A self-published author is celebrating a milestone with her series of romantic comedy books.
Tynedale-born Kimberley Adams, who writes under the name Shy Bairns Publishing, called into the Corbridge branch of Forum Books with the 350th delivery of her Lindisfarne books.
The achievement is especially meaningful for Ms Adams, who was born in Corbridge and has received support from the bookshop.
Ms Adams said: "Because of all the support I’ve had in Corbridge, and the fact that I was born there, I really think I might need to set a book in what is undoubtedly one of Northumberland’s most beautiful villages.
"It would seem the obvious next choice of settings to me and every time I’m in the village now, I’m looking at it through my writer’s eyes and making plans."
As an independent author, Ms Adams was aware that finding homes for her books in bookshops might be a more difficult than her traditionally published counterparts with corporate publishers behind them.
However, her books, featuring cover artwork by Sarah Farooqi, a Northumbrian artist, have found a place on bookshop shelves despite these challenges.
Ms Adams chose the name Shy Bairns Publishing as a nod to her northern roots.
She said: "The local saying 'Shy Bairns Get Nowt' said it all to me when I was thinking about a name with a bit of a northern edge, and knowing about the sometimes-difficult world of publishing and how writers have to continually push forward, it really fit the bill for me."
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