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They’re Here! eBook pre-Order Now Paperback Order to Follow Audiobook Release in December Dear Reader, I’m thrilled to tell you that both my books are now out. I talked about the second edition of Murder Within Tent in my last email, and I hope you consider buying the second edition – it’s longer, it’s been edited and it introduces some of the characters from the second book. It’s also available for a giveaway price on pre-order! I can’t list the book any lower than this (99p in the UK), and...

Dear Reader, I'm Ruth Ward, and I wrote the charity advent calendar book Murder Within Tent. Thanks to you, that book raised thousands of pounds for charity, and afterwards, a lot of you said that you’d like to read more about Bridget. That’s why you're reading this email. A few weeks ago, the First Edition of Murder Within Tent was unpublished, and I’m getting ready for something I’m really proud of - the Second Edition of MWiT and a new book! In a few weeks, Paw Press will be publishing the...

eBook, Paperback and Audio now available! Hi Reader, I’m thrilled to announce that Three Ring Circus, Twelfth Book of the King’s Watch is now available in all formats. In a first for the Watch, the audiobook has been released only a week after the eBook, and the paperbacks are also available. Most of the book is narrated by the awesome Tamsin Kennard who voices Alicia, Rachael and the mysterious Chloe Greenwood. The equally awesome Ciaran Saward is also there to narrate the Honeymoon in...

Hi Reader, The eBook pre-order of Three Ring Circus is now live. Links to your Amazon store below. Here is the latest news on other formats: If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, then the book will be available to download on 5th April. If you’re after a paperback from Amazon, then that will be available to order from 5th April, too. KDP (i.e. Amazon Publishing) now allow us to configure paperbacks ahead of an on-sale date, but we’re still not allowed to do pre-orders. Maybe one day... If you...

Dear Reader, The Audiobook is Out I'm thrilled to announce that Audible have just approved and released the audiobook of Third Eye. This recording is a solo effort by the amazing Ciaran Saward, ably assisted by the team at Audiofactory. When I heard the first chapters, I thought it's as if they've never been away. There is a lot going on in 3i, especially some of the wedding scenes when half a dozen or more characters speak in rapid succession. It's a tribute to Ciaran's skill as a narrator...

Moley is Excited! Dear Reader, Now available in German Translation! I am thrilled to announce the first translation of the King’s Watch – into German. It is being published on 19th September by Lindwurm books, part of the Bedey & Thoms publishing house. If German is your mother tongue, read on. If it’s not, then maybe you know someone for whom it is. If so, please tell them that Die 13. Hexe is out. Ich habe mich sehr darüber gefreut als Oliver Hofmann aus dem Bedey und Thoms Verlag mich...

Dear Reader, Third Eye is Almost Here! I'm thrilled to announce that after a long wait, the Eleventh Book of the King’s Watch has been submitted Amazon for pre-order. Publication date is Friday 4th August 2023. You will get another email soon with Amazon Store links and an outline of the book. I have written a lot about why this book has taken so long, and what this means for the Watch. Now that the wait is over, I can confirm that the next book will be Three Ring Circus - A Fairy Story. More...

Dear Reader, Thank you for asking to join the Paw Press mailing list. Consider yourself a fully paid-up member of the Merlyn’s Tower Irregulars. As well as getting announcements about new book releases, you may also be drafted to help deal with Revenants, but don’t let that worry you. Some of you getting this welcome note will have signed up today, and some of you did it so long ago you've forgotten (!). Sorry about that. You have joined the Irregulars the old-fashioned way by signing up to...

Dear Reader, Third Eye Update Not everyone is remotely interested in the writer's craft, so this email has a short update and a long one. Here is the short update: Third Eye is coming along nicely. No date yet. When it does come out, it will only have one narrator - Conrad. He will tell the story of the stag do and the parts of the wedding he sees. The hen party and the scenes of the Wedding he doesn't see will feature in a following novella, provisionally titled Hitch. For those of you who...