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Novelist Lesley Pearse's own turbulent story: She grew up in an orphanange, gave her son up for adoption, endured two marriages and bankruptcy... but now she sells a book every four minutes
14 Mar 2024 17:42 GMT
… book is now sold every four minutes in the UK.
Even Catherine Cookson … publisher would take her on; she was 48 when her first book … , Georgia, was published. Since then, Pearse has written more than 30 novels …
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The A-listers who once starred in Catherine Cookson dramas - from Catherine Zeta Jones to Sean Bean
27 Feb 2024 12:15 GMT
… faces once appeared in Catherine Cookson dramas, as millions tuned … the novels of the much cherished South Tyneside author were … a glittering career. Other Catherine Cookson books to get the ITV … the most popular Cookson novels, The Fifteen Streets gave …
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Seduced by a married man when I was a virgin, I heartbreakingly had to give up my baby boy. 57 years later, I finally found the son I never forgot, writes best-selling author LESLEY PEARSE
29 Feb 2024 12:28 GMT
… was always a fan of Catherine Cookson, but then I read her … magazines. She finished her first novel, Georgia, over several years, … ’t overnight, but her third novel, Charity – about a woman … She has gone on to publish 31 books.
Pearse spent decades searching …
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Our Fair Lily by Rosie Goodwin: A gripping emotional rollercoaster ride – book review –
13 Feb 2024 13:20 GMT
… mother, four-million-copy bestselling author Goodwin has penned over forty … the late, great Tyneside writer Catherine Cookson’s trilogies with her own … – that have made her novels so beloved by readers over … romantic gem and the first book to blossom in what …
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The Lost Girl by Rosie Goodwin: lose yourself in the heartaches, drama, and wonderful storytelling – book review –
18 Jan 2024 12:00 GMT
… bestselling author Goodwin has penned over forty beautiful, heartwarming novels, … late, great Tyneside writer Catherine Cookson’s trilogies with her own … that have made her novels so beloved by readers over … warmth, and with the author’s delicious recipe for …
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Best reads of the year: The books that writers loved in 2023
08 Dec 2023 01:13 GMT
… recent book, Past Lying, is published by Sphere.
I read many novels this … between George Eliot and a Catherine Cookson novel we get to see the … ’s Faithless (Vintage). The novel, and the author, had been unfamiliar to …
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Publish and be northern: How and why publishers and literary agents are trying to level up the book industry
20 Oct 2023 07:04 GMT
… and many other bookish neighbourhoods. England’s first publisher William Caxton set … Milly Johnson, best-selling author of 21 novels includingTogether, Again, thinks progress … Barry Hines (from Barnsley) and Catherine Cookson (northern, female, over forty) …
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A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel is a magnificent book full of gold
12 Oct 2023 18:01 GMT
… as a film critic, a book reviewer, an opinion columnist. … the London Review of Books was collected in Mantel … been Catherine Cookson” – the writer whose phenomenally popular historical novels chronicled … for treasures and gold.
Published by John Murray on 19 …
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Bestselling author Val Wood invites fans to join her at Hull Waterstones for 30th anniversary celebration
10 Oct 2023 12:20 GMT
… debut novel, The Hungry Tide, which earned her the prestigious Catherine Cookson Prize … available on the day.
Beverley author Val Wood is celebrating 30 … an exclusive e-book, a novella, had various stories published in national magazines …
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Model from Ingleby Barwick on cover of bestselling author's latest novel The Lost Girl
01 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT
… author in the world to be allowed to follow three of Catherine Cookson … of Rosie's new novel after approaching photographer Larry Rostant … for Rosie Goodwin's book cover. The Ingleby Barwick … me for the Lost Girl book cover." Emily started …