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Seeing The Other Side

Blog Tours and Book Events

September 18, 2026 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Some images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. Book cover images are from Chapeltown Books. Screenshots were taken by me, Allison Symes, as were some Salisbury photos. AI images avoided.

It has been a busy few weeks since Seeing The Other Side was published by Chapeltown Books on 16th July. There was the launch at The Writers’ Summer School, Swanwick, a book event at Salisbury URC, a blog tour and I hope there will be more things to come.

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Out and About in Salisbury

September 4, 2026 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. AI images avoided. Screenshots were taken by me, Allison Symes, as were photos of Salisbury. Book cover shots are from Chapeltown Books.

I’m delighted to say I’ll be taking a lovely trip on our local train service to the fair city of Salisbury on Saturday 5th September 2026. It’s a great run from Chandler’s Ford, and a direct one, and you see some wonderful scenery but why am I going?

If you’re thinking along the lines of she’s not just doing this for the fun of it, you’re spot on.

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Swanwick 2026 and Book Launch for Seeing The Other Side

August 21, 2026 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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One image created in Book Brush using images taken by me, Allison Symes and from Chapeltown Books and The Writers’ Summer School, Swanwick. AI images avoided. Many thanks to The Writers’ Summer School, Swanwick and to Gemma Owen-Kendall for the pictures of my book launch for Seeing The Other Side. Other images of Swanwick were taken by me, Allison Symes. Many thanks to Babs Trevitt for taking the image of me reading at the Open Prose Mic Night. Also many thanks to Liz Pacey for the photo of the members of the Association of Christian Writers who were at Swanwick.

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Chandler’s Ford Today I (a) went to The Writers’ Summer School, Swanwick and (b) had a fabulous time there. Having said that, this year’s school was especially meaningful for me. Why?

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Flash Fiction Collections

September 5, 2025 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credits:-  Some images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. Book cover images are from Chapeltown Books/Bridge House Publishing.

I make a point of mixing up what I read in terms of genre and type of story. So as well as reading novels, I read novellas and, naturally for me, flash fiction and short story collections.

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