‘The Little Book of Lancaster’ is Sue's first book on the locality.
She tells anyone who will listen:
“I was sitting in The John O'Gaunt one wintry afternoon tucking into a hot pie and a good pint. What a bastion of comfort and culture Lancaster had turned out to be! It was so good I had to write about it. The book is the first of its kind: there are plenty of guides to historic buildings and famous landmarks but nothing to portray the fascinating life of the town. Most of the book was written at cafe tables or perched on a bar stool listening to afternoon jazz, where I met the town's many interesting characters. Lancaster is now my adopted home town.”
‘The Little Book of Lancaster’ is available throughout the city including Waterstone's (Market Arcade and King St), City Museum, Atkinson's Coffee and Soupanova. It was researched and written over the last three years, and pays tribute to all things good in local culture, including nightlife, sights to see, and Sue’s favourite local delicacy, pies.
Sue has personally visited all venues she reviews. The girl desrves a medal for her dedication to research. The book covers not only history, culture and leisure but also the individual shops and quirky arts organisations which make Lancaster so special. There is a full pull-out map, plenty of illustrations, and a colourful layout. It has already received great interest and feedback from the business and leisure community, not to mention the row of old codgers at her favourite bar.
Before settling in the city, Sue travelled and wrote in Ireland and Eastern Europe. She reminisces of life in the remote wilds of County Leitrim and the mind-numbing restrictions of Northern Ireland in the autobiographical “My Family and Other Oddities”.
The Bulgarian trilogy relates buying, renovating and living in a country unknown to western capitalism, damp, or modern dentistry.
Sue now writes and performs in and around Lancaster and writes a regular review column, Sue Seddon's “What A Week!” for www.lancaster4u.co.uk and www.blogstoday.co.uk. Work in progress includes ‘My Family and Other Oddities’ (Autobiographical), “The Vagina Diaries” and ‘Under The Plum Tree’ (Novel).
Over the “summer” of 2009, a strange phenomenon could be seen hovering over the bar at The Stonewell Tavern in Lancaster. Sightings became frequent, sometimes recorded on Wednesdays too, and manifestations included glasses smashing, plates of crisps mysteriously disappearing, inexplicable loss of balance, disembodied singing, raucous laughter and the appearance of four witch-like creatures near the piano.
Named “The Thursday Girls” after the day on which the sightings first occurred, the apparitions can be frequently seen during French Connection's jazz afternoons and Mark Coyle's Open Mic Nights. They have been known to appear, in full evening dress, on stage. Effects on the public include uncontrollable laughter, whistling, cheering and clapping of hands.
For appearances please see “Sue Seddon's What A Week!” in www.blogstoday.co.uk
and on www.lancaster4u.co.uk