The newsletter

A free book, then Thursdays

Start with a free Trussel & Gout story. After that, one email lands every Thursday: three weeks out of four it’s a letter from Wilfred, and the fourth is my monthly news.

Three Thursdays a month

Letters from Wilfred Bumblethump

Wilfred Bumblethump is head librarian at the magical Dragonstone library. I’m not quite sure how it started, but somehow we became friends, and now he likes to fill me in on what’s going on in his life.

His letters cover the books he keeps, the customers he serves, his dragon boss, the odd thinly veiled threat aimed at people with overdue books, and the occasional magical mishap.

Watercolour portrait of Wilfred Bumblethump: red pointed hat, round glasses and an enormous grey beard
Wilfred, who did not ask to be painted.

Your Thursdays

One email a week, always on a Thursday. Here’s a taste of what Wilfred sends.

  1. Thursday

    From the Desk of Wilfred BumblethumpMagical Librarian, Dragonstone Library

    Dear friend,

    I believe I have located the book.

    I hesitate to state this with confidence. It would be more accurate to say that I have found evidence of it.

    Signed Wilfred Bumblethump, with the Dragonstone Library seal
  2. Thursday

    From the Desk of Wilfred BumblethumpMagical Librarian, Dragonstone Library

    Dear friend,

    I have never in my life, before this week, completed a quest. I have chosen not to. Silly, annoying things that get in the way of one’s reading.

    Signed Wilfred Bumblethump, with the Dragonstone Library seal
  3. Thursday

    From the Desk of Wilfred BumblethumpMagical Librarian, Dragonstone Library

    …Do keep your hearth warm.

    P.S. I am quite certain I have not written anything further in the catalogue. I would very much like to remain certain of that.

    Signed Wilfred Bumblethump, with the Dragonstone Library seal
  4. Thursday

    My monthly news

    Once a month it’s me instead: new releases, where I’ll be signing, Kickstarter updates and behind-the-scenes bits.

How it works

  1. Click Send me the free book and pop your email in.
  2. BookFunnel sends you Hobgoblins Don’t Like Honey straight away.
  3. After that, you’ll hear from Wilfred on Thursdays (and, once a month, from me).

The small print

Every email has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. No hard feelings, and minimal haunting.

Wilfred has asked me to add that unsubscribing will not affect your library membership. He has also asked me to remind you about that book you still haven’t returned.