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Coffee with Crime

 

Today I attended one of the regular events hosted by Valentino’s at the behest of the Little Ripon Bookshop and it was a particular pleasure to reacquaint myself with A.A.Dhand. We first met some years ago at a York Writers’ session, when Amit was on the brink of the great success that he was to enjoy later. So inspiring  was he to listen to that we quite forgot to take our usual break halfway through. 

That’s why it was my great pleasure to recommend him to Swanwick Writers’ School as a speaker, where he brought the house down. Not only did he receive a standing ovation from the delegates but also an invitation from the Committee to return as a course leader.

In August this year, Amit will once again be among the guest speakers, and I know that there won’t be an empty seat in the Main Conference Hall of the Hayes. The humorous and highly self-deprecating way in which he outlines his transition from pharmacist to bestselling author will have the audience in the palm of his hand and I shall endeavour to be on the front row! 

  

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