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Local author Lorraine Ellis – interview

LORRAINE ELLIS is our very own local author from Paull. Lorraine specialises in writing books and novels about mental health issues, and in helping people to understand this ‘taboo’ subject.

Seaside FM 105.3 caught up with Lorraine last month when she attended an official launch of her latest autobiographies Mini Hen Legs and Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home. She describes the books and her experiences of writing them.

In the second part of the interview Lorraine reads an extract from Mini Hen Legs about her childhood delight at moving to “Bonnie” (the Bond’s Estate), Hedon for the first time in 1966.

You can tell from the interview that Lorraine is a very down-to-earth person and should be an inspiration to us through her ‘extraordinary’ feat of writing the books and getting them published, the first of which took her 10 years to finish!

Have you got a book inside you, bursting to be written?

You can get Lorraine’s books from publishers Chipmunka, from all good bookshops and also from Amazon at our associate links here:

Pease Pudding Hot

Mini Hen Legs & Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home

Local Author – Official Book Launch and Signing

BOOK LAUNCH: Friday 15th of July, 2011, 2pm at Withernsea Library, Queens Street, Withernsea.

Books by local author Lorraine Ellis:

Lorraine lived in Hedon for many years and now lives in Paull.

Her first book, a novel entitled Pease Pudding Hot, was published in 2010.
Lorraine’s latest book her autobiography entitled Mini Hen Legs & Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home was published earlier this year.

Lorraine will be selling and signing copies of her books at 2pm at the Withernsea Library on the 15th July.  She will be looking forward to meeting you and will be happy to talk about her work.

Mini Hen Legs & Ladybird Ladybird Fly away Home

LORRAINE ELLIS is a local author from Paull. The Hedon Blog is delighted to announce that her autobiography, Mini Hen Legs & Ladybird Ladybird Fly away Home, has been published as a paperback by Chipmunkapublishing.

The book recounts the author’s struggle against a terrifying mental illness that afflicted her as a child and an adult.

Lorraine told us: “The book is split up into two parts the first story: Mini Hen Legs concentrates on my childhood to adolesence. Ladybird Ladybird Fly away home focuses on my adulthood and my battle with bi polar.”

Specialist publisher Chipmunkapublishing has this to say about the book:

“It tells of an experience she endured at the age of five and how this experience shadowed her growing years thus leading her into confusion and insecurity. At the tender age of fifteen Lorraine began to hear voices in her head and became paranoid and delusional. It is a vivid account of those years giving a true insight into how it feels to suffer with serious mental health problems…

Lorraine is an inspiration to all who come across her… Lorraine represents a remarkable example of a recovery journey for someone experiencing severe mental illness”

The publication of the book is fantastic news for our very own local writer. It is Lorraine’s second book to be published! As Blog regulars will know, Lorraine’s first book Pease Pudding Hot was published as an e-book in 2009 and in print in 2010.

The new book is available to order from Chipmunkapublishing, W.H Smiths and will soon be in stock in Waterstones on Jameson Street in Hull.

Mini Hen Legs & Ladybird Ladybird Fly Away Home is also available through Amazon. The Hedon Blog is an Amazon Associate.

Author to speak at Hedon Library

EVENT CANCELLED: Postponed until 6th January 2011

PENNY GRUBB is set to describe her life as a writer at the Hedon Library TODAY (Thursday 2nd December, 2:30pm, see Meet local author).

Contact Hedon Library on 01482 897651 to book a place.

Meet local author Penny Grubb

EVENT CANCELLED: Postponed until 6th January 2011

A MARVELLOUS OPPORTUNITY to get a ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at the life and work of a local author is presented at Hedon Library in December.

Penny Grubb, who says on her website that she penned her first story at age 4 and won her first writing competition at age 9, will be at the Library on Thursday 2nd December 2010, 2:30pm at a Meet the Author event.

Contact Hedon Library on 01482 897651 to book a place.

Penny has had two books published  this year, Like False Money in February and The Doll Makers in June 2010, but has also written other non-fiction books. She is also Chair of a writers organisation that represents and campaigns on behalf of authors.

You can find out more about Penny’s books via her website, but copies of the crime novels are also currently on sale at Occasions in Hedon Marketplace.

Spotlight on new book by Holderness author

TORC OF MOONLIGHT is “a chilling story of passion, betrayal and Celtic revenge” written by local Holderness based author Linda Acaster.

“Alice believes that people close to her die. She seeks escape by steering her future back into the past to uncover the shrine of a forgotten Celtic water goddess.”

The first of a trilogy of psychological thrillers set in university cities around the North Yorkshire Moors, Torc of Moonlight centres on Hull and its university. When student Nick becomes obsessed with Alice and her determination to find a shrine to a forgotten Celtic water goddess he comes to realise that history isn’t as quietly buried beneath his feet as he’d thought, and it always repeats itself.

Torc of Moonlight is Linda Acaster’s fourth novel and is being featured as part of a promotion of local authors being held at Occasions in Hedon Market Place until 17th October 2010.

If you have ever wondered what the life of an author is like – the trials and tribulations of researching, writing and getting a book published – then you might like to consider inviting Linda to your group or meeting to give a talk on the subject!

To find out more about Linda and her book, including an exclusive look at a sample chapter of Torc of Moonlight, then visit www.lindaacaster.co.uk

Paull’s ‘Pease Pudding Hot’ published in print!

CONGRATULATIONS go to Lorraine Ellis! The Holderness Gazette reports that the Paull based author is to get her book Pease Pudding Hot published as a paperback.

The book charts the moving story of Joe Sharp who is trapped in a world that doesn’t understand his schizophrenia – including the voices in his head that haunt and taunt him – and his experiences of being sectioned in hospital. The title of the book refers to the rhyme that Joe sings to block out the nasty voices.

The novel has already been published as an e-book by Chipmunka Publishing as reported on the Blog in 2009.

Want to write for the Hedon Blog?

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The Hedon Blog aims to be a GROUP BLOG with local Hedon people and others posting articles and comments about the things that interest them about the town. If you are from the town and reading this and would like to become an occasional correspondent, a regular author and/or help manage the blog ‘behind the scenes’ then please drop off an e-mail to rayduff@gmx.com. WordPress explains about adding new users in its support pages.

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If you have never ‘blogged’ before, then by becoming a Contributor to The Hedon Blog you can find out about this interesting and fascinating hobby first hand – and WordPress will give you the opportunity to set up your own blog!

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