March 2024 Newsletter

This month’s newsletter starts and ends with family celebrations. Such a joy.

On February 29^th, 2024 leap year day, our daughter Sam asked her partner Olly to marry her, and he said yes. They have been together six years and this was a complete surprise. How very lovely!

On 5^th March Oscar the Owl went to Preschool Central, here in Tamworth. I was invited to read to two groups of children during National Book Week. It was a delightful experience. Here I am adding a bit of humour to the page where Oscar is swimming with a friend saying, “It doesn’t matter what you wear or what you have, it’s who you are that matters.” Quite appropriate when all the children were dressed as superman, princesses etc.

On 16^th March I was at The Welcome Hall, Kingsbury Methodist Church Easter Fair with Oscar the Owl. A lovely building and I had good conversations with visitors.

The 17^th of March saw the free giveaway/competition on social media awarded to @Jrh194 on Twitter/X. So, Oscar flew off to Guernsey. Jade is an early-years teacher and will be taking the book into school after Easter, so I look forward to hearing how the children interacted and received his wise words.

 Prizes by post.

On 23^rd March I met up with Kim Nash, Author and attended an event put on by Lichfield Literary Festival. Freya North gave an inspiring and interesting talk about her journey with writing, being published, promoting her novels and how her characters came to life as she wrote. She then signed copies of her books on sale supplied by nearby Waterstones.

The event was held in The Hub, St Mary’s Church in the market square of Lichfield – beautiful building and great use of the converted church, now a library with a lift or stairs to café, toilets and entertainment area.

This is my BFF’s family – the boys don’t read in English yet as they live in Anglesey and although they speak English well, they read in Welsh. Not sure which language Mummy was reading in but they all look engrossed in Oscar the Owl on their visit to their Nanny’s house. Jack the Cockerpoo doesn’t look too impressed as they are sitting in his seat!

And to conclude, another lovely celebration as hubby had an Easter weekend birthday.

He loved his owl experience at Rosliston Forestry Centre.

If you would like a signed copy of Oscar the Owl for any 3-7-year-old as a gift, please contact me for details. Or if you want to order from Amazon, this is the link: https://amzn.eu/d/bqy7S7x

Wishing you all a good April.

Best wishes from Sue x