Joined in the studio for this months book club with writer/journalist Sylvia Kent and our guest writer John Farrar.

Introduction by Sylvia Kent

Interview with John Farrar

 John worked for many years in the financial services sector in London and retired in 2008. On retirement he started a new hobby, genealogy and now has over 75, 000 name in his family tree! As he found so many famous names related to his family he decided to write a book about it.  The Farrare Chronicles is over 400 pages and 800 illustrations.

John also talked about his Uncle Arthur who was killed on D Day in 1944 and his memorial .

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MORE ABOUT SYLVIA

https://sylviakent.blogspot.co.uk/

Sylvia contributes to national, regional magazines and on-line journals. Following her Freelance Writer of the Year award for Writing Magazine, she began work on FOLKLORE OF ESSEX which contributed to Channel 5’s film COUNTY SECRETS.  Sylvia’s book THE WOMAN WRITER, published by the History Press is sold @ the British Library. This history of the Society of Women Writers & Journalists dates from 1894 and includes pioneers who made their mark in journalism, literature & poetry. Sylvia celebrates the centenary of Joyce Grenfell, a former SWWJ president. A chapter is dedicated to Joyce who meanders throughout the book which was reviewed in The Times, other dailies & YouTube. Sylvia is SWWJ’s Archivist. She work with several publishers including on-line specialists.Ebook titles are BRENTWOOD: HISTORIC TOWN & ST MARY MAGDALEN: BILLERICAY, both downloadable via Kindle. later books are kindlised. 2,000 articles are linked to Facebook,Twitter @sylviaakent & Suite 101. Film/audio clips now added.

Sylvia’s 10th book Barking & Dagenham From Old Photographs is selling well.

Sylvia’s Blog is currently 262,000 page views