First reviews of Beastly London

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I have to say I’m relieved – sending a new book (baby) into the wild world is a nerve-wracking time. But, so far, reviewers have been kind – Beastly has been featured in Country Life and in The Oldie as a recommended read.

Photo credit: Nick Windham-Luck

Two reviews can be read online – one from Londonist.com and the other at historyvault.co.uk

I’ve also written an article for the newly redesigned historicalhoney.com, introducing my top 7 animals of London’s past, and a piece for Farmers Weekly about livestock at Smithfield.

My twitter account @hannahvelten is proving to be great for meeting like minded individuals who share my animal history passion – for example, I’m involved with a group bringing together a collection of photographs and tales of pets at sea (#petsatsea)

And I’ve updated my website to include most of this information – www.hannahvelten.com

I have to admit I love researching and writing, but not having to promote myself or my books; I suspect this is true of most writers. But we have to do it, and I’m slowly getting the hang of it! I still haven’t ventured down the path of giving talks; perhaps that is something for next year…

STOP PRESS: 12/12/2013
Beastly London has been named Book Of The Year 2013 by London Historians… chuffed!

STOP PRESS: 27/12/2013
Beastly London also named London Book Of The Year 2013 by Londonist … doubly chuffed!

Published by Hannah Velten

I'm a writer, grief healer and Spirit messenger. I mainly work with my brother, Christian Velten (Chris), who's in Spirit, following his death (aged 27) in Mali, Africa, in April 2003. He was missing for 15 years until I rediscovered my abilities as a medium/energy worker and we were able to connect. In January 2019 we 'travelled' together, back to Mali, to retrace his last few weeks on Earth - we found completion, we found understanding, we found release. There are still Chris' belongings to be returned to me, but that will happen at the right time, for the greatest good of all. Our work mainly focuses on showing that loss is just an illusion and healing can occur between the realms, whatever the physical circumstances. We have co-written a book about healing and growth following loss, a 25-episode podcast, a 30-film playlist on YouTube of our Facebook Lives and are currently writing the book of our 18 year journey. Our mission is to tell our combined story as widely as possible - we've learnt many hard lessons over the past 18 years and we want the grief transformation we've experienced to help inspire, empower and rebirth others. We know we aren't alone in our continuing bond - the love between us never ends. Hannah and Chris xXx Written: 13 October 2021

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