By PETER DOUGLAS
HILLS-based author Pauline Hosking’s children’s novel ‘Cinnamon Stevens – Crime Buster’ will be launched locally next month.
The launch will take place at Belgrave Library on Saturday, 9 April, from 10.30am to 12noon; and in Emerald during the PAVE Festival on Wednesday, 13 April, at the Emerald Secondary College library.
With illustrations by Kat Chadwick, the fun adventure story is aimed at readers aged 10 years and over.
When developing the story, Hosking said the Hills proved much inspiration.
“Cinnamon lives in an imaginary township called Mount Dandenong, which the author explains is a mixture of many Hills locations,” she said.
“The place has an aquatic centre and skateboard park (like Monbulk) and an impressive police station (like Emerald).”
Hosking said her character, Cinnamon, who is 12, dreams of becoming a super sleuth.
“She gets her chance when a classmate disappears during a school camp on Phillip Island,” she said.
The paperback is available from The Book Depository, Booktopia or Dennis Jones Distribution.
An eBook version can be downloaded from Amazon and Apple.
Copies will be available for sale and signing at the launches.
To book for the Belgrave launch, call (03) 9800 6489 (this one includes breakfast/brunch food and the author interviewed by a junior literary critic).
To book for the Emerald launch, email pmhosking45@gmail.com (this includes afternoon tea and the author interviewed by local schoolchildren).
Both launches are free events.
Later in the year, Hosking will be hosting writing workshops for kids at Belgrave and Emerald.
