Coming up this Tuesday 6th October in Kentish Town at the @OwlBookshop 6.30pm - authors Ajay Chowdhury & Paul Waters (that’s me) talking about new books + Dan Carrier of the Camden New Journal. All readers & book lovers welcome. #camden #books #authors

This Saturday, Chorleywood Library, Global Noir crime fest for @WycombeHomeless w Icelanders @solveigpals Jon Atli Jonasson Erlendur Arason @graskeggur + @VaseemKhanUK @TimJRSullivan @Anna_Mazz @AAChaudhuri @felix__francis @nicky_agent & me. 2.45pm £15 tinyurl.com/2n9ym4r

The inspiration for my Delhi-based Irish_Indian cosy crime mystery, Death at the Elephant House, came from unexpected places - @abhiart @BelfastZoo - thanks @CrimeTimeUK @BarryForshaw3 @bedsqpublishers @noexitpress @DHHlitagency & @HachetteIndia

Mellow times at @MiltonsCottage 6pm Friday 11th September in @StGilesVillage with Pimms, poetry & music. Be charmed by Orpheus & seduced by the serpent - & support a living gem of world literature in beautiful & historic surroundings. friendsofmiltonscottage.org.…

I’m judging the creative writing awards again for adults & young people at the @StGilesVillage Show. The theme is TOYS. Get your entries in. I’ll also be recording a live episode of the @WedLikeAWord podcast & maybe moonlighting on the Crocus Bookshop stall. See you there…

Criminal masterminds @VaseemKhanUK & @TimJRSullivan will be sparring at the Global Noir crime writing fest in Chorleywood on Sat 3rd October in aid of @WycombeHomeless Tickets to join them + pitch your own book to agent @nicky_agent of @WGMAtlantic via eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-no…

A top tier of crime authors @annamazzolawriter @aachaudhuri & @felixfrancis chaired by @paul_waters_author at the Global Noir crime fest in Chorleywood from 2.45pm Sat 3rd October, w @CWBookshop in aid of @WycombeHomeless. Plus much more. Tickets via eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-no…

Our Nordic Nemesis panel at the Global Noir festival in Chorleywood on Saturday 3rd October from 2.45pm: Icelanders @solveigpals Jón Atli Jónasson, Erlendur Arson & @graskeggur - chaired by @avid_eva in aid of Wycombe Homeless Connection. Tickets via eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-no…

new Global Noir crime writing fest, Sat 3rd Oct, Chorleywood in aid of @WycombeHomeless, featuring Icelanders @solveigpals Jón Atli Jónasson, Erlendur Arason + @VaseemKhanUK Anna Mazzola @TimJRSullivan @AAChaudhuri @felix__francis @graskeggur @nicky_agent eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-no…

It would be a crime to miss this new book event - Global Noir in Chorleywood afternoon of Saturday 3rd October

Lovely meeting readers with @TimWeaverBooks & @mjarlidge at @CWBookshop especially Judith & Yvonne. The Missing Women by Tim & Out of the Ashes by MJ/Matt are both gripping. Signed copies at Chorleywood Bookshop. (They also have Murder in Moonlit Square by me.) Thanks Sheryl.

Cover reveal for my next book, Death at the Elephant House, book 2 in my Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Sister Agatha Murphy & Avtar Mehta will be back in October. AND it’s confirmed that there’ll also be books 3 & 4. Happy reading. #Ireland #India

Big week for me! Thanks to the @NewJournal for featuring me & my Irish-Indian cosy crime mystery, Murder in Moonlit Square, set in Delhi. And yes, I did celebrate with a pint of @GuinnessGB inside the Devonshire.

Thank you to whoever tidied up the books in the @StGilesVillage @bluebookhouse - you can see some beauties inside now. Why don’t you pick a free book, read it, and then pass it on or keep it forever. #littlefreelibrary

Dr Who is in the @StGilesVillage @bluebookhouse w @EoinColfer @flamelauthor @malorieblackman @AlexScarrow @monstroso @neilhimself & lots more. As always, pick a book, read it, then pass it on or keep it forever. #littlefreelibrary #drwho #books #reading

Is this normal? After talking about my book Murder in Moonlit Square at the @KeralaLitFest in Kozhikode, India, I took a speedboat to the book signing booth. One way to dodge a 700,000 strong crowd, I suppose. BTW you can now pre-order the sequel, Death at the Elephant House.

I had a chat with Pushkar of @NewAsianWriter at @oxfordbookstore at Connaught Place in Delhi. This is the result. Recommending @GhoshAmitav @willrdean @eoinmcnamee3 @Shussainzaidi & others. You can pick up signed copies of my own Murder in Moonlit Square at Oxford Books at CP.

Rare sighting of two books by me together: Blackwatertown, thriller set on the 1950s Irish border; Murder in Moonlit Square, Irish-Indian cosy crime set in Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Published by @bedsqpublishers Spotted by a handsome chap at @Waterstones near UCL London.

Just finished - there’s a ghost in my room - by @SanjoyRoyTWA. It almost makes me believe in ghosts and certainly makes me want to. It’s also a great journey through recent Indian arts, culture, society and creativity. (And my gosh they put away a lot of booze!)

Listen my lovelies, there's been a lot of criticism of people using AI to write books & I don't think that's the way to win hearts and minds. So let me tell you instead, with the best of intentions, what you're missing out on. Here's the thing - writing books is hard. I don't know anyone who was a brilliant writer the first second they began. It's a journey and a learning curve. There are frustrations, challenges, disappointments and failures along the way. But the point is that the journey is still the good bit. Because at the end of it all you have such a sense of pride and achievement that it can be life changing. You don't need a million pound book deal to feel it. The discipline, hard work, time, dedication, passion and intensity all pay out. It's a feeling like nothing else. So for your own sake, stick with the writing. The actual hard work. And yes, I know it's tough. (Really, really.) But nothing quick and easy gives you a real sense of fulfilment. Want to be a writer? Then the painful truth is that you have to write. Good days, bad days, boring days, days where you rip it up and start again. But my God, the days when you hold a book in your hands and think "I created this. From my brain, my soul, my life experience, my sweat and tears." Those days are golden. And you can have that, but only if you put in the hours. Because otherwise, you'll look at that book forever and the truth (that perhaps only you will know) is "Those aren't my words." Just try.