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Michael Gallagher is the author of two series of Victorian novels, one about a psychic, the other about a reformed thief.
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September arrives, and with it comes an overhaul of my website. The fortnightly recipes I post were proving popular on Bluesky, so you can now find the entire collection listed in the main menu.
They're no longer in the order they were published. Instead I've set them out like a cookbook, with sections for soups, salads, mains, etc., hoping it will be easier to browse and find the recipe you were looking for.
Featured book of the week:
GOOSEBERRY:
OCTAVIUS GUY & THE CASE OF THE THIEVING MAHARAJAH
When Rachel Blake and her elderly aunt are attacked in the street, enter the Blakes’ lawyer’s office boy, Gooseberry. Join him as he descends into London’s Victorian underworld to ferret out the truth, while spending as much of his employer’s money as he can along the way!
"This is an easy and thoroughly enjoyable read, with characters that become real in the minds eye, and a setting that evokes sounds and smells of how I imagine Victorian London to be. The story is told at a good pace, without unnecessary padding and with very good humour. I particularly enjoyed the cameo appearance of Prince Albert and the quirky personality given to him.
In the best sense of the phrase, Gooseberry is a rollicking good yarn."
George Burman (yes, that George!), Amazon UK Reviewer
Click here to download it for FREE!
Featured article of the week:
THE PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN THOMSON
The man whose photographs adorn my books
FROM BOOK TO PODCAST - A DIARY
The weekly ups and downs of turning Octopus into a podcast
OCTOPUS: THE PROLOGUE
Listen as Beric Livingstone narrates the entire prologue
Featured recipe of the week:
FALAFEL
SEPTEMBER'S FABULOUS FRIEND
This month's Fabulous Friend is George, who may have many of you wondering if and when he'll keep his promise to retire. Host of the very popular erstwhile 1PM Chat Quiz over on the other place, George is one of the few online friends I've met in real life.
If anyone's new here, the Fabulous Friends articles provide a great way to get to know some of the key members of our Bluesky circle. Go on! I know you want to give it a read! This month's Fabulous Friend.
KITTY'S PLAYLIST
Kitty spins her nine choices from her final time hosting the Jukebox
AND FINALLY...
Remember, all my novels are still FREE to download from Draft2Digital (formerly known as Smashwords until its recent merger).
Take at look at what readers say about them. Here on the website you even get to see the video in its entirety!
Summer from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Featuring John Harrison on violin
with Robert Turizziani conducting the Wichita State University Chamber Players
Sound recording © John Harrison, JohnHarrisonViolin.com
Edited version used under a CC-BY-SA 1.0 Generic licence
John Thomson’s images from “Street Life in London” (1876-77)
courtesy of the London School of Economics Digital Library
Used under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence
His book is available as a free pdf download from the London School of Economics Digital Library. Just click on the link.
FIND ME
Find me on bluesky at @mtgallagher.bsky.social:
