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This is a showcase for self published authors to let readers know about their varied genre stories.


Building the Iron - by author Geoff Lewis - Engineering adventure rebuilding Swansea with Ruston Bucyrus Diggers...
Special Coast and Country book review coastandcountry.blog donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 BUILDING THE IRON - ENGINEERING ADVENTURE REBUILDING SWANSEA WITH RUSTON BUCYRUS DIGGERS BY GEOFF LEWIS. BUILDING THE IRON BY GEOFF LEWIS ENGINEERING ADVENTURE REBUILDING SWANSEA WITH RUSTON BUCYRUS DIGGERS Price £19.64 Per Copy Plus UK shipping in protective wallet £4.85. **Orders can be made online via the link on t
Don Hale
Mar 203 min read


MALLARD - How the 'Blue Streak' book the world speed record by author Don Hale.
*The revised best selling book about Mallard's epic adventures Mallard — How the 'Blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record, by Don Hale OBE - SPECIAL COAST AND COUNTRY BOOK REVIEW FEATURE. coastandcountry.blog donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 Mallard - the railway marvel that beat the world by Don Hale...revised edition book with more photographs. ** Now available on Amazon : https://amzn.to/4cVSTVt Special book review by John Woodcock from the Yorkshire Post. . For those wh
Don Hale
Mar 186 min read


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Australian author - Joy Bloumis: The Storms You Walk Through: A Memoir of Roza Hamer.
*Pictured above - Australian author Joy Bloomis. Special Coast and Country Author Spotlight Feature: Welcome to another new author feature in conjunction with Amazon.. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Australian author - Joy Bloumis: The Storms You Walk Through: A Memoir of Roza Hamer. *This book is now available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NxPcaH Exclusive report by Don Hale. donhaleblog.blogpost.com/2026 coastandcountry.blog Occasionally, within my role as a journalist, author, a
Don Hale
Mar 63 min read


About the Author: Mac McKechnie, and his fascinating Garden of Words books...
Special Coast and Country book review: donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 * Run in conjunction with: donhaleblog.logpost.com/2026 coastandcountry.blog About the Author: Mac McKechnie, and his fascinating Garden of Words books... Mac McKechnie (*pictured above) is a Yorkshireman who lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Now aged 75, he has the welcome luxury of time to return fully to his lifelong love of writing. Mac is an active Christian and serves as Pastor of his local church
Don Hale
Mar 63 min read


So, What's Wrong with Dreaming?
So What's Wrong With Dreaming? Special Coast and Country book review: Run in conjunction with: donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 *This is a direct link to Amazon books: https://amzn.to/40LHDn7 Featuring author Richard John Campbell MBE, and his latest book - So What's Wrong with Dreaming? Born into a family struggling, like so many, from the after-effects of the Second World War; where the home was poor and shared by seven people, all packed into a small Victorian semi. Wit
Don Hale
Mar 61 min read


The fascinating life and works of popular Scottish crime and thriller writer Jack Duncan - businessman turned author.
*Pictured above - the popular thriller writer Jack Duncan. The fascinating life and works of popular Scottish crime and thriller writer Jack Duncan - businessman turned author. Special Coast and Country book review: Run in conjunction with: donhaleblog.blogspot.com/2026 Featuring Jack Duncan. Businessman Turned Author! https://www.jackduncan.co.uk *This is a link to all Jack Duncan’s book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4kXB8Hk I am a ‘bon viveur’ and enjoy life. I have been fo
Don Hale
Mar 65 min read
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