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“IT IS a truth universally acknowledged that having your debut book come out in lockdown, when there are no bookshops open, is a bit of a journey to say the least.” Those are the words of a Basingstoke author who is celebrating the release of her debut book, which tells the story of the borough’s own Jane Austen, and her firm friendship of more than 30 years with a woman called Martha Lloyd. Zoe Wheddon began her journey with Jane Austen in the summer of 2017, when she and her daughter decided to visit every one of the Basingstoke Art Book Bench Trail’s Jane Austen benches.