NEW!!! Barnaby's Shorts - Volume Three

Barnaby's Shorts - Volume Three, is now available to download in the ebook format of your choice at Smashwords

Ten more coffee break sized stories. A varied collection to suit all tastes, ideal for reading in the bath, on the train, in bed or on the beach.

A hint of sci fi in Cube Roots; gentle humour from the world of the Vertigo Research Labs in Jocelyn; adventure in Where Angels Fear to Tread; A shaggy dog story and an old man's search for his roots in Visiting Worseley.

What if dragons were very small? Why is Jack running, jumping, never standing still? Why does Jethro need a tractor to move house? Answers to these mysteries and more inside.

Volume Three will be available for FREE download for a few days.

For more information about Barnaby's other books of quirky poems, short stories or full length novels, go to www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk             
                               

Barnaby's Back

Barnaby has backache. During the last couple of weeks he has been driving rather more than normal and his back is showing the strain. The damage was mostly done in Ireland where Barnaby found himself driving four hour journeys to and from the airport twice in as many days in the smallest hire car ever seen on potholed country lanes, that in Ireland are apparently used as main trunk routes.
This was compounded by a couple of equally long journeys in England, albeit in his own car and on decent roads. Nevertheless, the damage was already done.
Fortunately, the major driving is over for the moment and Barnaby is looking forward to a few weeks of quietude at home.
Barnaby's back, of course, has a double meaning (these blog entries aren't just thrown together, you know) and he is pleased to be back at his keyboard writing. He hopes to have a new volume of short stories available for publication well in time for Xmas.
To get you in the Xmas spirit, there is still an opportunity to download Volume One of Short Stories FREE by visiting http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/barnabywilde You will also find a couple of volumes of poems and the first Tom Fletcher novel (I Keep Thinking It's Tuesday) still available for FREE download at the moment.
Of course, if you enjoy the FREE books, you could leave a review, tell you friends and maybe purchase one of the other books.
So much choice. So little time. 

Why Me

Barnaby is pleased to be able to announce the latest volume from those Indie ebook authors at Top Writer's Block.
This collection of eleven short stories, inspired by the title 'Why Me?' is sold on behalf of the charity Sea Shepherd.
You can find out more by clicking on the link Why Me?
The stories cover a whole range of subjects including a discussion about dragons (just a small one), animal cruelty, historical romance, the problems of living in the First World and many more.
Top Writer's Block is a group of Independent authors who come together from time to time to write collectively to raise funds for charity.
Barnaby is also pleased to announce that his own special event is still running at Smashwords. See the previous post for details.
You can find out more about all Barnaby's books at www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk

Barnaby has an event.

Buoyed by the success of the Olympics and the Paralympics and excited by the first Grand Slam Tennis win by a British player for more than seventy years, Barnaby has decided to hold his own event.

For the next two weeks you will be able to download copies of the first Tom Fletcher novel 'I Keep Thinking it's Tuesday' absolutely free. Click here









For the same period, you will also be able to download his first volume of short stories, 'Barnaby's Shorts (volume one)' at no cost. Click here

As if this wasn't enough, TWO books of quirky verse will also be downloadable for FREE. 'Animalia'  Click here  and 'Not at all Rhinocerus' Click here






All Barnaby asks in return, if you enjoy any of the books, is that you revisit the book pages at the links above and post a review as well as telling all your friends.

You can find out more about Barnaby and his books at www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk

Barnaby reshuffles his cabinet

Following news yesterday that the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, had reshuffled his cabinet for the first time in this Parliament in what is generally seen as a shift to the right, Barnaby decided that it would be a good time to reshuffle his own cabinet, which was bursting at the seams with a cornucopia of lost and misplaced items. Barnaby has often suspected that there must be a hidden room in his house since the number of things which have been put into a safe place and subsequently never been seen again, must be enough to fill a sizeable room by now. Sad to say, very few treasures were uncovered on this occasion, but order has been restored where once there was disorder.
Approximately half the items were shifted to the right and the other half shifted to the left, leaving the cabinet as unbalanced as it ever was.
With a warm glow of self satisfaction spreading over him following his exertions, Barnaby took a cold drink and a charged ereader out into the garden for a bit of well earned R and R.
Whether you decide to reshuffle your own cabinet or not, you could always take your own ereader, download one of Barnaby's books from www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk and award yourself an hour's R and R in your own chosen space. Go on. You know you want to.

Barnaby thinks about pigs

Actually, Barnaby has been thinking about a variety of animals during the past few days including badgers, chickens, pigs and monkeys, all of which are included in Gary Weston's new ebook Starlight Army, which has a theme concerning cruelty against animals. Su Kane and the Starlight Army ride out with the Revolting Animals Motorcycle Club to fight for those who share our planet but have no voice. Proceeds from his book go to the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)
(you can find out more about Starlight Army here )
Barnaby is happy to use this space to draw your attention to Gary's book, which is clearly getting a good reception from those who have already read it.
Of course, Barnaby also hopes that when you've checked out Gary Weston's books you'll also remember to visit www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk to sample more of his own books.
Whichever you choose, Happy Reading.

Barnaby thinks about road noise

Barnaby is fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the world, in Devon, surrounded by rolling hills and archetypal British farmland with it's patchwork of fields and hedges. He was walking with his partner and her dog yesterday and stopped to admire the view, which was, sadly, blighted by noise from the main road in the valley. Now Barnaby is not an engineer, but he supposes that since cars have become more aerodynamic over the years, with better and quieter engines, most of this noise is probably tyre noise. Perhaps the focus on tyre design over coming years could be to find ways to reduce this form of noise pollution and restore some tranquility to the countryside.
However, in the short term, Barnaby has a solution.
Find a comfortable spot with a great view. Open a bottle of wine, put in your earphones and play yourself some great background music. With your free hand, take up your ebook reader and try out one of Barnaby's books. A feast for the eyes, the ears, the mind and the stomach. What bliss!
You can find Barnaby's books as always at www.barnaby-wilde.co.uk