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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's official, The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop is out, launched at the wonderful #Aylesbury #Self-Pub #LitFest last Sunday. It's a sequel to my comic #cosymystery. #cozymystery #booksky

David Wake pretending to sign his new book.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another image of myself at the recent Discworld convention (2026, not what my reused lanyard says)

David Wake in front of his Derring-Do Club banner.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The new book is available on Amazon. amzn.to/4cXZ0Yu #booksky, #cosymystery, #cozymystery

The cover of The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#booksky, Be apprehensive, be slightly apprehensive...

The KDP pop-up of The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop under review to be published.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's official – coming soon, more murder, more mystery, more mayhem... and this time with a flapjack recipe. #booksky, #cosymystery #cozymystery.

Part of a sewn badge with the word 'official' but with blood stains!

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just been to Brierly Hill Market to do some author readings. Here's Dawn the Poet and I doing the opening chapter of The Murders of Conky Whallop. #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

After another convention (#Discworld last weekend), here's the obligatory picture of myself with an empty box that once held #books. This is in the dealer's marquee (or oven) during teardown. #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Here. Dawn and I at the #Discworld Convention, this weekend. I'm expressing my inner Tintin. A Dragon in the Title is going down well. #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

You wait for ages for a new book, and three proofs arrive at once. #writing #booksky. Coming soon...

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Just watched a video of a 'how to write' talk that used me for some of its examples. Very odd. And thankfully not in the sense of 'do what Jane Austen did, not what David Wake does'. #writing.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's me signing a copy of my book on a Kindle – such things are possible. #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If you prefer the cover on the left, then vote by buying a copy now. If you prefer the one on the right, then vote by waiting a week and buying it when I've done the rebrand :–) #cozymystery #comedy #booksky

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I upgraded my book holder. I use it to hold a paperback open when going through all the red ink I've added to the proof. It just needs painting and some washers. #writing #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This is on the BBC website. I've tried clicking the change button, but it doesn't do anything!

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Last Thursday, a number of New Street Authors joined the Solihull Writers at the Core for a set of readings: poetry and prose. Here's me reading from A Dragon in the Title. #booksky #writing

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Author on his birthday, who is 42 years old, and another author with his book that took 42 years to write. #writing #booksky

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The obligatory photo of upside-down boxes after selling books at Eastercon. This one with Gary, who sold my books far better than I did. Hence, the bigger box. #booksky #eastercon

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I have dismantled my Dejarik table – sniff.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Given that my stock order of The Derring-Do Club #hardbacks has arrived in time for #Eastercon, here's a pic of a happy fan with a full set. #booksky.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Popped back to Liverpool to visit old haunts. Where the band used to rehearse, Hessy's has gone, but here's Probe Records. It's moved twice since I used to hang out with the punks there.

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: That’s it, all done and here’s the summary. I’m not going to go through the numbers and Greek letters. I’m surprised there are so few cheats in these letters and #books. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Z is for Zombies, a pandemic of #zombies appear in the #romzomcom #book Dawn and Dave of the Dead. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Y is for Year, the Derring-Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts is the second #book in the series. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: X is for X-word, as a crossword will feature as a clue in the upcoming #cosymystery or #cozymystery, The Murder Clubs of Conky Whallop. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: W is for Way, The Raven’s Way will be the final #book of the Daughters of Égraine #trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: V is for Venice, which #Birmingham has more canals than in my #shortstory in New Street Stories, the New Street Authors #anthology. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: U is for Unicorn, because one appears in A Dragon in the Title, the recently published first #book in the Dragon Sword Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: T is for Trilogy, The Return of the Trilogy will be the final #book in the Dragon Sword #Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: S is for the Sword and the Sequel, #book 2 in the Dragon Sword Trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: R is for Roninko, a revenge #thriller set in #samurai Japan. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: Q is for Quest, which the Deering-Dolittle sisters will be going on in The River of Death. It’s the next #book in the series and I’m just over 70,000 words through the first draft. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: P is for Plus Sign, the third #book in the Thinkersphere #SF #policeprocedural series. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: O is for Other, the Other #Christmas Carol, which is a #novella. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: N is for Non-Fiction, Punk Publishing, co-written with Andy Conway, is a guide to #indiepublishing, explaining why and how you should #selfpublish. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: M is for Murders, more precisely, The Murders of Conky Whallop is a #cosymystery or #cozymystery #comedy book. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: L is for Large Print, The Murders of Conky Whallop comes in the large, #dyslexia friendly #lexend font, so you want miss any of the twists and turns of this #cosymystery. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: K is for Kali, who appears in the fifth Derring-Do Club adventure #book, the Sisterhood of the Death-Goddess. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: J is for Jackdaw, Jackdaw’s Choice is the first #book of The Daughters of Égraine trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: I is for I, the sentient phone in the SF #novel, I, Phone. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: H is for Hastag, the first #book of the Thinkersphere series. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: G is for Grey, the third Derring-Do Club #adventure #novel. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: F is for Future, the complete set of near-future SF police procedurals #ebooks in one #boxset. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: E is for Empire, the first #book of the Derring-Do Club adventures. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: D is for Death, the fourth #book of the Derring-Do Club adventures. #booksky #skybrarian

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David Wake @davidwake.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

#Reading Challenge for 2026: C is for Crow, the second #book of The Daughters of Égraine trilogy. #booksky #skybrarian

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