about the author

Roger Tapley has spent his life living in schools as a teacher and a headteacher. He loves telling stories to anyone that prepares to listen. Now retired, he spends his time in daily walks and jumping into his Morgan classic car and driving with the roof down across the Kent countryside gives him the ideas for his stories.


about the book

Alyssa Durtnall and her brother Liam are looking forward to their summer holiday away from school but Liam already bored on the first day of his holiday sees a cat that leads him to a new gypsy encampment in the woods near his home. What follows changes their lives dramatically. Giving them many problems to solve and placing them in some unbelievable situations where they cannot ask for anybody else’s help, so have to rely on each other. In a quest to find justice for a community and a culture that is often hated and ridiculed they are placed in grave danger but are determined to fight for what they believe to be right. If they are successful they will bring a much-needed awareness of the value of welcoming diversity for the benefit of all communities. But should they reveal their secret and would anybody believe them?

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SIGNED COPIES OF A COTTAGE OF SECRETS.

WOOTTON VILLAGE HALL 5th SEPTEMBER 10.30-12.00I am signing copies of my book on 5th November at the village hall in Wootton CT46RT. It is a beautiful Lithuanian made building that is situated in the ........

WRITING FOR ADULTS AND  CHILDREN MY PROGRESS SO FAR.

Since the publication of my first young adult novel  which has taken nearly four years to write due to the  pandemic and moving house . I now have three other novels in draft. 'The cottage of conjurat ........

IF YOU ENJOYED MY BOOK

It took a long time to get my book The Cottage Of Secrets Published due to lockdown, and moving house which needed a lot of work before I could start writing again. I am excited to tell you that draft ........

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What every author fears!

I was quite happy typing my prequel ‘Chiara’ on my air mac when I noticed the paragraph symbol was littered within the text. Then the screen went blank! Reloaded to find over half of my 60000 words ha ........

AN EDUCATOR AT HEART.

I have spent all of my working life as an ‘educator’in the United Kingdom and have taught 5 year olds to young adults. Being a teacher and headteacher has been a challenge as I have seen the increa ........

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