Held at Harrogate's Mercer Gallery, the reception featured a book signing and a discussion between the author, Douglas Adamson, and director of the publisher Settle Stories. Both of Adamson's books, The Windleton Absurdities and Windleton & The Bavarian Incident, are available online from Amazon Books
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Author Douglas Adamson welcome guests to the event...
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Douglas and Sita Brand, director at publisher Settle Stories, discuss his ideas and motivation
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The guests listen intently
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