KLS Fuerte loves life, love, music,  people, teaching and writing! She wrote “ Never Saw You Coming”,  a true romantic thriller. The sequel, “Now, live with that!” is released soon. Born in Guadeloupe, educated in Paris at The Sorbonne Nouvelle, and a qualified teacher from Oxford University, KLS is currently a senior leader in school.

Danielle Harvey is a mother, published author, mentor, motivational

speaker and qualified ‘Teacher of English,’ with a passion for

creative writing.  She has worked in many roles within the education

setting and won ‘Mentor of the year award’ in 2008 for her

contributions to inner city schools in Wolverhampton.

Danielle has completed a Combined BA Hons in English with Education

Studies through Newman University. She completed her PGDipEd in

Secondary English (QTS) through the University of Birmingham and

pursued her interest in teaching by completing her MA in Teaching

Studies.

She was inspired to write her first ever children’s book as a mother

with two daughters and felt a strong desire to help raise discussions

around the importance of black families, race and inequality.

About the Author Aurea Wanuza Marques Reis, is the author full name. Friends and family address her as ‘Wanuza’, but professionally she prefers to be addressed as ‘Aurea.’ In the book healing Letters you can notice both names being used. The author was born in Luanda (Angola) and permanently moved to Portugal in 1992 when she was eleven years old, due to the Civil War. Since 1997, she has not gone back to Angola. Therefore, there is not much she remember from her birth country. She embraces both countries as her backgrounds. One saw her born and the other saw her grow up; together they built and shaped her personality The author is now 39 years old and moved to UK in 2008 when recession hit Portugal hard. She is a single mother of a 10-year-old boy. Aurea as graduated by the University College Birmingham in Tourism Business Management. She worked in the area for 6 years until she was made redundant due to COVID-19. Currently, the author is pursuing a career as a Care Worker because while writing this book she discovered she wanted to do something more meaningful and rewarding. By healing her inner child, the author discovered her Caring side, and it is enjoying pursuing that path. Her hobbies are writing, Travelling, fitness, quiet time alone, and spending quality time with her close friends and family. Aurea has two previous publications by Mo2vate Magazine, which granted her a badge (for a year) as contributing Article Writer of the magazine. She also collaborated in a book called ‘I am Flying without Wings’ to be published on Women’s Day 2021. Her name Aurea comes from the old Latin ‘Aurum’ and it means something made of gold, golden, that shines.

Pamela R Haynes interviews Alison Browne-Ellis author of the book Life Lessons. Alison Browne-Ellis is a Corporate Executive with over 23 years of expertise.  Despite extremely humble beginnings, Alison has broken many glass ceilings leading to career success.  "LIFE LESSONS A Purpose Driven Leadership Journey" is testament that it really does not matter where you start and to what is possible when dreams and aspirations are married with hard work, determination, consistency and strong faith.

Author Sharon Fevrier talks about her book Blossom Tree and working as a special needs coordinator.

Sharon Fevrier a mother, works in SEN and is the author of Blossom Tree was inspired to create this fictitious romantic thriller. This book is relatable and inspirational for many women facing challenges with their health and relationships. Sharon wanted to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease, visual impairment and domestic abuse.

Pamela R Haynes award winning author of Loving The Brothers interviews self published authors from around the world. In this episode meet author Chantel Hall-Reid.Chantel Hall-Reid is an author, mother, educator, and a mentor.

As a graduate of Birmingham City University, she earned a BA (Hons)

degree in Primary Education and is a lover of all things English

&Education.

Since graduating Chantel has taught in a range of educational settings.

Chantel has more than ten years of teaching & mentoring experience and

in 2018 decided to use her passion and expertise to form her own English

tuition business, it was also during this year that Chantel set up

another business offering support to educational establishments in a bid

to increase their students learning experience.

Chantel is a Co-founder and Director of Sister2Sister C.I.C, a social

enterprise supporting young females through empowerment and confidence

building programmes. With all these projects under her belt, it’s clear

to see that she’s not afraid of hard work and has a passion for young

people. This further confirms why Sister2Sister made the finals of the

Great British Entrepreneur Award 2020, for the entrepreneurial spirit

award category. When it comes to supporting young people, this is where

Chantel truly feels at ease.

