A writer from North Wales will launch her new book on August 19, detailing her and her partner’s time spent in the Seychelles.

Sally Mills, who swapped life in Somerset and embarked on managing a nature reserve on a remote island in the Seychelles with her partner Melvyn, is set to release Island to Island – From Somerset to Seychelles next week.

Sally Mills was born in 1967 and was raised in rural North Wales, before moving on to Cardiff University and spending 25 years in nature conservation working principally for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Towards the end of her conservation career, Sally earned the chance to manage a tropical island nature reserve in Seychelles, together with partner Melvyn.

Her commitment to wildlife was rewarded with this opportunity of a lifetime to manage the prestigious Aride Island Nature Reserve in the Seychelles.

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Ms Mills said: “Whilst my illustrated novel portrays the drama and life changing experiences of living by nature in a tropical paradise - with a limited food supply and no modern conveniences, it also explores the highs, lows, and dynamics of such a rare ecological ecosystem.

“It reveals how influential external factors can be in such an environment; from natural phenomena to the consequences of human actions, together with the dangerous unforeseen cocktails that can be produced when the two are combined.

“Island to Island is a rare insight into the impacts that people can have on the natural environment, and the key role that we as a species play in the conservation of these delicate, precious and very beautiful communities that I feel so privileged to have witnessed first-hand.

“The novel is dedicated to my father, who believed in me, encouraged me, and enabled me to flourish. After all, as his daughter, I was in his eyes a bobby-dazzler.

As an expression of humble recognition and gratitude, the funds raised through sales will be donated to St Kentigern Hospice, who I can never thank enough for the sensitive and compassionate care they gave him.”

A book signing will be held at Colwyn Bay library and Waterstones Llandudno on August 19 and 20 respectively, to promote the book and the hospice services.