GRASSINGTON Town Hall saw the official launch of Dales based publishing company, Hartlington Press.

As part of Grassington Festivals theme The power of the written word the event combined guest speaker local Crime Novelist Lesley Horton with performance readings from two newly published novels by Dales based writers Penny Hart-Woods and Andrew Jackson.

Both new books are available in paperback and digital format via www.hartlingtonpress.co.uk and the paperbacks can be bought at various venues for the next week throughout the Grassington Festival and at The Hub in Garrs Lane, Grassington.

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