{"id":653,"date":"2025-04-27T22:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloginbasket.com\/?p=653"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:33:25","slug":"library-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloginbasket.com\/?p=653","title":{"rendered":"Library visits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank you to the lovely people at Lancashire Libraries. They&#8217;ve been helping me to organise a library tour of the county. I&#8217;ll be reading from my Ransomed Hearts books, talking about why I wrote them, and why I decided to publish them myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/bloginbasket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/head.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloginbasket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/head.jpg 356w, https:\/\/bloginbasket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/head-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll be taking books for sale, there&#8217;ll be an opportunity for readers to get their books signed, and there&#8217;ll be a Q and A session after the talk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 5:30 pm \u2013 Burscough &#8211; Mill Lane<strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 5TJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12<sup>th<\/sup> June &#8211; &nbsp;5:30 pm &#8211; Longridge &#8211; Berry Lane,&nbsp;Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 3JA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 10:30 am \u2013 Garstang &#8211; Windsor Road,&nbsp;Garstang, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1ED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25th June &#8211; 4 pm &#8211; Ribbleton &#8211; Ribbleton\u00a0Hall Drive,\u00a0Ribbleton,<strong> <\/strong>Preston, Lancashire, PR2 6EE\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26th June &#8211; 6 pm &#8211; Ormskirk &#8211; Burscough Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27th June \u2013 2:30 pm \u2013 Great Harwood &#8211; Queen Street,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Great&nbsp;Harwood<strong>, <\/strong>Blackburn, Lancashire, BB6 7AL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 5:30 pm \u2013 Chorley &#8211; Union Street,&nbsp;Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1EB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7th June &#8211; 5:30 pm &#8211; Longton &#8211; Liverpool Old Road, Longton, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 5HA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7<sup>th<\/sup> July \u2013 5 pm \u2013 Burnley &#8211; Grimshaw Street ,&nbsp;Burnley&nbsp;, Lancashire, BB11 2BD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15<sup>th <\/sup>July \u2013 5:30 pm \u2013 Haslingden &#8211; Higher Deardengate,&nbsp;Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BB4 5QL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16th July &#8211; 7 pm &#8211; Barnoldswick &#8211; Fernlea Avenue, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5DW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd  August &#8211; 2:30 pm &#8211; Colne &#8211; Market Street,&nbsp;Colne, Lancashire, BB8 0AP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st September &#8211; 12:30 pm &#8211; Clayton Green Talking Tables, Library Road, Clayton Green, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9th September &#8211; 11 am &#8211; St Annes &#8211; Clifton Drive South, St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1NR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12<sup>th<\/sup> Sept \u2013 10:30 am \u2013 Ingol &#8211; Ventnor Place,&nbsp;Ingol, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 3YX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>18th Sept &#8211; 10 am &#8211; Rishton &#8211; High Street,\u00a0Rishton, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 4LA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25th Sept &#8211; 12:30 &#8211; Lancaster &#8211; Market Square,&nbsp;Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1HY&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29th October &#8211; 2 pm &#8211; Oswaldtwistle &#8211; Union Road,\u00a0Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 3HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27<sup>th<\/sup> Nov \u2013 4 pm &#8211; Fleetwood &#8211; North Albert Street,&nbsp;Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 6AJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> Nov \u2013 2 pm &#8211; Coppull &#8211; Spendmore Lane,&nbsp;Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5DF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to the lovely people at Lancashire Libraries. They&#8217;ve been helping me to organise a library tour of the county. 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