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.
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?
When fourteen-year-old Dan witnessed the bridge to his family’s farm collapse, he quickly grasped the gravity of the situation. With the town below in imminent danger and no way to warn anyone by phone, Dan knew he had to act fast. The disaster had all begun with relentless rain.
Dan, an avid trails motorbike rider on his father’s farm, had recently befriended Laura, a slightly older and equally adventurous horse rider. They met one Sunday morning while exploring the moor, along with Dan’s younger twin siblings. Together, this group of friends faced the unfolding catastrophe head-on.
Their courageous and inventive efforts to navigate each terrifying twist of the disaster form the heart of this gripping tale.
From a very young age Robert had liked robots. This was not exactly surprising as he had a very mechanically minded father. But when he got to the age of eleven, something happened which dramatically changed the course of Robert’s life, an event which would leave a permanent scar on him. Two further occurrences came about which were to steer Robert’s life in a new and exciting direction, the opening of a rather special shop in the town of Waterford, and the arrival of Aaliyah, the American girl who came to his school when he was fourteen. Set just after the new millennium, this whole story rotates around the building of hobby robots, the use of computers, and the various relationships of the people involved.
With chapter titles almost entirely computer related, and the book cram full of various computer and robot inspired topics, this exciting and heartwarming story is a must for any child or teenager who loves anything of a technological nature. It also challenges the whole concept of stereotyping, underlining how ridiculous it can be.
Claire Rosemary Jane will be reading extracts from her latest novel, "Deluged". on Saturday 14th of December. at 11:00 AM at the North Petherton community. library, Somerset. People will be invi ........
“Deluged” written by Claire Rosemary Jane will be published on December the 6th. 2024. Claire will be interviewed at 12:15 PM by Simon Parkin on BBC Somerset Radio on the day of the publication, D ........
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 ........
Publication day for Deluged was made even more special by the opportunity to visit the BBC Somerset studio and be interviewed by the ever-charming Simon Parkin. It was an absolute delight to sit do ........
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 ........
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 ........
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