Today, I am delighted to have
Su, Social Media Office for UK Indie Lit Fest sitting round my pool. Please make yourself comfortable and do help
yourself to a glass of chilled bubbly.
How lovely thank you for
inviting me along, it’s rather hot do you mind me dangling my toes in your
delightful pool?
Before we talk about your
fascinating role with the UK Indie Lit Fest, please tell us a little about you
My name is Su (without the
‘e’ as there is no ‘e’ in Susan) and I’m a Read-a-holic from Doncaster in South
Yorkshire, now living on ‘England’s green and pleasant lands’ amidst the
rolling hills of the Herefordshire countryside in the West Midlands. My house
is wall to wall books and I even have a ‘Leaning Tower of Paperbacks’ oh and
hardbacks and goodness knows how many books on the kindle.
I also write for a hobby as Rose English and spend hours
researching online. I have very eclectic reading tastes enjoying books across
all genres and I must confess I am addicted to social media.
What is the UK Indie Lit Fest
The UK Indie Lit Fest is a
non-profit community interest company, the sole purpose of which is to promote
Indie Authors, smaller publishing houses and allow writers to reach new
readers.
The UK Indie Lit Fest is an
exciting new project which made its debut in 2016. The brain child of Follow This Publishing and UK Indie Authors, it took place on the
23rd July 2016 at St James Hall, Bolton Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire.
The festival brought together
indie authors from around the UK, for an amazing FREE Event. Fans met authors in person, talked to authors
from all over the world in our international hub via skype, learned all about
being an indie author, how to become a published author, took part in in our
exciting workshops, listened to readings by the authors, entered our exciting
competitions to win signed books and much, much more.
Where will the event be held?
Kala Sangam, 1 Forster Court, Bradford, BD1 4TY Sat 26 August 2017
Kala Sangam Website http://www.kalasangam.org/venues/getting-here/
Who can attend?
The event is totally FREE making it accessible for
anyone to attend, we encourage families with young children too as there will be
a special children’s corner. Our aim is to #SpreadTheWord and share our love of
reading with as many people as possible. Tickets can be ordered online and each
ticket has a unique number so it doubles up as a raffle ticket with a chance to
win a signed copy of a book from one of 30+ attending authors. FREE Tickets will be available on the
door but we are encouraging people to download and print tickets so we can
gauge numbers for health and safety.
Order tickets here
What does your role at Social
Media Office entail?
As Social Media Officer I
share and promote the event online via all the regular places and pass
information to David Driver our friend and fellow writer who presents ‘The Writers Bookshelf’ on Drystone
Radio in Yorkshire. Podcasts are available for a couple of weeks on the radio
website. Upcoming events are listed on the Bookshelf Facebook page. I myself
will be featured on the show on Tuesday
1st August 2017 from 19:00hrs GMT.
I am also responsible for
collating Indie Author Interviews
and posting them on our WordPress Blog called Indie Book Banter again here I will share news, reviews and
interviews. It’s a new hub for chatting about all things Indie but whilst we
are just starting out the main focus is upon the writers attending this year’s
UK Indie Lit Fest. We also feature International Indie Authors as we have made
so many friends who have supported us along the way. Sherri A. Wingler from the
US is one of many and encouraged me in my own writing.
Indie Book Banter https://indiebookbanter.wordpress.com/
The Writers Bookshelf http://www2.drystoneradio.com/podcastbeta/
I know you are an avid reader,
what kind of books do you love most?
Yes as I mentioned before I
am a Read-a-holic, I have very eclectic tastes, I am drawn in by a great cover
and the opening lines (praise goes to Amazon ‘Look Inside’).
I love paranormal I am a big
fan of the vampire tale, my hero’s being ‘Bram Stoker’ the father of the genre
and ‘Anne Rice’ the mother. But wow let me tell you there are so many amazing
Indie Authors out there that write in this genre I am so spoilt for choice.
Dawn Singh is the brains
behind the UK Indie Lit Fest and a wonderful author of YA reads her latest ‘Dead Normal’ is a funny little tale
about Death who happens to be called Derek #DeadIsTheNewSexy
Sherri A. Wingler writes
beautifully descriptive YA novels and has encouraged us in promoting UK Indie
Lit Fest. ‘Crimson Moon’ a twist on
the Red Riding Hood tale is her latest but ‘Wings of Darkness: The Immortal
Sorrows Series’ about Angels and Demons is a must read for fans of this genre.
The book that sticks in my
mind though is ‘A Boy From The Streets’
by Maria Gibbs it won one of your ‘Chill
Awards’ a truly moving story about twins separated at birth one taken to
England and a rich life whilst the other remains in Brasil a street child.
DM Singh Books http://author.to/UKIndieLitDMSingh
Sherri A Wingler Books http://author.to/UKIndieLitSAWingler
Maria Gibbs Books http://author.to/UKIndieLitMGibbs
I love a story full of
descriptive text something that draws me into the pages so I feel like I am
experiencing it for myself.
Oh look I suppose we should
stop now, or else we may need another bottle of bubbly and then talking all
things books we could be here until the wee small hours. Thank you so much for
inviting me along and I cannot wait for you to return your interview questions
for Indie Book Banter and to share one of your books on our International Table at this year’s UK
Indie Lit Fest.
Happy Reading One and All
especially our #IndieFriends please #SpreadTheWord
3 comments:
A fantastic interview with a lovely lady who gives up her time to support everyone.
Lovely to hear more about Su's background. She works so hard for Indie authors in the UK. Thanks to both of you. D
How lovely to see such wonderful feedback. It was great sitting by the pool (well even if it was in my dreams) Thank you Pauline, and ladies thanks for the nice comments :-)
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