‘On Woden’s Hill’ is a time-slip adventure novel, set in Alnmouth on the Northumberland coast, aimed at teenage and young adult readers. It is the story of three teenagers who become caught up in a ‘time warp’ and find themselves in the village as it was – a busy seaport – in the year 1806.Continue reading “Great Summer Read for Kids”
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July 1927. After months of rain, the canal embankment a mile above Middleton collapses, sending millions of gallons of filthy water cascading down on the town, leaving destruction in its wake. How will the town cope? And how will Maggie Clayton, 20, a carder at the Neva mill, cope with the consequences of finding herselfContinue reading “Coming soon!”
A Great Summer Read for Young Adults[and young at heart Adults]
Hi everybody. Hope you are enjoying our first UK spell of summer and looking forward to the holidays! My new YA Paranormal/Time-travel adventure story, set in Alnmouth on the coast of Northumberland, is released on the 8th July. It will be available as both e-book and paperback. The e-book can be pre-ordered at the pre-releaseContinue reading “A Great Summer Read for Young Adults[and young at heart Adults]”
Alnmouth
Anyone visiting Alnmouth on the Northumberland coast will get the impression of a pretty village seaside resort: little shops, pubs, tea-rooms, holiday lets etc. Bound by the estuary of the River Aln on one side and the North Sea on the other, it has beautiful sandy beaches, a links golf course and lovely scenery allContinue reading “Alnmouth”
Wodens Hill: Exciting New Young Adult Novel
New YA Novel – On Woden’s Hill
To be launched soon. Set in Alnmouth, on the Northumberland coast. It is a paranormal, time-travel novel, in which some young people are transported from their summer holiday in sleepy Alnmouth back to the great storm of 1806, and become trapped in the seaport of Alnmouth – a very dangerous place to be!
CONSEQUENCES a novella by John Wheatley
Set in the late eighties and nineties, ‘Consequences’ is a love story revolving around a miscarriage of justice. The central character and narrator, Tony, from Middleton, near Manchester, has served a prison sentence for manslaughter, persuaded by his solicitor to enter a guilty plea to avoid a murder charge, despite not having committed the crime.Continue reading “CONSEQUENCES a novella by John Wheatley”
The Shipwrecks of Anglesey
Fame and notoriety! Standing off the coast of Wales, facing the Irish Sea, with a temperate climate yet sometimes – and unpredictably – exposed to violent extremes of weather, Anglesey has had its fair share of sea tragedies and tales of heroism. HindleaIn 1959, almost exactly a hundred years after the loss of The Royal Charter, and justContinue reading “The Shipwrecks of Anglesey”
Review: Walking The Invisible by Michael Stewart
An inspirational journey in thought and time What I like very much about this book, and liked from the start, was simply the feel of it. It’s a book about going on walks, and about the Brontes – Patrick, Branwell, Emily, Anne and Charlotte – and you know from the outset that you couldn’t findContinue reading “Review: Walking The Invisible by Michael Stewart”
Posts from John’s Previous Blog
May 03, 2021 ‘MEMORY MAN’ – FLASH FICTION – JOHN WHEATLEY It was his blessing and his curse. He remembered everything. So, of course, he passed all his exams with flying colours. Nothing was ever lost. Good or bad. Everything was still there. And it took only the tiniest of promptings to bring it back.Continue reading “Posts from John’s Previous Blog”
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