After a long period of preparation, and lots of pushing by friends and supporters of my writing, the new book, Tales of Crafty Dog Gardens, is at the printers as they put the first printed proof together. The plan is to get it checked, amendments made, and the final proof back from the printers by the end of October. That means the first printed copies will be here at Crafty Dog Towers by mid November, in plenty of time for Christmas! I’ll be taking pre-orders from 1st November when it will be live in the webshop.

What’s the book about? I’ll be posting some tasters here and on the Crafty Dog Cymru FB page over the next few weeks. You’ll have probably guessed it’s about the characters from the Crafty Do Gardens Blog, but more fleshed-out and in more hilarious scrapes and adventures. Key to all this are the three main figures; Mr Grout, the Head Gardener, his lazy Gardener’s Lad, Pendle, and Cook – who’s name will be revealed for the very first time!

More to follow – keep looking out, and feel free to share!