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Win an Audiobook copy of Access Denied!

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From Monday 25th July 2016, tune in to Express FM 93.7 / DAB / Online every weekday morning and listen to Darren Gamblen on the morning breakfast show from 06:00 to find out how you can win an Audiobook copy of Access Denied!

The incredible true story of David E. Gates becoming a father then, after seven years, finding out his daughter wasn’t his.

Thought-provoking, honest, extraordinary, revealing. A damning indictment of the Child Support Agency and Family Courts.

A quite extraordinary true story.

“I haven’t reacted to a book like this since reading To Kill A Mockingbird. Don’t hesitate with this one. Just get it!” – Simon Arnold.

The Ghost of Clothes – NOW FREE on AMAZON!

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The Ghost of Clothes is now available FREE for all Kindle users, from Amazon!

A short story. A “branch” off of The Roots of Evil.

A young man, already down on his luck, experiences a series of strange and mysterious events which escalate into a telling trauma.

Download The Ghost of Clothes

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AVAILABLE NOW: Audiobook of Access Denied

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AVAILABLE NOW: The AUDIOBOOK version of Access Denied.

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Told in his own words, David E. Gates narrates the story of how he fell in love, had a daughter he adored, and battled against the unbelievable incompetence, bias and injustices of the Child Support Agency and the Family Courts which cost him almost everything.

With 100% positive reviews, David’s story is both moving and tragic. Experience it in glorious audio form with original music by James Holmes.

Buy Access Denied now

It doesn’t fit! Apparently!

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My book of travelogues, Omonolidee, apparently doesn’t fit with the Hay Festival programme section on “Travel!” I wonder which section it DOES fit then?

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1st and 3rd Prizes for The Roots of Evil and Access Denied

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The Roots of Evil wins GOLD – 1st Prize, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!

Access Denied received 3rd Prize, Bronze, in the AuthorsDB.com 2015 Cover Contest!

 

 

Amazing news! My covers made the FINALS!

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finalistAccess Denied and The Roots of Evil have BOTH made the FINALS of the www.authorsdb.com 2015 Cover Contest!

Voting is now open and will close SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22. Digital badges will be awarded for the top Gold, Silver & Bronze of each category.

Please vote and share and ask everyone you know to vote at:

http://authorsdb.com/2015-cover-contest-results/19581-access-denied for Access Denied

and

http://authorsdb.com/2015-cover-contest-results/19580-the-roots-of-evil for The Roots of Evil

Thank you in advance for your votes.

Don’t delay, vote TODAY – Voting ends Sunday!

David E. Gates.

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50% of every sale today of Ypres – Battlefields Tours will be donated…

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50% from EVERY purchase of Ypres – The Battlefields Tours, my moving film about the memorials in Belgium on DVD, made on Armistice Day, will be donated to the Royal British Legion and the WW1 Remembrance Centre. Go to www.shelleyshow.co.uk to purchase. Features Charles Haskell of the WW1 Remembrance Centre

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All three book covers selected as Semi-Finalists!

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All three of my books made the semi-finals of the AuthorsDB 2015 Cover Contest!

My book, Access Denied by David E. Gates has been selected as a Semi-Finalist in the AuthorsDB 2015 Cover Contest! If you haven’t voted, please go to http://authorsdb.com/2015-cover-contest-results/19581-access-denied and cast your vote to help me get to the finals. Thanks in advance.

If you want to vote for my other two books, please go to the following links and vote there too.

http://authorsdb.com/2015-cover-contest-results/19580-the-roots-of-evil

http://authorsdb.com/2015-cover-contest-results/19582-omonolidee

Am so unbelievably chuffed about this!

David E. Gates.

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