Mold Library and bookshop host authors for book talks

In partnership with Aura Libraries, The Mold Bookshop's first event is with local author Dr Alice Vernon, talking about her book Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep & The Tales We Tell About It.

Ever woken up to find a stranger in your bedroom? Alice Vernon often does… Ever since she was a child, her nights have been haunted by nightmares of a figure from her adolescence, sinister hallucinations and episodes of sleepwalking.

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These are known as 'parasomnias', and they're surprisingly common. In Night Terrors, Alice sets out to understand the history, science and culture of these strange and haunting experiences.

Along the way she explores the Salem Witch Trials and sleep paralysis, Victorian ghost stories, and soldiers' experiences of PTSD. By directly confronting her own strange and frightening nights for the first time, Alice encourages us to think about the way troubled sleep has impacted our imaginations.

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Night Terrors was recently chosen as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in December.

Dr Alice Vernon was brought up in Mold, she is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University, where she teaches students the fundamentals of storytelling. Her research focuses on representations of sleep in science and culture. Night Terrors is her first book.

The event will be held in Mold Library, on Wednesday, January 18, 7pm. Tickets at £5 for event access only or £16.99 to include a copy of Night Terrors, are available from The Bookshop on 01352 759879, online at http://bit.ly/3jCyRFM or at Mold Library.

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The Mold Bookshop's partnership with Aura Libraries continues on January 25th, at 7pm with Double Murder In The Library, when bestselling crime writers Caroline Corcoran and Amanda Brooke will be discussing their latest thrillers, What happened on Floor 34? and The Wife Next Door.

Amanda Brooke is an internationally bestselling author. Her debut novel, Yesterday's Sun, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and since then she has written 11 further books.

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Amanda lives in Merseyside with a cat called Spider, dog called Mouse, and a laptop within easy reach. In The Wife Next Door, It's not just secrets buried in the garden next door. Jane doesn't know her new neighbours very well. But she thought they were nice. She thought they were happy. She was wrong. First there's the explosive rows. Then she catches one of them digging a grave-shaped trench in the garden. When the truth emerges, someone would kill to cover their tracks…

Caroline Corcoran's first novel, Through The Wall, came out in October 2019. It was a Sunday Times top 20 bestseller and translated into numerous foreign languages.

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Her latest book What Happened on Floor 34?, is published this month. As well as writing books, Caroline is a freelance lifestyle and popular culture journalist who has written and edited for most of the top magazines, newspapers and websites in the UK.

About What Happened on Floor 34?: Her dream job just became her worst nightmare… My name is Rose, and I work for one of the country's biggest newspapers. I was the Day Editor. Will Frost was the Night Editor. When I got to the office, Will had already left. When I left, Will arrived. We were two sides of the same coin. Last week, Will disappeared from floor 34 without a trace. Now I am the Night Editor. And I have a feeling I'm next.

Tickets, event access only £5 or £15 to include entry and a copy each of What Happened on Floor 34 and The Wife Next Door, are available from on 01352 759879, online at http://bit.ly/3VKWNnM or from Mold Library.

Susannah Hill, from Aura Libraries, said "We are looking forward to starting the New Year in spine tingling style with our partners at The Mold Bookshop and welcoming Alice Vernon to Mold Library to talk about her book, closely followed by a Double Murder, with bestselling crime authors Amanda Brooke and Caroline Corcoran.

"These promise to be a thrilling couple of evenings and we hope you can join us."

Caroline Johnson, from The Mold Bookshop added: "We are delighted to be starting the year with two amazing author events, and we are looking forward to working with Aura Libraries on future events."