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Tarot card readings,
talking stones and
selling books, all in a great day's entertainment at
Bude Mind, Body and Spirit event in Cornwall.
​August 13th 2016

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Exmoor National Park Book Day  30th March 2016
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RHS Rosemoor, 
Great Torrington, 
North Devon.
Book Fair 19th July 2015.

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A great day for meeting old friends . . . some of them a big surprise.

Yes, a great day to share with friends and fellow authors alike.

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Barnstaple Spiritualist Church open day July 4th 2015. A great day with meeting interesting people. The author did some 'for fun only' card reading using the Celtic cross layout and ordinary playing cards. Strangely enough it seemed to work out quite well. Should we really be surprised?
One or two people went away with a new book to read !

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Alison Murray's extraordinary knitted lady reads a great story to her knitted child.
(Taken at RHS Rosemoor July 2014)


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RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon
Book and Poetry week Sunday 20th July 2014 


through to Thursday 24th July .
The author will be available for interrogation and  friendly chats about his work on the Sunday 20th in the marquee book fair and will be story telling on 22nd and 23rd July in the gardens.



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Roundswell Community Centre
Book signing
  2nd December 2012
from 2.00pm to 4.00 pm
 not to be missed.
A chance to obtain a personalised and valuable Christmas gift.
Something special, in which recipients will acompany their own souls in the stories' travels . . .  
you don't find that often either !
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Mind Body Soul Fayre
Parkhouse Centre, Bude, Cornwall.
Book signing
Saturday 17th November 2012.
10.00 am to 4.00 pm
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The author with 'Crumble' the prize winning bear. Crumble is due to appear in yet another Bude raffle as soon as he has rested from this gig.
Roundswell Community Centre
Book signing
 on 4th November and 2nd December 2012
from 2.00pm to 4.00 pm
 not to be missed.

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Writing opportunity and event.
St Peter's Church Hall in Fremington, North Devon,
Craft Workshops Saturday 13th October 2012
 Amongst other craft exhibitors Richard will be there helping to tease out the short stories that are in all of us and to try and inspire story writing and telling with advice and encouragement.
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Appledore Book Festival 2012 .... unofficial visitor.

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Appledore Book Festival 2012 and my book visits the quayside on a bright and sunny Saturday, hoping to see the crowds. The place was so empty I had space to park in the street. After  a pleasant cooked breakfast I wandered the streets looking to publicise my book . . .  in the end I went and visited Rupert, who gave me some new stuff for his blog. . .  something to do with eating and drinking. . .  he has skills in both !

The photo shows the well known anchor landmark by the slipway.
Some wonderful young people rowed by in  pilot gig boat and then some noisy blokes on smelly jet ski boat things showed another use for the river.

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Book Signings . . . venues and dates:-

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Photo; From a previous signing in Bideford





At 'Angelika', Butcher's Row, Pannier Market Bideford. Devon, 9.00 am to 3.00 pm,
Saturday 28th July 2012.







Mind Body Soul Fayre
, Parkhouse centre, Bude, Cornwall.
 Saturday 11th August 2012 from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.


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Skipper of 'Misty Blue', Barry, accepts a copy of the new book on behalf of the Appledore Instow Ferry from
Devon author Richard Small.

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27th July 2012 and a fine day to cross the river by ferry from Instow to Appledore. Photo shows Devon Author Richard Small presenting a copy of his new book to the Appledore Instow Ferry. The book and the ferry have similarities, one transports you pleasantly and safely across a tidal river and the other transports you safely and pleasantly to onother time and place. 


  Ferry web site is     http://www.appledoreinstowferry.com/


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No stranger to boats:- The author in his past role as Fire and Rescue Service power boat instructor.
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​​'That, which we often blindly seek, ​is in truth,
that within us, which is the seeker itself and always was.
It is the seeker in ourselves, we seek.'
​When you know this, you will be changed forever.

                                             RJS