Wordfoolery Books – Signed Copies and Coming Soon
Hello,
Thanks for sticking with me this week as I chatted about my books. Today’s all about how to lay your hands on them, signed copies, and my plans for future books.
Where can I get a copy? I’m lucky enough to have readers all around the world so the answer is always dependent on where they’re located and if they prefer paperback or ebook. The full stockist listing is here and includes Irish independent bookshops (shout out to Irene at Academy in Drogheda and Gwen at Company of Books in Dublin), ebook editions on various platforms, and online bookstores in the UK, Europe, North America, and further afield. If you’d like to stock the books please get in touch by commenting below. If you know me in real life, give me a shout and we’ll work out something.
As for signed copies you have two options currently. 1) pick one up at Academy Books, Drogheda or 2) read the details here and get in touch with me. I absolutely love sending off my books worldwide and am happy to inscribe them for friends and family. I use An Post (the Irish national postal system) for deliveries and strongly advise orders by 11th of December 2023 at the absolute latest if you want a copy within Ireland or UK for the 25th.
Also, did you know you can buy ebooks as gifts? You can buy kindle books for someone else – click on BUY FOR OTHERS and add the recipient’s email address and Amazon will send them the link together with any message you want to add. Perfect for last minute shoppers!
What’s Next for Wordfoolery Books?
I’ve been asked this often in the last few weeks. The best way to keep up with Wordfoolery is here on the blog and via my lovely new newsletter “Wordfoolery Whispers” (subscribe here and remember to click on the confirmation email). One subscriber won a sneaky look at a chapter of “Words Christmas Gave Us” last month. You never know what little gem I’ll include.
My detailed planning for 2024 will take place over the Christmas-New Year break but the main plan is to complete and launch “Words Christmas Gave Us” in paperback, ebook, and hardback in 2024. It should have been out in 2022, but my mother’s ill-health was more important. This year will be my first Christmas without her.
2024 will also see my usual round of weekly blogs, weekly episodes of serial fiction on Channillo.com, the newsletter, my local newspaper column, monthly Wordfoolery Wednesdays on the radio, NaNoWriMo participation, research work over the summer, and as much writing as I can fit in. My youngest will also be sitting her state exams in June and hopefully moving on to university, so no stress there .
Those of you who’ve read the books will have seen my list of “Coming Soon” books at the back. I am usually working on about four books at a time (yes, I need my head examined) – some in publishing mode, some in drafting mode, and some in research mode where I gather candidate words from a zillion different sources. My research for a book takes years.
Currently, “Words Christmas Gave Us” is in publishing mode. “Words the Weather Gave Us” is in drafting mode. “Words Stories Gave Us” is in research mode and may skip ahead of Weather. Several topics are simmering in research mode with front-runners being Colours and French. Which topic would you love to see next? I always welcome word suggestions – pop it in a comment below. If I use a suggested word I thank the suggester in the acknowledgements of the book.
Thanks for joining me in chatting about my books this week. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Normal word blogging will resume next Monday.
Until next time happy reading, writing, and wordfooling,
Grace (@Wordfoolery)
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