As part of the Play on Words Festival with Speaker: Abigail Yardimci

How mindful stories help us grow. Author of contemporary, uplifting fiction, Abigail Yardimci, will speak about the themes of mindfulness in her stories and how they are central to the growth and development of the characters. The talk will include a mini mindfulness meditation and compelling readings from her books including the latest release, My Little Ramadan.

Born in Consett, Co. Durham, Abigail has worked as a video rental person, a catalogue product-picker, a deli-sandwich-maker and an amazing barmaid. She eventually trained as an arts education consultant working across the North East of England, she sold her abstract paintings internationally and more recently trained to teach mindfulness meditation to young people and families. Now working as an author, her books are published by Soft Rebel Publishing. Abigail is a mum of two, one half of a multi-cultural couple and lives in Brixham, she loves to blog and gets her kicks from mindful parenting styles, creative living and chocolate in abundance. Genre: Women’s Fiction.

Saturday 27 April, 10am – 11am