Joe Cawley - book signing More Ketchup and Final Dollop in Los Cristianos 8 March

[Janet]

Your chance to meet a bestselling author!

Tenerife-based Joe Cawley will be signing copies of his books, More Ketchup than Salsa and The Final Dollop, at Redhound Bookshop in Los Cristianos from 5pm onwards on Saturday, 8 March.

Joe's first book became a UK bestseller when it was released on Kindle in 2011, beating Karl Pilkington's Idiot Abroad tales and even Bill Bryson's numerous tomes to the number one spot in the Travel section on Amazon. The book has since been downloaded over 60,000 times.

"The Final Dollop is a darker book than More Ketchup," says Joe, "but still with plenty of laughs, characters and scenarios that anybody who's lived in, or knows Tenerife will easily recognise."

Both books follow Joe and Joy, along with Joe's brother and his wife, as they borrow a fortune to swap a life of fish filleting on a cold Lancashire market to buy a bar/restaurant in La Caleta. Expecting a life full of sun, sand and sangria, they very soon find out that although the skies might be more blue, the grass is anything but greener on the other side thanks to the language barrier, bureaucratic bungling and complete inability to master the art of pandering to a bizarre array of holidaymakers and expats.

If you've ever pondered what life would be like if you lived in Tenerife, just fancy a good beach read, or you already live here and want to read a humorous account of island life (you might even recognise yourself in the book!), now's the chance to pick up a signed paperback, chat and have a drink with the author.

Make a date in your diary now – Saturday 8 March at Redhound Bookshop on Calle Juan XXIII (the top pedestrian street off Los Cristianos church square, harbour end. JA