I have paperbacks!

I had been telling myself for some time that it will finally feel real and complete when I have physical copies in my possession, and now I do. Several of them are on the move again, just minutes after I received them, in the hands of Royal Mail, making their way to the lovely people who pre-ordered directly from Aneurysm Cupcake, and of course to the British Library. They're signed, sealed and soon-to-be-delivered. Meanwhile I'm on my way to Heathrow, with several more copies in tow, as I am going to spend New Year's Eve in the air, and the entirety of January 2025 in India. For this reason, I will not be signing any more copies for direct online sales until February when I return to the UK, but of course The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards can be pre-ordered for its 7th January release, (and ordered thereafter) from all of the usual places - you can even ask your favourite bookshop that only you and your elite circle of friends know about to order a copy for you if that's your thing.