Peter Tickler is an established writer of crime fiction, mostly set in and around Oxford. He has been much praised for the authenticity of his Oxford (‘a wonderful gift of creating geographically factual settings for his fictional characters’ – Oxford Times) as well as the pace of his stories (‘deliciously thrilling and wildly unpredictable’ – Oxford Today).

He studied classics at Keble College, and later settled with his wife and family in South Oxford. He worked in the IT dept of the Potato Marking Board in Between Towns Road, and from the computer room he looked down into the carpark of the Cowley police station. So it was inevitable that his irascible protagonist DI Susan Holden was based there. He loves setting his crimes in places he knows, and describes himself as ‘town, not gown’.

His latest (and 10th) crime story is Death in the Sea Pool, set in Bude where he has spent many off-season holidays. He insists that ‘sometimes I need a change of scene!’.

He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, and gives talks at festivals, libraries, U3As, Women’s Institutes and even at one of His Majesty’s Prisons. (They let him out eventually!).

His great-grandfather founded Tickler’s Jam Company, which supplied jam to the British troops and became a household name in the First World War. This was the inspiration for his novel The Tickler’s Jam Murders.

Peter Lovesey (winner of 3 CWA daggers) emailed him: “I was bamboozled by the solution to the puzzle. Bravo.”

Andrius Lengvinas writes about how mortgages and long-term debt quietly change behaviour – the work people take, the risks they stop taking, and the lives they build around the payments.

After more than fifteen years in property, construction and business, and more than thirty mortgages by forty, he wrote the book he wishes he had read before signing the first one. Most people look at the rate and the monthly figure. Silent Debt is about the cost that never appears on the statement.

Silent Debt: How Mortgages Shape Decisions, Risk, and the Lives We Build is a #1 Best Seller in Financing Mortgages on Amazon UK. It has also reached #1 in Mortgages, Real Estate Investments, and Buying & Selling Homes on Amazon US Kindle.

This is not a guide to getting rich from property. It is part memoir, part explanation: what happens after you sign, and why so many people feel uneasy long before any document is completed.

Andrius is an independent author based in Bishop’s Stortford. Silent Debt is available in paperback, ebook and audiobook.

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Rori Montford is an award winning designer and illustrator of tabletop roleplaying games. She is known for thoughtful and beautiful games for solo players, with optional group play, requiring no preparation or game leader. Her most recent game is Asher’s Ridge, where you create episodes of a paranormal drama television show in the style of Twin Peaks or The X-Files in a remote area of the Lake District.

Everything she makes is 100% human made, from start to finish.

Nicholas House is an independent author writing primarily Science Fiction and Paranormal Thrillers but is happy to turn his hand to whatever genre takes his interest.

He was born in Southern England but moved to North Wales at a young age and took up writing early. Inspired by the works of Jules Verne, Greek mythology and the Welsh valleys, he wrote about wizards and fantasy whilst dabbling in some poetry.

Encouraged by the mountains he grew up surrounded by, Nicholas would embrace his love of the outdoors and study Geoscience at University. Afforded the chance to travel during his studies, Nicholas found a renewed inspiration in the varied cultures and landscapes he would encounter.

After his studies, he would move to Oxfordshire with his wife and son, using his knowledge of Geology and an interest in space to write articles for an astronomy magazine and produce scripted videos for his personal YouTube channel.

John Mair publishes a range of books on topical subjects such as the BBC; popularism and the media and the popular Jericho book – a new edition will be published shortly. Other books include A history of Rum and a book about Inspector Morse including a series of walks around Oxford. He also produces the famous Jericho Tea towel. John Howson’s book of his education blog will also be on sale on Stall N36.

“No-one has to live with chronic pain! In my book “Back in Charge” I relate my personal story of recovering from fourteen years of chronic back pain, after learning about the connection between mind and body. The journey of recovery I then pursued restored me to full health and quite simply transformed my life.
Determined to spread the message about this powerful method of healing I wrote “Back in Charge”, which blends a personal narrative with information from the relevant professionals, including Dr John Sarno, Dr Howard Schubiner and British physiotherapist Georgie Oldfield, founder of SIRPA. This gives the book wide appeal and an immediate readability. The text is often upbeat and humorous, and contains many pointers for readers who might also be suffering from chronic pain or other unexplained symptoms. There is hope, there is a way of healing and there is a pain-free life to be enjoyed and celebrated.

Back in Charge has featured in “Pain News”, the journal of the British Pain Society, and in “Saga” magazine. A video interview with Georgie Oldfield is available to watch on the SIRPA website.

I have also written a novel called “Debbie’s Memorable Year”, available from Amazon.

Information about the author
Elizabeth Reilly taught music and piano in London and the home counties. After retiring from full-time work she lived for seventeen years in Gloucestershire, where she started to write, before moving to Oxfordshire in 2021. She has a grown-up daughter and son.”