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Talking to young people in schools by the co-author of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
One of the face-to-face ways of engaging with young readers is to go into schools. I’m planning this, with my writing partner to promote our first Young Adult novel which was published in North America – and elsewhere, last year. We’ve also spoken to a young reader group in Egham library, in the town where…
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Wartime street parties to come back next month
May 2025 will see the 80th anniversary of WW2 and it will be marked by street parties in Britain which will evoke life as described in One Year One Night by SL Roman. The Young Adult novel, published in the US and elsewhere last year, is set against the background of teenager Annie who has…
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Rosy reviews for SL Roman’s One Year One Night.
Our first Young Adult novel has had a range of very good reviews. One of the most pleasing was from Kirkus – the prestigious website based in New York which welcomed a ‘heart-wrenching and beautiful story’. Myself and Laura Meloni Bywaters, the writers behind SL Roman, created a lot of lively female characters and Kirkus…
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The international illustrator behind the award-winning One Year One Night by SL Roman.
The artist for the North American edition came up through Marvel Comics in the UK. Kev Hopgood joined Zoids magazine straight out of art school. His favourite character to draw is War Machine who he co-created while working on Iron Man. He’s currently drawing a war story for Commando Comics which has led him to…
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One Year One Night on screen in North America.
A short film has been made to promote One Year One Night by SL Roman in North America. It shows some of the main characters in the award-winning young adult novel set in WW2. The story is the creation of British writers Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters. The film can be seen here: It…
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Top notch characters by British writing pair.
One of America’s leading review panels has described One Year One Night by SL Roman as having ‘top-notch characterisation’. The Literary Titan has more than sixty thousand followers and has praised the first work by the British writing pair, ‘Despite the book’s discussion of serious themes, it is an easy and entertaining read with a…
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North American reviewers want to know more about British writing pair.
The authors of One Year One Night are getting questions about their writing ahead of publication. Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters write under the pen name SL Roman. The young adult fiction novel will be published in N. America in the early summer. Reviewers wanted to know about the inspiration for their first work…
One Year One Night - SL Roman. 