Val Wood celebrates the release of her 25th novel, Four Sisters (published by Transworld) with a special launch party at Waterstones in Hull on 28 November.
This is a momentous year for the author as it marks the release of her 25th novel. It first began for Val 26 years ago with the release of her first award-winning title, The Hungry Tide.
The Val Wood Prize has become a staple on the International writing competition circuit since it began in 2014, awarding cash prizes to budding writers along with website publication of their stories.
Entrants have been challenged to address different themes over the years, such as women’s rights, history and the city of Hull but this year, the competition is challenging writers to get romantic and create a story in the form of a love letter.
Beverley based author Val Wood celebrates 25 years as a published author with a special launch party at Waterstones in Hull on 29 November and a special book signing in her hometown on 1 December.
This is a momentous year for the author as it marks 25 years since the release of her first award-winning title, The Hungry Tide.
Longcroft School says that students from the school who took part in the Festival of Words was a positive one.
In all eight of their students contributed to the event that celebrates literature. They took part in an event held at the Treasure House in Beverley.
Taking place from this week, The East Riding Festival of Words has plenty to offer residents in Beverley.
There are plenty of highlights starting this Thursday 18 October in Beverley at the Treasure House, with Ready, Steady FEST!.
Local authors will be featured heavily in the East Riding Festival of Words – the new look literature festival coming to the area in October.
The festival will be officially launched by Val Wood at Beverley Art Gallery on Thursday, 18 October, at 7.30pm. Val will be giving an exclusive reading of her latest novel, ‘A Place to Call Home’, which will be published in November.
Award-winning author Val Wood has teamed up with Hull Central Library to launch a creative writing competition for 2018.
The competition – “Women’s Writes” marks the Centenary of Suffrage. Entrants can create their own strong female characters in a bid to win the £100 prize.
At a time when abuse scandals and in-equality hit the headlines, acclaimed author Val Wood is releasing her paperback, A Mother’s Choice.
The book tackles hard-hitting issues including poverty and rape in 19th Century Hull and Val will be signing copies at WH Smith Books in Beverley on Saturday, Feb 10 at 11AM.
Twenty five years ago Val Wood anxiously awaited the results of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction, with her entry, The Hungry Tide. After winning the competition, it went on to become her first bestseller.
This year Val releases her twenty-third novel, A Mother’s Choice which, like the rest of her back catalogue, unfolds in the author’s beloved city of Hull and she is celebrating its release with a launch event and a book signing in her hometown of Beverley this Saturday.
Creative writers filled Hull Central Library this Saturday for the announcement of the Val Wood Prize 2017.
As Hull’s award-winning author, Val Wood has sold an estimated two million novels worldwide and continues to engage her fan base with the annual release of romantic and historical novels, set in the Nineteenth Century and based on fictional characters who live in Hull and the surrounding region.
Acclaimed author, Val Wood has launched her annual creative writing competition for 2017 and entries are now being accepted.
This is her fourth annual competition in association with Hull Central Library and to celebrate Hull’s City of Culture year, the prize is bigger and better than ever thanks to Beverley Building Society who are sponsoring the £200 winner’s prize.
Acclaimed author Val Wood releases a brand new paperback novel, No Place for a Woman this week and is celebrating with a special book signing in her hometown of Beverley, this Saturday at WH Smith Books.
Val will be appearing at WH Smith Books in Beverley on Saturday 14th January at 11am.
Another year, another novel for best-selling Beverley based author Val Wood who releases her brand new title, No Place For a Woman this month.
HERIB, a local charity supporting people with sight loss across Hull and East Yorkshire has announced award winning Beverley based author Val Wood as its new Vice President.
Acclaimed Beverley author, Val Wood has teamed up again with Hull Central Library to launch a new creative writing competition for 2016 called “Hull in 500” and entries are now being accepted.
To coincide with the re-release of The Kitchen Maid, book fans are invited to take a walk around Beverley, to visit the locations that inspired Val Wood’s novel.
Val Wood will be celebrating the release of her novel, Little Girl Lost in paperback at WH Smith Books, Beverley with a book signing on Saturday 13 February at 11am.
The Beverley Minster will be illuminated in green in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on Tuesday 8 December for the charity’s 13th Christmas carol concert.