Local Author Donates Books To Ashford Campus

Thursday, 28 April 2011 11:47

 Ashford Learning Resource Centre was lucky enough to receive a visit from local author Teresa Geering who donated two copies of her new novel The Eye of Erasmus.

Teresa was born and raised in Hastings, moving to Ashford in 1970. She was somewhat of a storyteller when she was younger as “I used to write little stories for my brother, Beatrix Potter type I suppose.” As Teresa grew up and her life became busier she did not continue writing, but “I always had stories in me waiting to come out.” 

Luckily these threads of untold tales were about to be spun as she sat in her garden. Teresa explains that “The trigger was this spider spinning its web amongst my Shasta daisies” and as the ideas for her trilogy flowed she had to use a Dictaphone, as she could not write them down quickly enough! In fact “I wrote the whole lot in about a year.”

Her garden, the local landscape and nature prove to be the main inspirations for Teresa “To watch nature can be awe inspiring. We live in a lovely part of Kent.” A sentiment echoed in the fact that all of the covers for Teresa’s books are painted by the Hothfield based artist John Piggott.

The importance and enthusiasm that Teresa feels in sharing her book with K College students is evident as she notes “Writing can be a gift, but it is up to you to do something with it.” After contributing to an online author’s community she was contacted by Night Publishing, who promote and publish a wide range in ‘Indy’ authors.  Teresa uses her blog and YouTube to share her stories, inspiration and ideas with readers from all over the world.

The importance of both new and local readers however, was reiterated by her visit to Ashford LRC. This positive outlook was reflected in her parting words, delivered with a smile as magical as her stories,  as she noted “Libraries need to be kept going as it’s the most wonderful thing to be able to open a book and read the words in it.”

See the video here of Teresa's interview with K College LRC