about the author

Claire Rosemary Jane grew up in Malvern in Worcestershire and is the eldest of six children. Her father was one of the Bawdsey Manor radar pioneers. Claire has always liked reading but her peak childhood reading was between the ages of 9 and 12. At school, her favourite subject was geography, although she also liked both writing and music. Claire went on to qualify as a Chartered Surveyor. She has travelled widely to many parts of the world and as a result has progressively become more and more interested (and concerned) in what humans are doing to harm the planet.

about the book

Chloe Blackthorne is an only child of parents who are rather older than many parents and who are quite strict. One day, she sneaks into the loft which her parents have forbidden her from entering, and discovers a strange telescope hidden away! Chloe quickly discovers that it has extraordinary powers to both see into the future and into the past, becoming her favourite possession as she explores time. One day while using the telescope in her garden, a happy-go-lucky boy named Jack sees her using it and asks to have a look through the telescope himself. Much to her amazement, she discovers that Jack can see exactly the same through it as she does! So begins a series of adventures which get steadily scarier as the two of them look further and further into the future. What exciting and terrifying adventures await Chloe and Jack with their extraordinary magical telescope?

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Book signing at Minehead station on the West Somerset railway.

Claire Rosemary Jane will be carrying out a reading from “Chloe's Extraordinary Telescope" at Minehead station on the West Somerset Railway on Saturday June the 3rd at 11:45 AM. Claire will be travell ........

Reading and book signing at Waterstones Taunton on 15th of April at 11 AM

 I will be carrying out a reading from "Chloe's Extraordinary Telescope" at Waterstones book shop in Taunton, Somerset, on Saturday 15th of April 2023 at 11:00 AM.. I will be there for just over an ........

Celebrating the launch of my book!

I had an amazing time on March 4, 2023, at the open mic night held at the Riverside pub venue, where Steve Clarke of "Somerset Live Lounge" and Matt Nicklin, the landlord of Anchor Inn Combwich, joine ........

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Rails of Reflection Journeys Through Budapest, Family Ties, and Novel Realities

Here I am back playing again after a nearly two-month hiatus thanks to my trip to Budapest, then exhibiting my late father's model railway with my siblings, and then a trip to my elder son for a ........

A visit to Hungary's capital Budapest.

I recently spent over a week in the city of Budapest, Hungary's capital. I managed to do a lot of travelling around the city and whilst I was there did a number of interesting things which included a ........

Knowledge of Somerset Quiz at Bridgwater Arts Centre: Celebrating Local Culture and Literature

Knowledge of Somerset quiz held at the Arts Centre in Bridgwater on Saturday 23rd of September. A photo of some of the people present at the recently held "Knowledge of Somerset" quiz, held at Bridgwa ........

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