Val Wood Releases 25th Novel Which Is set in Beverley

Val Wood Releases 25th Novel Which Is set in Beverley
November 25, 2019

Val Wood celebrates the release of her 25th novel, Four Sisters (published by Transworld) with a special launch party at Waterstones in Hull on 28 November.

This is a momentous year for the author as it marks the release of her 25th novel. It first began for Val 26 years ago with the release of her first award-winning title, The Hungry Tide.

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Val Wood Signing New Paperback A Mother’s Choice In Beverley

Val Wood Signing New Paperback A Mother’s Choice In Beverley
February 7, 2018

At a time when abuse scandals and in-equality hit the headlines, acclaimed author Val Wood is releasing her paperback, A Mother’s Choice.

The book tackles hard-hitting issues including poverty and rape in 19th Century Hull and Val will be signing copies at WH Smith Books in Beverley on Saturday, Feb 10 at 11AM.

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Val Wood To Launch New Book In Her Hometown of Beverley

Val Wood To Launch New Book In Her Hometown of Beverley
November 14, 2017

Twenty five years ago Val Wood anxiously awaited the results of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction, with her entry, The Hungry Tide. After winning the competition, it went on to become her first bestseller.

This year Val releases her twenty-third novel, A Mother’s Choice which, like the rest of her back catalogue, unfolds in the author’s beloved city of Hull and she is celebrating its release with a launch event and a book signing in her hometown of Beverley this Saturday. 

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Val Wood Prize 2017 Winner Announced

Val Wood Prize 2017 Winner Announced
October 17, 2017

Creative writers filled Hull Central Library this Saturday for the announcement of the Val Wood Prize 2017.

As Hull’s award-winning author, Val Wood has sold an estimated two million novels worldwide and continues to engage her fan base with the annual release of romantic and historical novels, set in the Nineteenth Century and based on fictional characters who live in Hull and the surrounding region.

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Author Val Wood Receives University’s ‘Doctor’ Accolade

Author Val Wood Receives University’s 'Doctor' Accolade
July 14, 2017

The University of Hull presented award-winning author, Valerie Wood with an honorary Degree of Doctor of the University, in recognition of her exceptional service and devotion to literature at a ceremony held at Hull City Hall.

Valerie, also known as Val, received the honour to celebrate her writing career which focusses on fictional characters living in and around the city of Hull during the Nineteenth Century.

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Val Wood Book Signing This Saturday In Beverley

Val Wood Book Signing This Saturday In Beverley
January 10, 2017

Acclaimed author Val Wood releases a brand new paperback novel, No Place for a Woman this week and is celebrating with a special book signing in her hometown of Beverley, this Saturday at WH Smith Books.

Val will be appearing at WH Smith Books in Beverley on Saturday 14th January at 11am.

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Val Wood Makes Triumphant Return To Beverley Literature Festival

October 18, 2011

Best-Selling Beverley Author Val Wood made a triumphant return to the Beverley Literature Festival this weekend with an exclusive reading from her new novel The Harbour Girl. The Harbour Girl is the award-winning author’s seventeenth novel. The romantic saga tells the story of sixteen year old Jeannie, a net mender and herring girl at Scarborough Harbour, just like her Scottish mother. Jeannie meets and falls in love with Harry, a…

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East Riding Film Festival : Judy Garland’s A Star is Born – Hollywood with the Lid Off

September 12, 2017

Judy Garland’s iconic ‘big fat close up’ – the hand-framed face, the huge brown eyes – is an image as much a part of Hollywood movie history as Dorothy in Oz. Gary Horrocks, editor of ‘Judy Garland – a Celebration’, the journal of her International Club (established 1963), presents a half hour documentary about Judy Garland in London 1957 followed by the 1983 restoration of Warner Brothers’ A Star Is…

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