Bookable Space is a reading podcast that introduces readers to books we may have missed the first time around. In this episode of Bookable Space, Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Curdle Creek, is joined by Sharon Tyers. Sharon reads to us from Linen and Rooks. About the book: Linen and Rooks is set in 1830’s Denbigh, North Wales at the time when cholera visited twice. The Bleachworks where the linen was whitened just outside the town is long gone but rooks still circle the town and in this story a white rook visits and leaves carrying a child. About the author: Sharon Tyers is a retired English teacher who self -published her first book, Linen and Rooks, in 2022 and is now working on a memoir of her mum’s life as a sock linker in Leicester. She gives talks on creative writing skills in libraries and galleries. One of the bookstores where you'll find Linen and Rooks https://www.orielglasfryn.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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