookshop in Paignton, where she was among the contributors signing this Romantic Novelists' Association golden anniversary anthology of short stories. The anthology, which also has a story by another of our members, Geoffrey Harfield, has received good reviews including one in the 13th-19th February edition of Heat magazine. The RNA's own blog for the anthology has more background on the contributors.

Castle of Shadows launched

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We're pleased to announce the official launch of Castle of Shadows , a children's novel by Exeter Writers member Ellen Renner .   The book was given a positive review in The Times ... Adventure stories involving brave boys and girls, a dash of magic and a lot of suspense were once commonplace in children's fiction, thanks to writers such as Joan Aiken, Susan Cooper, Alan Garner and even the much-maligned Enid Blyton. All these have stood the test of time; but where are their heirs? For lovers of Aiken, Ellen Renner's debut, Castle of Shadows , is not to be missed. Set in a country very much like Victorian England, its king is mad and its loved queen has been missing for most of Princess Charlie's life. Charlie has roamed the Castle of Quale for years, learning its secret hideaways and being bullied by servants while her crazy father suspends himself from the ceiling to build a towering castle of cards instead of running the kingdom. Any adventure that beg