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SEPTEMBER - 2025

Hi again

I hope you are well and settling into autumn.

I am sure you'll be relieved - delighted, in fact - to hear that I have not been on holiday in September, so you will not be subject to the sort of photograph album which comprised the August Newsletter. Although in that I included a picture of our American ash tree at the bottom of the garden and invited you to 'watch this space' ' See below....

Pretty spectacular, uh? And very short lived, I'm afraid. The second picture is just two weeks after the first and now, one week later, most of the leaves are on the patio, lawn, and in the flowerbeds on their way to the brown bin! Next stop - winter, but let's hope for an Indian summer in between.

Even without a holiday, I've had a very enjoyable and successful September . With book signings at Costa, in Bury's main Tesco - where I put on my usual couple of pounds - and T G Jones stores in the Trafford Centre and Beverley. A big thank you to all staff at all locations. T G Jones have taken over all the High Street W H Smith stores - and those in the shopping centres, but except for the name over the door, you wouldn't notice the difference. 

W H Smith's travel shops, at airports and motorway services, will continue as before with the WHS name. 

On the final day of the month - yesterday - I gave a talk about The Moorstone to the library group at Whitworth library near Rochdale. They were a lovely bunch and I had a great time.A big thank you to  Amy and Liam for inviting me and for hosting the event. The start of October is looking busy too with the following signings in the diary and a couple pending:-

• Saturday 4 October at T G Jones, George Street, Altrincham, from 10.30am to 5.00 pm

• Saturday 11 October at T G Jones, Foregate Street, Chester, again from 10.30 to 5.00.

I'll be signing copies of The Moorstone, but a purchase is not compulsory if you just want to drop by for a chat. I'd be delighted to see you.

I'm delighted already with the feedback I've had so far from readers of my latest book. It was a novel which very nearly didn't get written at all, coming almost as an afterthought on completion of my four-part Hotel St Kilda series. It has proved much more comfortable presenting potential readers with a stand-alone novel without a requirement for them to have read any previous books. And for those people who haven't experienced my earlier work and are tempted to do so after reading The Moorstone, all four books are still available through Amazon or my website - www.michaelknaggs.co.uk - where the original trilogy is on offer for £17.98, the price of just two books. Interested? Then go to the BOOKS tab and click on 'signed copies'

End of commercial. Stay safe and well.

Best regards

Michael

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