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September and October are months of celebration for my family with the birthdays of my nephew, his partner, my mother-in-law my two sons and their aunt Kate. Quite a list! However, what fun to go out and celebrate big birthdays. … Continue reading →

Hooray, book launch day has arrived. Great turn out of friends and supporters at Cheltenham’s wonderful independent bookshop, the Suffolk Anthology http://www.theanthology.co.uk where nearly thirty people squeezed into the shop to hear me read extracts from my new book on New … Continue reading →

It’s great writing a book, at least some days! Most authors get a real buzz working alongside their editor to make the product or book the very best that it can be. I know I did. I loved those days. … Continue reading →

Hooray, publication day is finally here as of a few days ago! You can now officially obtain a copy of my book, Waireka on http://www.amazon.co.uk under Waireka by Sheila Donald. It is available in both book and kindle formats. It … Continue reading →

Just wanting to let everyone know that my second book, Waireka, is due to be published on 1 July. My publisher is  www.ambassador-international.com  Do look them up and find out more about them. Thankfully, this week after some deliberations, my designer … Continue reading →

My son, Luke and his bride, Kelsey give wedding thanks! Yes, my youngest son, Luke is married! I can hardly believe it! He and the beautiful, Kelsey tied the knot in Cleveland, Ohio, that’s in the USA, on Saturday 17 … Continue reading →

What’s in a name? Plenty I’ve now come to realise. We are now in the final month before my novel is published. It was to be called ‘Tarureka’ – Maori for sweet grass or meadow herbs – but now all … Continue reading →

To all my friends and followers. I hope you all had a great Christmas break. I did, although it’s funny but life doesn’t always turn out quite as we’d anticipated or planned for!  2017 Christmas was to be my son’s fiancee’s … Continue reading →

Happy Christmas to all my followers. It’s only 12 December today as I write this blog but it is just 13 days until Christmas day and we already have the weather. Not that our Zak is enjoying it that much … Continue reading →