​Meet thriller writer Sharon Bolton at Ramsbottom Library

Come and meet thriller writer Sharon Bolton when she talks about her new book at Ramsbottom Library on Wednesday 21 November.

“The Craftsman” is a tense thriller about a young female police constable investigating a series of murders in Lancashire in the 1970s, dealing with sexism and contemporary witches along the way. The beginning of a trilogy, “The Craftsman” has been optioned by Sid Gentle Films, the hit team behind the award-winning “Killing Eve”.

This event is part of the first Great North West Read, where 22 public library authorities across the region will be promoting one book during November and encouraging reading, in collaboration with Orion Books.

Other authors involved include Beth Underdown, author of the “The Witch-finder’s sister”; Sarah Haywood, who has recently been included in the Richard and Judy bookclub for her first novel “The Cactus”; and Hugh Thomson, who travelled through the region in “One Man and a Mule”. Similarly, in a collaboration with a pagan librarian, a guide has been produced on popular fiction dealing with witchcraft.

Sharon Bolton said: “Libraries in the North West played a huge part in my love of stories as I was growing up, and I couldn't be more pleased that ‘The Craftsman’ has been selected as the first Great North West Read."

Sharon will be at Ramsbottom Library on Wednesday 21 November from 3pm to 4pm. Tickets are £3 – to book, go to https://bury-council-libraries.ticketlight.co.uk/

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Press release issued: 31 October 2018.