by Ellee Seymour | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog
The year has got off on a terrific start with my book The Shop Girls being included in The Sunday Times selection of best reads for 2014. It is ranked second in the highlighted biography section, a total and unexpected shock, though a very pleasant one. As you can...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog
One hundred years on, Sir Edgar Speyer has been commemorated for his support in helping to fund Captain Scott’s expeditions to the Antarctic, and for his major contribution to polar research. It follows the unveiling of a plaque at the Scott Polar Research Institute...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 4, 2014 | Blog
I have been on cloud nine since the launch of The Shop Girls in Heffers fabulous bookstore, Cambridge earlier this week. The launch was a sell-0ut, with tickets being snapped up six weeks before the event, even before I had secured some for my family, and my editor...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
I am thrilled to hear the news that Heidi Allen has been shortlisted – one of four all-female candidates – as Andrew Lansley’s successor to be the next Conservative parliamentary candidate for South Cambridgeshire. Heidi wooed and won support from...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 11, 2014 | Blog
Rosemary’s chapters are light-hearted and fun. She is a bubbly shop girl who works in the millinery department, also assisting their milliner to make hats for their most fashion conscious and stylish customers at G. A. Heyworth’s, an elegant ladies...
by Ellee Seymour | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog
I suggest you have a box of tissues handy when you read Betty’s story from The Shop Girls, it is a real tear jerker and available today on Kindle. My heart went out to hard working Betty, she faced many knocks in life, being brought up by a strict, cold father who...
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