The five volumes to be launched on Thursday are ...

If Wishes Were Horses, by Pam Littlewood
THE year is 1796 and Will Bristowe is 21, privileged and headstrong, confident that he will one day inherit his Uncle Samuel's country estate. A headlong gallop out of Newark one night, hotly pursued by constables, will change the course of his life ...
No Quarter Asked, No Quarter Given, by Stephen Taylor
A GEORGIAN romp starting with a chance encounter between two young men – one a rogue and an impostor and the other a man of honour who wants to stand up and fight the world and put right all the injustices he sees in it ...
The Celtic Holy Grail Quest, by David Stocks
AN autobiographical account of the author's immersion in what was originally a Celtic quest for the mythical land of Tir Tairngire (the Land of Promise). It was during this quest that he stumbled backwards on the original source for the Holy Grail legend, firmly rooted in Celtic mythology ...
The Mystic, by Paul Trotter
IN 1307, arrested and executed, the Knights Templar vanished from history along with their treasure including the fabled Holy Grail. In Leicestershire in 1983 a young woman finds herself drawn into a 700-year-old mystery ...
Second Sight, by Paula Newcombe
SARAH Miller is a young woman with a good career, new husband and new home. Then Sarah discovers the property is haunted and she has regular visions of at least one brutal murder that appears to have taken place in their very home ...

The fourth in New Writers UK's festivals will be held at County Hall's assembly rooms on September 27 (10am to 5pm).

Guest speakers will include authors Elizabeth Chadwick (11am) and Helen Hollick (2pm), and Steve Bowkett will preside over a workshop on children's creative writing (11am). All three will join the panel for a question and answer session (3pm).
Several New Writers authors will also attend the event, which is sponsored by publishers Authorhouse and NG5 Magazines. A raffle will be held in aid of the Danielle Beccan Memorial Trust.