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Mac is not scared of anything, but Jess, his new owner is a bit worried about things. Mac helps – big time.
A novel for children. Paperback 183 pages. Black and white illustrations.
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Mac is not scared of anything, but Jess, his new owner is a bit worried about things. Mac helps – big time.
A novel for children. Paperback 183 pages. Black and white illustrations.
Adult Books: 1st class – £4.45, 2nd class – £3.35
Children’s Books: 1st class – £2.65, 2nd class – £2.15
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About Rhona Whiteford
What inspires me to write? People and places, to begin with, reading stories endlessly, being an avid watcher of TV drama, film and of course, theatre; all are grist to my mill. I love old or unusual buildings and once inside I wonder who lived or worked there and what happened in their lives. But more than the buildings I’m inspired by landscape and atmosphere – wild beaches, dark forest, inner city glass and chrome or dense slum housing. The people in my stories exist in these places and each setting, the landscape, the climate, the season, affects their lives and the action of the story. I like to have significant animals present in my books as they’re a vital part of my life.
I’ve been writing continuously for 37 years and will admit it’s an obsession now. I began with primary teachers’ and children’s educational resources, moved on to children’s fiction for that age group and am now immersed in fiction for adults.
History inspires me. The way people lived, the early medieval period in Britain, Victorians and the 20th century are all fascinating. My debut adult fiction was Breaking points, a murder in inner city Manchester primary school. Tensions can be high in a small community.
I’m also very interested in the supernatural and how different characters react to the idea. I like Einstein’s view: ‘The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.’
My family and I spent many years holidaying in a cottage on an isolated beach in Aberffraw, Anglesey. This village was once the main Llys of Prince Llewelyn the Great and with the history, the view and Einstein’s philosophy it didn’t take long to think of a story. I wrote The house between time, a time slip novel set in the present and in 13th century Anglesey. I’ve planned a prequel for this and have written the first chapter and will continue when I’ve finished the book I’m on now.
I’m completing a three book series, Legacy. A series wasn’t planned. I began by writing a Victorian thriller with supernatural overtones, A bouquet of Nightshade, set in 1895 in Manchester, the main character being a young woman, Sophia, who is an undertaker and also clairvoyant. A killer stalks the city preying on other young professional women and it’s her gift that helps unmask him. Her maid and confident is Alice, a miner’s daughter from Wigan and readers asked what happened to her later on.
Twenty years later was WW1 so Alice reappeared, having become educated and now a nursing matron assigned in 1915 to the Auxiliary hospital at Haigh Hall, Wigan in A legacy of ghosts, a ghost story and wartime romance.
I couldn’t desert Alice and Sophia and also a young maid, Florrie, so by 1940 they’re all together in WW2, during the Christmas blitz in Manchester. And it’s together they confront the enemy within, the dreaded fifth column and the supernatural presences at Ordsall Hall, Salford.
I’m halfway through writing this.
Where do I write? In my office at an old mahogany desk with loads of drawers. I have a beautiful view, but it doesn’t distract me. It's simply good to have. I also have two very large dogs to keep a sleeping watch as I work.
How do I write? Exclusively on screen (a very big one). I make notes on paper or mostly post-it notes but think things through when doing washing up or ironing, or in bed in the dark – not sleeping. I re-read what I’ve written all the time. I like to do a lot of historical research, on the internet, with books and visiting the places I write about and trying out whatever cake’s on offer.
When do I write? Whenever I can, every day, a few hours or more. I never stare into space, pondering; I go and do something else for a minute or an hour and come back with the idea.
Favourite book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Favourite place: home
Favourite animals: dogs and horses
Favourite artist: Botticelli
Favourite music: Mozart, Elvis and Blue Grass
Ever wished the wind could blow you somewhere new and exciting? Well, one Saturday morning that happened to friends Razor and Lisa. Strangely, they were blown right back into their own world, but things had changed slightly.
That wind also carried magical creatures from a distant Ice Age, and a Demon Time Lord bent on ruling the Universe. What’s more, their own evil teacher was involved and she was not what she seemed to be – she was so much worse.
Will Razor and Lisa be able to prevent a Time Lord trauma?
A novel for children. Paperback. 183 pages. Black and white illustrations.
Adult Books: 1st class – £4.45, 2nd class – £3.35
Children’s Books: 1st class – £2.65, 2nd class – £2.15
She may be a princess, but when she’s given a quest and thrown out of the castle at midnight, she knows it’s time to make a plan and some hard choices.
With one brother who’s painfully shy and one who is working on being totally evil, its Ted, her dog and personal assistant, who comes through for her. He’s reliable, bold. witty and so much chattier than the brothers. Okay, he scratches all day, but he’s loyal and doesn’t smell too much…
The deadline for the quest is Hallowe’en, a week away. But she meets creatures desperate for help; the racing ratty slaves, an ancient horse-bear, an abandoned dragonling and Roger, the three-legged ratty.
‘Great adventure, risky, action packed.’ Ted
‘Completely, totally magical.’ Ruby
‘It be the best lurv story ever.’ Clarise
‘That boy needed sorting out’ Celia
‘Unfair, rubbish, all lies.’ Jon
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Pursued by an unknown and powerful enemy, young handmaiden Dalifa and her scribe brother, Prem, fight for their lives in a tale involving royalty, servants, the mighty Nile crocodile and vicious revenge. Greed and evil battle against loyalty and love. Separated and attacked by ruthless men and deadly creatures, a terrifying sandstorm forces them both to take refuge in the Necropolis – City of the Dead.
Frightening conspiracies and coldblooded murders take place in the distant past, over 3500 years ago in Ancient Egypt, land of the Pharoah Queen Hatshepsut.
Unimaginable power and riches form the backdrop of this tale but it is the mythical Devourer, sent by the Gods, that works his fearful destruction at the centre of the thrilling climax. Evil is taken from its Underworld throne and given a human hand to work its fearful destruction.
A novel for children. Paperback book 290 Pages. Black & white illustrations.
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Ita, the witch of Thebes, travels across the veils of time – 3500 years into the future, to a place that is caught in chaos. Vicious rioting sweeps the centre of Manchester. London has met the same fate and destruction stalks the whole country.
Ita is searching for a sacred and magical amulet, the golden scarab, which can bestow eternal life on the one who holds it. Although she had it stolen from Pharoah’s tomb her fury knows no nbounds when it is taken from a museum in the future by three teenagers. She must recover it and uses the power of her dark magic to summon the Devourer of the Underworld and give him the task.
The teenage friends flee out into the horror of the city, pursued by both Ita and the beast. Meanwhile in Ita’s own time, those she has hurt plot her downfall.
A story of evil, magic and beings from the distant past.
Adult Books: 1st class – £4.45, 2nd class – £3.35
Children’s Books: 1st class – £2.65, 2nd class – £2.15
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