Chantel has just finished writing her first book “Imani’s Diary” which

she hopes will be the first of many. Chantel’s inspirations include just

about everything; books she read, 90s music which she still adores! and

her love of travel. But mostly; her inspiration for this novel came from

life experiences, her teaching days, working with young girls as well as

social observations.

Publishing a book has been a lifelong goal for Chantel and she’s

tremendously proud with the publication of her first novel. Chantel

hopes to inspire anyone whose thinking of writing a book, to just get

started.

INSPIRATION

Inspiration for Imani's Diary came from Chantel's passion to support

young females. In her business Sister2Sister, Chantel mentors BAME

females between the ages of 13-21. Many of the experiences she mentors

young teens on are highlighted through Imani's Diary. The book reflects

typical situations and scenarios that teenage girls go through. Imani is

just a regular girl growing up with her family in the 90s. On the

surface, Imani seems to enjoy her teenage years, but she longs for

acceptance, commitment, and security.

Even though she uncovers fake friendships, family secrets and

relationship blunders, she also experiences some teenage highs; late

night parties, sleepovers and holding down a boyfriend; or two! Imani’s

diary is a quirky, funny, and heartfelt snapshot of trials and

tribulations, captured with brutal honesty.

The book is great for parents to perhaps get insight into what their

teen daughters may be getting up to and how to support them, it is also

useful for women who grew up in the 90s in the sense that they can

reflect on some of the experiences they went through, and perhaps start

to unpick them and realise that others too shared those experiences.

Music, food, and travel have all shaped the book; as well as Imani's

witty one liners that bring humour, Chantel opted for a light-hearted

tone to the book. Chantel has chosen this tone to reflect how easy it is

for teens to hide behind cheekiness to mask the real pain and

frustration they may be feeling, something she has observed first-hand

through delivering her Empowerment Programmes to girls in inner city

schools.

Its's also a humorous, 90's nostalgic throwback, the main themes in the

book are in and around teens growth and experiences. At the time of

writing current affairs such as the Pandemic, Black lives Matter, George

Floyd and the death of Breana Taylor were prevalent in the media,

Chantel wanted to write something more light-hearted and humorous.

Competition closes at 5pm GMT on Friday.

Pamela R Haynes award winning author of Loving The Brothers interviews Self Published Authors from the UK and beyond.Pauline Gilman nee Hanson is the author of 'The Tapestry of My Life.' She is the mother of three fine young men and the grandmother to one grandson. Her parents are from the Windrush era to whom she greatly admired. Her love of writing stems from her childhood years at primary school. As a cancer survivor, Pauline wrote' The Tapestry of My Life.' She says "Our voices were not made to be stifled and quietened down. They were made to be heard. Let us not to be afraid of the dark to come into the light, let our dreams become reality, break our shackles, let us all rise like the phoenix from the ashes." 

'The Tapestry of My Life' is about awareness of emotions in all aspects of our lives and learning how to find and explore our coping mechanisms. Moreover, not to be too afraid to discover our different ranges of inner moods.

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Pamela R Haynes welcomes listeners to her new podcast. About Pam. Pamela has over 30 years of experience working in the Criminal Justice System and she has worked in a variety of Probation Officer roles and settings, namely, as a court probation officer, case worker and as a domestic abuse programme facilitator. She became a Practice Development Assessor in 2002 working with Trainee Probation Officers studying on the Bsc Community Justice programme. Pam has been a guest lecturer at Hertfordshire University and she has previously sat on the Probation Studies examination board. Pam retired from her role as a Senior Probation Officer in 2018.

Pam aspires to write training programmes for criminal justice agencies home and aboard working alongside like-minded colleagues to develop a Caribbean response to managing domestic violence in the region, thereby, safeguarding survivors of domestic violence and their families.

Awards- Winner of a Lift Effects Star Award June 2017 for her services in the Criminal Justice System.

Recipient of the Powerhouse Global Award for Author of Year in 2018.

A Black Excellence Author of Colour Award 2018.

Shortlisted for a BLAC award for Best Writer 2020.

Pam's debut novel Loving The Brothers was published on 8th January 2018. She had her book launches in London, Dublin and Barbados. Whilst visiting Barbados in 2019 she appeared on local breakfast television Good Morning Barbados and local radio talking about her book journey from court report writer to published author. Fans of Loving The Brothers eagerly await her second novel Loving The Sisters.

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