GUIDE TO THE VIA AUGUSTA
This 20 page Guide covers the route taken by John and I in 2017, along the Via Augusta from Cadiz on the south western Atlantic coast of Spain to Seville. It took us six days and was a follow on…
Peter Kay
Enchufe
A poem after Denise Levertov. Her classic question and answer poem about Vietnam was a start point. My subject however, was a reflection on my walking from Seville to Santiago and my writing of that experience, in Show Me The…
Great New Year for 2021, after record sales in December for SMTWTS
26 copies of Show Me The Way To Santiago were sold during December, making it the most successful month of sales since publication. The figure includes an impressive 10 paperbacks bought in the USA. 119 copies have now been sold…
SMTWTS & MND First targets reached
I have now sold 100 books across all platforms and over 50 calendars and have raised over £650 for MNDA in the process
SMTWTS Book and Calendar sales & MND latest
98 books and 30 calendars now sold and the total raised for MNDA, once all monies have been collected from book sales will be £552. £77 has been raised from calendar sales. A grand total so far of £629.
Christmas 2020 Special offer – Available until 16th December
As a special offer I am offering signed copies of Show Me The Way To Santiago, plus a calendar, bookmark and a CD for £15 plus postage and packing (£3.50). This offer still provides a contribution of £5 to the…
SWTWTS Book & Calendar sales – MND update
90 Books and 25 Calendars have now been sold/ordered and the total raised for MND is nearing £600
AGAR
This poem takes me back to Winter Sunday evenings in my mid-teens. My mother seemed to have a love affair with health food and natural ingredients and used seaweed based agar agar as a setting agent. I was the eldest…
Sharena Lee Satti Book launch event
Pleased to be able to join Sharena to celebrate the publication of her poetry collection SHE tonight and to be able to ‘zoom meet’ many other local poets to hear Sharena read and to also share each other’s poetry
Adverbially Challenged 5 Available for Pre-order!
Adverbially Challenged Volume 5 is scheduled to be released on Saturday 21st November and will contain my flash fiction piece ‘Night Vision’ Kindle versions are available for pre-order now on Amazon and paperback copies will be on sale from the…
Mother-in-Law to be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds
My short story radio play ‘Mother-in-Law will be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds tomorrow (Friday 13th November) on the Gayle Lofthouse Show between 1 and 2pm.
New Book: A Very Alternative Coast to Coast (AVAC2C) Update
I have just finished writing the first draft of A Very Alternative Coast to Coast. I am going to have a break from it for a few weeks and pick up the task of self-editing and rewriting in January. I…
Halloween – Pre-Christmas signed copies Sale by my publisher: www.erachaelhardcastle.com/shop site
I’m excited to announce a special sale on the run up to Christmas on the www.erachaelhardcastle.com/shop site! Peter Kay has kindly provided some signed copies of his 1st edition travel memoir and companion calendar for sale on the website, but…
The Empire Strides Forwards
The Empire Strides Forward
Everything has become
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MNDA Fundraising update
I have now sold 87 books and 15 Calendars and the combined amount raised for MNDA from these sales has now topped £500. Thank you to everyone who has bought books and/or calendars
Calendar, Book & MND Update
First 10 Calendars and another 2 books sold this week. Combined MNDA total from books and Calendar sales has now reached £450.
Show Me The Way To Santiago Calendars Available to Purchase!
I have just heard that my 2021 Show Me the Way to Santiago Calendars will be arriving today. Priced at £5.90 each (£10 for 2) each one sold will provide a minimum £2.50 donation to the Motor Neurone Disease Association.…
Wild Blue Angel
50 years ago on the 31st August, I was one of around 600,000 people who spent a glorious weekend on the Isle of Wight in the company of such legends as; Free, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen,…
Open Mic events
Last night I had the privilege of being able to share some of my poems at the indomitable Runcible Spoon Zoom night hosted by Kathleen Stafford. 15 or 16 brilliant open mic-ers interspersed with four headline poets. The sensual words…
Drystone Radio interview
Looking forward to talking to David Driver on Drystone Radio this evening about all things ‘writerly’