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My first novel 'Despite Losing it on Finkle Street' is out now. Details at www.pioneer-readers.org, where you can read the opening of the book. You can order a copy on amazon, waterstones.com, or just about anywhere,and the book is in stock at Blackwells Broomhill, Sheffield, Waterstones Meadowhall and Orchard Square, Sheffield, Waterstones Kendal and independent bookshops in Cumbria.Despite Losing it on Finkle Street by Samantha Priestley Rachel Murdoch is living a lonely village life in the Lake District in the shadow of the memory of her grandparents. When she finds a young man who connects with her, she wonders if she may have at last found the new start she is looking for, despite the opposition she faces from his family. But is Will hiding a secret, or is it just that the emotional holes in his life go to a depth that will stretch her beyond her limits? It is up to Rachel to put together the pieces of his past, and to decide whether she is still committed enough to stand by him.Available for order on Amazon, waterstones.com, bookshop.blackwell.co.uk, thebookplace.com, pickabook.com and in any bookshop using the ISBN 9780955078057

My Blog

Interview For a Fashion and Arts Blog

Hello everybody,  yesterday I did an interview for a fashion and arts blog. This went really well with some good questions asked. It did make me realise though, that I might need to have my picture t...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:50:00 GMT

Finkle Street in W H Smith

For all those who live near me, Finkle Street is going to be stocked in the new W H Smith store at Crystal Peaks shopping centre. For everyone else, you can still get copies of the book in various bra...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:04:00 GMT

Updates and Dream Writing Jobs

I am about half way through the edit on novel number 2 (working title The Love Poems) with my lovely editor Dan. Hopefully there'll be news on that soon. I am about ¼ of the way through writing novel ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:16:00 GMT

Imaginary Writing Process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ_-TOJhXXk if only!
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 04:59:00 GMT

The H E Bates Anthology

The collection of shortlisted and winning short stories from the 2008 H E Bates competition is now out. My story, The Handprint Child, which won first prize, gives the collection its title, Handprint...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:53:00 GMT

New Review of Finkle Street by Susan Bearder

A review from the writer and photographer Susan Bearder - Samantha Priestley's "Despite Losing it on Finkle Street (2007) has been a serendipitous find.. Her subject matter - faulty perceptions within...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:27:00 GMT

The Portico Prize

 OK, so I didnt win, but they said nice things about my book  Despite Losing it on Finkle Street the debut novel by Samantha Priestley explores the dynamics of two very different families. The theme...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:04:00 GMT

The Literary Den Anthology 2009

 Im an editor on The Lit Den anthology again this year. Its a publication in aid of The Laura Crane Trust, a charity for young cancer sufferers. All went well with the one we did last years so were...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Black Tattoo

thank you to everybody who tried to help me with pics of tattoos for this. Although I ended up going with some I snapped on my sister's back (thanks Dani!) and up to now even they weren't used, I do a...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:00 GMT

The Best of 2008& for me anyway.

Books  Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje                Fresh Apples by Rachel Trezise (I know that isn't a newly published book, but it w...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:25:00 GMT