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    Excited children

    Excited children

    What a fabulous experience. Yesterday Alan and I ran a workshop for the children of Mousehole Primary School, who have been reading the...
    Heart-warming feedback

    Heart-warming feedback

    This email, from 8-year-old Niall O'Connell, is the kind of message that makes my day. We are so glad you enjoyed the book, Niall. Book 2...
    Selling well at St Michael's Mount!

    Selling well at St Michael's Mount!

    The gift shop on St Michael's Mount was one of the first places in Cornwall to stock the book. They have now sold out of their first...
    Sold out at Jamaica Inn!

    Sold out at Jamaica Inn!

    Copies of the book are selling like hot cakes at Jamaica Inn, one of the iconic historic places associated with the smuggling days of...
    Meet the characters

    Meet the characters

    The book text has been finalised and we have been waiting with bated breath for the final artwork to come in. Here is a taster of the...
    Meet the cover artist

    Meet the cover artist

    Meet the wonderful Donald MacLeod. He is a talented artists who created the original oil painting called Smuggling in Mounts Bay, which...
    In the press...

    In the press...

    The book will be dedicated to a wonderful and well-know Mousehole man. Read all about it in this Cornishman newspaper article.
    A sad farewell to 'Butts'

    A sad farewell to 'Butts'

    It is was with great sadness that I heard of the recent death of Mike 'Butts' Buttery. It was a paragraph in his book about Mousehole...
    The Mousehole cave...

    The Mousehole cave...

    I took a boat trip out to see the Mousehole cave - the very place where Joey has a close shave in The Smugglers of Mousehole.
    Get your T-shirt!

    Get your T-shirt!

    Film trailer launched!

    Film trailer launched!

    Excited children

    Excited children

    Captain Wylde

    Get your T-shirt!

    Posters now available to purchase

    It's go, go, go with the crowd funding...

    Film trailer launched!

    Story competition!

    Meet the actors

    Excited children

    Heart-warming feedback

    Selling well at St Michael's Mount!