A Successful Weekend Event

Here’s a great picture of two of out authors, Ian K Pulham and Brian Kerr, plus Peter who will be bringing his debut novel out early next year at their bookstall last weekend.

Feedback:

‘The weekend was great. ‘

‘It was good to network and speak to potential readers.’

‘The venue at St Andrew’s Art Exhibition in Ampthill and the location beside the coffee and cakes was perfect.’

‘we all sold some books.’

Sounds like a good weekend was enjoyed by all.

Just shows it doesn’t have to be a book fair or bookshop.

Well done chaps!

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Marketing Tips from author Brian Kerr

MEETING THE READERS

Brian writes:

“It may be spring but if you are charged with the task of lining up a list of speakers for your club or society next winter, this is the time to be active.  Suddenly face to face meetings with tea and biscuits, or perhaps wine and cheese in more affluent parts of the country, is back in fashion and speakers are in demand. Church groups, Rotary clubs, University of the Third Age, WI gatherings are all fruitful contacts.

In the last few weeks, I have spoken to a gathering of geologists in a school – only about a dozen; and a U3A group – in excess of fifty in a room at the back of a pub in Luton. This does generate book sales on the day – making the books a round price of £5, £10, or £15 helps otherwise there is a messy problem of carrying old fashioned coins as change.

Book clubs are interested in meeting a local author and many people have an interest in self-publishing which they have read about but few understand.  There is also an informal network of speakers and your name often is passed on generating more speaking engagements.

Some groups with sound finances will even pay for a speaker.  There is usually an acceptable scale of charges so it is best to find out the going rate before they pose the question.”

Good luck

Brian Kerr’s latest release is How to Value a Skylark ~ The Countryside in a Time of Change

available in Waterstones

Websites and Blogs of our Current Authors

who have books about to be launched by us or who have published books in the last two year:

Diana Jackson ~ Diana Jackson Author

Roderick Hart ~ Fragmented Mind

Ian K Pulham ~ Don’t Mess with my Head

(work in progress on this website)

Brian Kerr ~ Beds Country File

EVENTISPRESS BOOKSHOP WINTER SALE!

We are having a winter sale here at Eventispress from

9th November 2021 to 9th March 2022

The following books will be reduced for order from bookshops only:

HOW TO VALUE A SKYLARK by BRIAN KERR

was £15 now £12.50

A CERTAIN DEGREE OF MAGNIFICENCE by BRIAN KERR

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  was £15 now £12.50

AN UNASSUMING COUNTY by BRIAN KERR

was £12.50 now £10

MISSING Past and Present by DIANA JACKSON

reduced to £8.99

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Eventispress During Lock Down:

Check out our website for more details: www.eventispress.co.uk

Or email us: eventispress@outlook.com

All books are available on Amazon too!

Say it with flowers!

Author Brian Kerr sent this lovely bunch of flowers to say thank you Many thanks to Diana Diggins @ Eventispress from Author Brian

They were sent via Bloom and Wild, arrived beautifully packaged and amazingly popped through the letter box.

Author Brian Kerr talks on BBC 3 Counties Radio

Tomorrow, Friday 28th June, author Brian Kerr will be talking to Nick Coffer on BBC 3 Counties Radio at 1.15 pm!

Here’s the link to find it on Catch Up if you cannot tune in live.

Nick Coffer

Brian will be talking about his new book:

‘A Certain Degree of Magnificence’

which focuses on the people who have shaped the Bedfordshire landscape over the centuries.

Exciting News here at Eventispress ~ Brian Kerr’s Official Book Launch

You are Invited to a

Book Launch

Sunday 19th May 2019

3pm to 5pm

in the Grange Room

The Forest Centre, Marston Vale, Bedfordshire

Details of the venue are at:

www.marstonvale.org.   Post code is:  MK43   0PR 

This is a country park and nature reserve surrounding a former brick pit and there are ample opportunities for a walk. 

RSVP to Brian Kerr  (077-369-11-508; wbkerr47@gmail.com)

Brian needs to know numbers so please let him know if you are going to attend.

An Update from Author Brian Kerr

Brian writes:

“I am delighted that Eventispress has seen my recent publication over the line and printing is underway.  Meanwhile this, my second Book, A Certain Degree of Magnificence: People in the Bedfordshire Landscape, is available on Amazon prior to a formal book launch during May at the Higgin Museum, Bedford. (more details shortly)

This date in May will be linked to the Greensand Country Festival which will run throughout May and be packed with a variety of events across the Greensand Ridge and beyond. The Book Launch will be accompanied by a talk by author Brian Kerr as a part of the museum exhibition, From Bunyan to Brickworks, (April-September 2019). This free talk will trace the changes in the countryside of Bedfordshire from the time when John Bunyan walked the land as a tinker, to the transformation of the landscape at the time of commercial brick clay extraction.

More talks are planned for the autumn.

Meanwhile Brian is spending some time in the Netherlands, experiencing life in Europe, learning a little Dutch and helping with grandchildren. More formal work at Cranfield University will resume on return, as will a summer tending an allotment.”

Many thanks for this update Brian. You are a busy man!

Eventispress wishes you well in the launch of your new book.

Click on the cover for more details:

 

Eventispress Announces On Line Launch of Brian Kerr’s New Book

Eventispress are proud to announce the on line launch of Brian Kerr’s sequel to An Unassuming County ~ The Making of the Bedfordshire Countryside called:

A Certain Degree of Magnificence: People in the Bedfordshire Landscape

Available on Amazon worldwide.

It is currently available in paperback form in the UK for £17.99. Follow the link here:   Amazon.co.uk 

About the book:

‘A Certain Degree of Magnificence’ traces the landscape history of Bedfordshire, highlighting the impact individuals have had on the countryside – whether they worked the land to make a living or simply improved the landscape. The chapters trace Bedfordshire’s history from the most recent ice age to the present, covering the invasions of the Romans and Danes, the arrival of the plague in the Middle Ages, and enclosure in the eighteenth century. The landowners and landscape gardeners feature, such as Capability Brown and Humphry Repton. ‘

‘A Certain Degree of Magnificence’ will be officially launched o 26th May 2019, after it will also be possible to order the book from bookshops, where it is not in stock. (More details of the launch shortly)