Dickimaw Books

28/07/2025

Now is your best chance to find my ebooks (short stories "Smile for the Camera", "The Briefcase", "Unsocial Media" and "I've Heard the Mermaid Sing", crime fiction novel "The Private Enemy", and children's illustrated story "The Foolish Hedgehog") available for a promotional price at as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my ebooks (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nlct) and many more at https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos all month! Sale ends 31st July.

09/07/2025

My latest blog post is a trip down memory lane describing the first TeX distribution that I installed on an Acorn Archimedes.

There are a growing number of digital historians who are interested in documenting old computing systems from the twentieth century, but much of the information has been lost and coincident names can make it hard to search. This article is about the RISC OS ARMTeX distribution, which provided TeX

07/07/2025

Latest blog post is about the SmashWords annual Summer/Winter sale now on.

The DRM-free ebook retailer SmashWords has its annual Summer/Winter sale from 1st – 31st July 2025. My crime novel “The Private Enemy” and children’s illustrated story “The Foolish Hedgehog” both have a 50% discount, and my crime fiction short stories

01/07/2025

Now is your best chance to find my ebooks (short stories "Smile for the Camera", "The Briefcase", "Unsocial Media" and "I've Heard the Mermaid Sing", crime fiction novel "The Private Enemy", and children's illustrated story "The Foolish Hedgehog") available for a promotional price at as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my ebooks (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nlct) and many more at https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos all month!

18/06/2025

I’m excited to announce my ebooks (short stories "Smile for the Camera", "The Briefcase", "Unsocial Media" and "I've Heard the Mermaid Sing", crime fiction novel "The Private Enemy", and children's illustrated story "The Foolish Hedgehog") will be promoted on for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Be sure to follow me for more updates and links to the promotion for my books
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and many more!

29/05/2025

If you have read my short story Smile for the Camera, did you notice that the ending could have two possible interpretations? (No spoilers please!) As a writer, it’s always difficult to tell if something is too obvious or too obscure. If you need a hint, consider the naming scheme and remember that not everyone is what they say or imply that they are.
https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/smile-for-the-camera-ambiguity

27/05/2025

Did you know that the Dickimaw Books site has RSS feeds or, if you have a site account, you can sign up for news notifications or newsletters. There's also a newsletter archive that can be accessed via the Dickimaw Books account page.

Text books, general fiction and children's illustrated books

23/05/2025

Ticket Booking Spiders Web – Ticket Sales by chris | Apr 9, 2025 | Box Office Tickets are now on sale for our mid year production of Spiders Web by Agatha Christie. Dates: Wednesday 11th June – 7.30pm Thursday 12th June – 7.30pm Friday 13th June – 7.30pm Saturday 14th June -7.30pm Tickets co...

20/05/2025

My latest blog post "Points of Departure" is about my pending novel "The Fourth Protectorate" and related news.
https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/points-of-departure

03/03/2025

Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find my entire collection at a promotional price at from March 2 - March 8. Short stories "Smile for the Camera", "Unsocial Media", "The Briefcase", and "I've Heard the Mermaid Sing", crime fiction novel "The Private Enemy", and children's illustrated story "The Foolish Hedgehog" are available for a promotional price at ! Find my ebooks https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nlct and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/ebookweek

28/12/2024

Only a few days left until the 2024 End of Year Sale finishes. My ebooks (short stories "The Briefcase", "Smile for the Camera", "Unsocial Media" and "I've Heard the Mermaid Sing", crime fiction novel "The Private Enemy", and children's illustrated story "The Foolish Hedgehog") are available for a promotional price at as part of their 2024 End of Year Sale! Find my ebooks (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nlct) and many more at https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos through to January 1!

14/12/2024

My latest blog post is an update on Tales for Our Times, an anthology of forty stories featuring loss and hope, dreams of love and belonging, biography and science fiction and adventure, published by Smokehouse Press, to raise funds and awareness for St Martins Housing Trust. Thank you to everyone who supported us in this endevour.

The Ex-Cathedra writing group were delighted to present a cheque for £1,400 to St Martins Housing Trust during their collection at Tesco Harford Bridge on 6th December 2024. The money was raised from sales of the book Tales for Our Times, an anthology of short stories written by the group.