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One Year One Night by SL Roman gets 13 k viewers in first reading on Tiktok.
American actor Alex Ryan Brown read excerpts from the historical romance written by Laura and Sarah under the pen-name SL Roman. Tiktok users heard Alex introduce the characters of Annie, unlucky boy Ben, jobsworth Mr Cribbles and Harriet Mandeville. The readings concentrated on the point in the story where the evacuees including Ben arrive at…
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Royalty and a royal approval for British authors SL Roman.
British authors SL Roman have received a royalty for One Year One Night, their first novel. The writers have sold nearly 40 books this year through their American publisher Red Chair Press. SL Roman otherwise known as Laura Meloni and Sarah Onions achieved success stateside in 2023 when they got an advance on International Women’s…
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One Year One Night by SL Roman is spreading its wings again.
A new paperback edition has been released in America. It`s called a softcover in the U.S. and is being sold through Egremont Books, an imprint of Red Chair Press, which is based near Boston. RCP first published OYON in 2024 in hardback with illustrations. This new edition is selling for $8.99. In other news, we`ve…
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One Year One Night’s American publisher has won Publisher of the month from the Independent Book Review.
Red Chair Press, which is based outside of Boston in New England, is praised for producing kids’ favourite series. It started in 2009 and has published 300 books. These include One Year One Night by SL Roman which is the penname for Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters. Sarah and Laura’s first Young Adult Novel is described…
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Writers backed by the Queen appear in The Good Life newspaper in Surbiton, SW London.
Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters have been featured in the community newspaper which reaches 20,000 readers. The story was accompanied by a photo of Sarah and Laura which appears on their website slroman.com The paper picked up on Sarah’s tour to the U.S. to promote One Year One Night which was written by the…
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Writers Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters have been on the road talking about their novel One Year One Night to students.
First, they addressed nearly 200 girls at the highly rated Tiffin Girls’ school in Kingston upon Thames in southern England and they also spoke to a young audience of A level Literature and Language students and a handful of GCSE English learners at Strode’s College. Their first Young Adult novel is a story of love,…
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SL Roman goes back to the heart of the story.
Egham is the heart of One Year One Night, the first Young Adult novel by Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions. The child at the centre of the story, Ben, was based on an original unlucky boy who was called Ken. Sarah got the original idea when she was teaching at Strode’s further education college…
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SL Roman authors to speak at top girls’ school.
Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters will talk about theirnovel to nearly 200 girls at a highly rated school in March.Sarah and Laura will be presenting to Key Stage 3 pupils whoare between 11 and 14.The writers will address their young audience about One YearOne Night, their first Young Adult novel.It’s a story of love,…
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SL Roman co-author tours New England.
Sarah Onions, one half of SL Roman, visited 17 bookstores and 2 libraries in a 3 week trip. The purpose was to promote One Year One Night – the first Young Adult historical fiction by Sarah and her writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters. It has royal approval in the form of a signed letter from…
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Two writers based in London have been inspired by WW2 photographer Lee Miller.
Authors SL Roman, otherwise known as Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions got fresh inspiration from the Tate Britain exhibition. American Lee Miller took distinctive photos of London in the Blitz. She came from the artistic school of surrealism which meant she could find unusual images among the rubble. In one of her shots she…
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