LOCAL author Janet Morgan talked about her new book for children, Toby’s Crystal, at a book-signing event held in Malvern Library.

The book is a tale about magic crystals and a fight against dark powers and should appeal to fans of magical fantasy.

Janet, from Malvern, signed copies, read extracts from the book and talked about crystals at the community booksigning event.

She describes her novel as “a crystal fantasy for eight to 80-year-olds” and was inspired to write the story after taking a writing course. The novel took Janet three years and three major re-writes before she was satisfied with it.

More information about the author and her book can be found at www.tobyscrystal.co.uk.