{"id":19263,"date":"2021-05-05T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19263"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T09:01:16","slug":"author-william-clegg-celebrates-book-listing-in-stewart-miller-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/05\/author-william-clegg-celebrates-book-listing-in-stewart-miller-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Author William Clegg Celebrates Book Listing In Stewart Miller Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Excalibur Press author William Clegg celebrating his latest book Crime, Comedy & Combat being stocked in Stewart Miller stores Holywood and Newtownards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Crime, Comedy & Combat Tells Story Of Life On The Frontline<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author William Clegg is celebrating the stocking of his debut book Crime, Comedy & Combat in Stewart Miller stores in Holywood and Newtownards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book, released in November 2020, is the former RUC officer\u2019s story of 21 years on the frontline as a serving Police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that Stewart Miller\u2019s have decided to support the book by stocking it in their Holywood and Newtownards stores. It\u2019s a great boost of confidence and a fantastic way of getting the story out to more people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crime, Comedy & Combat traces William\u2019s life from childhood, through to his experiences in the police force during some of Northern Ireland\u2019s darkest days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI joined the RUC in Enniskillen,\u201d William said, adding: \u201cand, for the next 21 years, I and my colleagues lived \u2013 and worked – through the horrors of The Troubles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wrote the book because, even though Northern Ireland is now, thankfully, living in relative peace, I wanted to show people \u2013 young people in particular \u2013 what life was like for RUC officers at that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to reflect the horrific experiences that we went through, and how we coped physically, mentally and emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Calder of publishers Excalibur Press believes that William\u2019s tales will resonate with people across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving independent book shops like Stewart Millers supporting work like this book from William Clegg is testament to the great writing and stories we have to tell here in Northern Ireland\u201d said Tina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcalibur Press were delighted to publish this great anthology of stories from William\u2019s experience. For the last year, we have all been forced to deal with the challenges created by a global pandemic, but we must never forget – regardless of your allegiances \u2013 that we lived through some very dark days. William\u2019s story is the human face of those dark days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although he now lives in Indonesia, William\u2019s thoughts are never far from the province and from the colleagues he was proud to serve with in the most challenging times that Northern Ireland has ever known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so pleased to see that the people of Northern Ireland \u2013 which is a beautiful country \u2013 are now able to enjoy relative peace, but I don\u2019t think we can ever truly forget the risk and challenges that serving police officers experienced during the times of conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve now had more than 20 years of peace and I totally appreciate that young people will have little or no memory of what The Troubles were like at their height. It was an extremely bleak period and I am proud of how the RUC \u2013 my colleagues throughout Northern Ireland \u2013 coped with what they witnessed and lived through. I joined the RUC as a young man and so my life was very much shaped by my experiences. Crime, Comedy and Combat is my attempt to reflect our experiences in their entirety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI sincerely hope that this anthology will ring true with anyone, who experienced life in Northern Ireland at that time, whether security services or others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Crime, Comedy & Combat William tells his story for people of all ages, how a young person\u2019s life changed during the Troubles, joining the RUC, and the incidents and emotions that coloured his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crime, Comedy and Combat, published by Excalibur Press is available from <\/em><\/strong>Amazon <\/em><\/strong><\/a>and <\/em><\/strong>excaliburpress.co.uk<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crime, Comedy & Combat Tells Story Of Life On The Frontline Author William Clegg is celebrating the stocking of his debut book Crime, Comedy & Combat in Stewart Miller stores in Holywood and Newtownards. The book, released in November 2020, is the former RUC officer\u2019s story of 21 years on the frontline as a serving … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19266,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19263\/revisions\/19266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}