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So, I am still at the very early stages of doing promotion for my Taproot Press book, 'HOPE NEVER KNEW HORIZON'. It just got a great review by the Glasgow Herald where it was described as 'A book that glows with positivity, seeking out the magic and romance underlying the everyday'.  This was a book the idea for which arrived in the darkest days of Lockdown - I decided then that I wanted to write something with hope in it, something positive and nothing to do with the pandemic. It was just that thought for a long time till slowly the universe offered up full-of-hope stories for me to write.

Then today the Bookseller announced news about my next book, coming from Fairlight Books in early 2025. It is called 'WOMAN IN BLUE' and was inspired by Vermeer's wonderful painting, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. This story came to me in a dream, or at least in the middle of the night when I woke up and it was still dark and I was somewhere between sleeping and waking, and the woman in the painting was talking to me... I put the bedside light on and made some notes in a notebook. And the whole thing was there and just needed to be written. I wasn't even looking for something new to write! And it will be a new book in February 2025!! Can't wait!

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THANK YOU, ANNIE

So I have received my first rating and review for 'Hope Never Knew Horizon' on Goodreads. It came from someone called Annie. She's already read four or five of my other books and consistently awarded them five stars and even reviewed the two most recent books ('Blue Postcards' and 'With or Without Angels') - lovely reviews btw. For 'Hope' she again thought it a five star read but it was her review that got my attention... just two words: 'Of course'!!! Annie now expects me to write five star work! That's something special. Thank you, Annie!

So Looking Forward To This!!!!!

 Looking forward to this event in July. Victoria MacKenzie's book is amazing - can't wait to talk to her about Julian of Norwich!!! It would be good if you could come along!!! xxx

CHELSEA ARTS CLUB!

 Last week I was at the opening of a new show at the Chelsea Arts Club in London. The work I was most interested in was the exhibition of the late Alan Smith's artwork 'The New World'. I had seen the work online and had been presented with an A4 portfolio of the work by Alan Smith's widow, Jill; but I'd never seen the whole work as Alan Smith had intended it to be seen (full-size). I was invited to the opening, which I was thrilled about. Met some lovely people there and was just a little overwhelmed. 

But I was also invited to the event held five days later, a more intimate event to celebrate the work of Alan Smith; not only was I asked to come to this, but I was also asked to speak and to do a reading from my wee book 'WITH OR WITHOUT ANGELS'. It was a fantastic day and afterwards we got to sit in the wonderful garden of the Chelsea Arts Club. A very special day indeed.

(Oh, and I met Tim Conrad who has turned my wee book into a filmscript!!!) 

THRILLED - naturally!!!

 I did a talk at the HNS annual Conference two years ago - which was a fab thing to do and they were all so lovely. So, when I heard they were running a competition for first chapters of a full-length novel I thought I should support this by entering. I have lots of unpublished novels on my computer so I chose one from way back (written at least fifteen years ago) and threw it in. So pleased to be shortlisted in the category. Thanks to HNS for this.

EXTRACT from my new book!!!

 My new book, 'HOPE NEVER KNEW HORIZON', is due to be released any moment now and today, posted up on the website Books From Scotland, there's an extract from the book to give you a flavour of the thing. The book is being published by Taproot press - it has now been printed and copies are being dispatched even as I type this. Eeeeeeeek!!!!!

https://booksfromscotland.com/2024/04/hope-never-knew-horizon-by-douglas-bruton/