A REDDITCH author who entered herself into a national publishing competition, and subsequently won, will be doing a special book reading at Redditch Library this weekend.

Thanks to the support of the people of Redditch, Sarah Bates realised her dream and has had her first book published with another six planned in the series.  

Her beautifully illustrated picture books, titled The Amazing Adventures of Roddy the Magic Cat, lead children on a magical adventure to different countries of the world.

In this first book, Roddy travels to Nepal where he realises a lifelong dream to see Mount Everest.

Along the way, he is accompanied by his newfound friend, a dog called Hobo, who guides and teaches him about life in the mountains.

It is a story of friendship, possibility and adventure that educates and inspires children to learn about places beyond their doorstep.

Her first public read was at Redditch Library when her book was in manuscript form.

Sarah is now returning back to where the journey began and is going to be reading from her newly published book this Saturday, December 13.

There will be a book read at 11am and another at 12noon.  

In between the author will be on hand to sign books.