This new book festival, based in the heart of the Black Country, will see renowned west midlands authors join up and coming and debut authors in your local Dudley library. They'll be sharing the behind the scenes of what it's like to become a published author, what inspires their work, and how they keep the west midlands at their hearts.

After a career in radio and TV, producing and writing for programmes ranging from ‘The Archers’ to ‘EastEnders’, Jo turned to historical novels to create her very own fictional world. Her bestselling Shop Girls and Victory Girls novels were inspired by the much loved Beatties of Wolverhampton. ‘The Little Penguin Bookshop’ is the first novel in a brand new series.

Joanna Toye will be appearing at Sedgley Library at 13.00 on Monday the 16th June 2025. To book please phone Sedgley Library on 01384 812790 or sedgley.library@gll.org