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‘Marvellous review’ from U.S. website.
A British award-winning writing pair have got another great review for One Year One Night by SL Roman. The American Reedsy.com runs the Discovery books website with the tagline ‘recommendations from real people not robots’. The people behind this young adult novel are Laura Meloni Bywaters and Sarah Onions who met at the school gate…
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Award-winning novelists get more recognition in U.S.
Award-winning pair Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters have got more recognition for their novel One Year One Night to be published soon in North America. The British writing duo – working under the pen name SL Roman have won a gold award with the U.S. website Literary Titan which has more than 60 thousand…
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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…
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Two British writers reach final of of indy authors award.
Two British writers who’ve cracked the American market have got an award on this side of the pond. Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters under the pen name – SL Roman are finalists for One Year One Night in the Wishing Shelf award. It’s a UK based competition supported by independent publishers and the pair’s…
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N. American hardback copy of One Year One Night published this year.
The Young Adult Fiction novel One Year One Night by SL Roman will be available later this year. It’s to be distributed in libraries in the U.S. and Canada. It will be published by Red Chair Press’s imprint One Elm Books and will also gain worldwide exposure to English-speaking countries like South Africa. Meanwhile co-writers…
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Warm welcome for town’s writers.

The pair behind the nom de plume SL Roman received a warm response from the reading retreat group at Kingston Library. But the members of the group thought SL Roman was one person and were surprised to see Sarah Onions and Laura Meloni Bywaters walk in to talk about their successful Young Adult Fiction novel…
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Kingston writers to talk at town’s library including their North American book deal.
Local writers to talk about war-time novel at Kingston’s library | Local Features | News | Kingston Nub News | by Sarah Onions
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British artist for our North American launch.
The characters in ‘One Year One Night’ by SL Roman will be brought to life for our readers across the pond. Artist and writer Kevin Hopgood is working on the new illustrations at the moment. In the British version artist David Malcolm created the cover featuring Annie, Ben and Remy. But now the novel aimed…
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ISBN number for the launch of our book in U.S.
The production of our novel ‘One Year One Night’ by SL Roman is moving along. It will be published by Red Chair Press next year and between 2,000 and 4,000 hardback copies will go into American and Canadian libraries.