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Next Tuesday 20th February is a Free Week in the Coventry and District chess league.(one match in the Leamington League) The club will be open and if we have enough players we will organise a friendly / social mini tournament of may be 5 minute games or hand and brain or Bughouse. All welcome. Normal start about
Just a reminder that if you wish to play in the rapid play tournament on the 3rd October,you need to let me know as soon as possible. We already have 12 confirmed entries which means we only have 6 places left out of our allocation for the Club.
Saturday Signing
9th September, 10.30
am – 1.30 pm
Come and meet author
Ed Goodwin
‘Journey to the Moon and
other stories’ and ‘Amazing Adventures in Time’ are fantasy, reality and humour
blended into multiple adventures for young people to enjoy.
Ed will be signing copies of
his children’s books.
Local author releases second
children’s fantasy novel after discovering his passion in writing during
lockdown.
Last year it was Journey to the Moon, this
year it is Amazing Adventures in Time. Comic writer, Ed Goodwin,
has turned out another book this year, based on the same family: would-be
techno-wizard Dad, sceptical but resigned Mum, daughter Suzy sometimes trying
out things for herself, and Connie, the youngest, who mostly goes along with
Suzy.
Amazing Adventures in Time is an imaginative, funny, entertaining and completely
mind-boggling story for young people.
The author explains, ‘I
started writing during the first Covid lockdown. For one thing I had lots of
time on my hands. It also let me keep in touch with all my grandchildren by
reading a chapter from the book each evening using WhatsApp. I have based my
main characters on my granddaughters Connie and Suzy. Their personalities and
quirks are reflected in their fictional versions.’
Ed Goodwin’s book is set around time travel and will take
readers on a whirlwind adventure overcoming obstacles along the way.
They will be drawn into the adventures of a fairly normal family coping with
their Dad’s desire to become famous by inventing a time machine. Humour blends
with fantasy as strange scenarios are encountered during journeys backwards and
forwards in time.
A recent review by Kent
Bylines –
‘It is billed as a book for children but, as with its prequel, some of
the conversations have an Alice in Wonderland appeal to logic. The
conversations dance about between reality, play and pretend.
The altercations
between Mum and Dad show that this is really a comic book to appeal to adults.’
The author continues, ‘Readers will
enjoy the mixture of humour and fantasy, while the plot is on the verge of
being possible in real life.’
About the Author
Ed Goodwin lives in Coventry. He is a retired IT project manager
who now coaches chess to adults and children and supports blind and partially
sighted people in computer skills and creative writing classes.
This is his second published children’s book following Journey
to the Moon and other stories. Both were written during lockdown for his
grandchildren.
About the book
Will Dad’s latest invention turn out to be the Christmas gift
Suzy and Connie long for?
Dad dreams of becoming a famous scientist after creating a time
machine. Unfortunately his children show a distinct lack of interest, while Mum
constantly points out flaws in his brilliant plans. Will several fantastic
trips into the past and the future convince his family, or will all his materials
end up at the local tip?
Amazing
Adventures in Time (RRP £9.99) was published by The
Conrad Press on 24/08/2022 and can be
ordered from Amazon and all good bookshops.
ISBN: 978-1915494054
Our last evening of the Summer was another entertaining night with, first lots of friendlies, followed by a mini simultaneous from Jonathan Fowler and the evening finished off with some wild bughouse games!