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Writers Enjoying Words

Published 14th October 2025

Another new book from David Hiscox: American Peckers American Peckers is an unusual, genre-bending philosophical mystery set in the afterlife, where the boundaries between truth and legacy blur. When a mortal visitor is mysteriously wronged in paradise, the celestial order is shaken. Enter Confucius, the ancient sage and moral compass of paradise, who turns celestial […]

Published 14th October 2025

A new book from David Hiscox: A Journey to the East: On the Hippy Trail. In the early 1970s, with a backpack and a thirst for discovery, the author boards a bus in London bound for Kathmandu, tracing the legendary Hippy Trail through Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. This evocative travel memoir chronicles […]

Treacle

Published 11th December 2024

Another new book from David Hiscox, also set in Compton Mullberry. Treacle is the charming tale of a determined female weasel who has embarked on a journey to find a new home. Forced to leave her previous dwelling due to unforeseen circumstances, Treacle’s quest for shelter leads her to a beautiful and serene churchyard cemetery […]

Compton Mullberry

Published 11th December 2024

A new book by David Hiscox from Writers Enjoying Words. This was originally inspired by one of our writing prompts – What’s that smell?, and it grew from there. The writing group at the time all have their names used for a character – though Dave assured us that the characters are not based on […]

Successful Book Launch

Published 25th July 2024

Dorothy Al-Khafaji celebrated the launch of her latest book Moving On – Sometimes Love is not Enough in The Wellfield Bookshop, Cardiff with U3A members, family and other friends. Moving On is available on Amazon for Kindle or in paperback

Moving On – Sometimes Love is Not Enough

Published 21st June 2024

The lastest novel from Dorothy Al-Khafaji, published 16 February 2024. Ageing Maggie Johnson relives past events, some happy, others funny or sad, in her dreams. As a teenager in the fifties, Maggie dreams of a fulfilling career, but it isn’t always easy with a demanding husband and two growing sons to care for. For a […]

The Shadow Fairy

Published 14th February 2024

At the begining of things there was only blackness and then vibration. The Shadow Fairy tells the charming story of how a kind fairy came to give colours and shadows to the waiting universe. The Shadow Fairy by David Hiscox is available from Amazon in paperback or for Kindle

With Grave Consequences

Published 13th January 2024

The third D I Mandy Wilde novel by Jacqueline Harrett Published 5th December 2023 Diamond Books ISBN 1915649323 A dead teenager. A dying mother. A missing baby. DI Mandy Wilde and her team have a mystery to solve. With her pregnant twin sister, Joy, back in Cardiff the tension isn’t all work based. Life has […]

Connecting Who: Artificial Beings

Published 15th August 2023

The Cybermen, the Weeping Angels, the Daleks… the artificial beings of Doctor Who are some of the most iconic in science fiction. But what inspired them? Connecting Who traces their origins back to the myths, folktales and real events of history; the teachings of religion; not to mention the wealth of other sci-fi writing […]

The Whispering Trees

Published 16th February 2023

The Whispering Trees by Jacqueline Harrett Published Nov 2022 by Diamond Books ISBN 978-1915649188 The second DI Mandy Wilde novel. The unidentified body of a young man is found in Nant Fawr woods, Cardiff, giving DI Mandy Wilde and her team a big problem. There’s only one clue – his expensive handmade shoes.But where is […]