GET the inside story on the book trade from Abingdon author Nicki Thornton.

She and her husband Mark have spent more than a decade running the town's independent bookshop, Mostly Books, and her children’s novel ‘The Firefly Cage’ will debut in 2018.

In a revealing look at the publishing trade, the writer will talk about just what it takes to get a book onto the shelves.

The event will start at 2.30pm today in Trinity Church, Conduit Road, Abingdon.