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DHH Literary Agency @dhhlitagency.bsky.social · 3d

Happy publication to @paulwaters.bsky.social - a streetwise nun and a hotelier take on murder and mayhem in this brand new mystery, MURDER IN MOONLIT SQUARE, out today!

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · 12d

New We’d Like A Word podcast w @paulwaters.bsky.social Shalini Mullick @jeffreyarcher.bsky.social @authoramish.bsky.social & Amit Roy of the @easterneye.bsky.social newspaper. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · 21d

Not just a proof, a hardback of my new book, Murder in Moonlit Square, 1st in my Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in Chandni Chowk. Will be sharing it with you in Belfast London Delhi Chandigarh Kasauli & Gurgaon @goldsborobooks.bsky.social @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social @dhhlitagency.bsky.social

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · 26d

New on our database joining curated books set in #DELHI

www.tripfiction.com/books/murder...

Murder in Moonlit Square by @paulwaters.bsky.social
‘Takes us to the colour and crowds of modern Delhi, in pursuit of a killer. A charming start to a vibrant new mystery series’ Vaseem Khan
#bluekskybooks

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you @Waterstones.bksy.social for ordering copies of my book Murder in Moonlit Square, the first in my new Irish-Indian cosy crime series, pub Oct 2nd😊Here's where you can get them waterstones.com/book/murder-in… @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social @davidhheadley.bsky.social @dhhlitagency.bsky.social

Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · 29d

Queens of the Bestseller at @chilternkills.bsky.social crime festival: Claire Douglas @JaniceHallett.bsky.social @NikkiSmithauthor.bsky.social @AnnaMazz.bsky.social & @carolinegreen.bsky.social on Sat 4th Oct Gerrards Cross, in aid of Centrepoint & Big Issue. Tickets from ChilternKills.com

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Aug 16

Join @russeldmclean.bsky.social Mason Cross @craig-robertson.bsky.social @edjamesauthor.bsky.social & @neillancaster66.bsky.social for Scottish Crime at the #ChilternKills festival, Sat 4th Oct in Gerrards Cross, 20 mins from London Marylebone. Dozens of top authors. All proceeds to homeless causes

Tickets for the Chiltern Kills festival via www.ChilternKills.com

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Aug 13

Happy day - a proof of my new book, Murder in Moonlit Square has arrived. Time for a lightning final read. If some Irish-Indian cosy crime set in #ChandniChowk sounds good, then this is for you. #Ireland #India #delhi #books @dhhlitagency.bsky.social @chorleywoodbooks.bsky.social

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Jul 7

Tickets open via ChilternKills.com for @chilternkills.bsky.social crime fest 4Oct, Gerrards Cross in aid of @centrepointuk.bsky.social & @bigissue.com. Meet top authors inc @lisajewell.bsky.social @richardcoles.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social @jeremyvine.bsky.social

Poster for the Chiltern Kills crime & thriller festival.

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you for providing such great interviewees

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Jun 30

New ep of the #WedLikeAWord podcast on Catalan crime & translator secrets, hosted by @paulwaters.bsky.social & Stevyn Colgan, w Black Storms author @teresasolan.bsky.social Peter Bush & @marinasofia.bsky.social of @corylusb.bsky.social publisher + snoring dogs podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Cover of the book Black Storms by Teresa Solana.

Authors Paul Waters and Teresa Solana, and translator Peter Bush.

Authors and We’d Like A Word podcast co-hosts Paul Waters and Stevyn Colgan.

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Mark Vent @markvent.bsky.social · Nov 9

Many thanks to #WedLikeAWord (#stevyncolgan #PaulWaters) and guest #ajaychow for their competition in which I won an #MadeByGoogle Pixel Fold - a wonderful podcast, a great guest and a stunning prize!

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 30

At least one per scene, if Irish.

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 23

Pics from Himali at Tate Britain

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 23

In motion: #art from #India from Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser at @tate.bsky.social Britain on the great Indian Salt Hedge. Still pics in linked post…

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 17

Beware! Notorious armed robber Feathers McGraw is loose in London…

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Cranleigh Arts @cranleigharts.bsky.social · Apr 2

If you enjoy crime fiction or a psychological thriller, this event is definitely for you. Four top authors at one sitting @aachaudhuri.bsky.social @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social @paulwaters.bsky.social @sarahclarke.bsky.social
Tix cranleigharts.org/event/the-cr... #cranleighbookfest

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 14

And Andrew Finkel’s multi-layered book is The Adventure of the Second Wife - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan. #sherlock #sherlockholmes www.wedlikeaword.com

We'd Like a Word – with Paul Waters and Stevyn Colgan

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Apr 14

Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II loved Sherlock Holmes bedtime stories. More #quirkyturkey on the new 3-part ep of the We’d Like A Word podcast w hosts @paulwaters.bsky.social & Stevyn Colgan + Istanbul author @andrewfinkel.bsky.social. Listen on all platforms & here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Paul Waters, Andrew Finkel & Stevyn Colgan

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Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social · Mar 18

I’ve presented a #BBC World Service In The Studio show/podcast w artists Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser on their Indian Salt Hedge art at #SomersetHouse & #Tate Britain + a pre-order plea for my book Murder in Moonlight Square set in #Delhi, #Irish-#Indian cosy #crime crossover. Link in bio

Artists David Soin Tappeser and Himali Singh Soin on the BBC World Service documentary In The Studio by Paul Waters.

Artists David Soin Tappeser and Himali Singh Soin sitting with presenter and author Paul Waters inside the Tate Britain gallery.

Artistic and life partners David Soin Tappeser and Himali Singh Soin.

The book cover of Murder in Moonlit Square by Paul Waters.

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

There are many amazing photos after a brilliant @chilternkills.bsky.social this Sat

But this is the best one

Me and - as my co-founder of the festival, @paulwaters.bsky.social put it - ‘my sequel’

Note his pride of place ‘Author’ lanyard. As he would tell you: “I’ve written 7 books, you know!”

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

Chiltern Kills is a one-day crime-writing festival co-founded by @tonykentwrites.bsky.social & @paulwaters.bsky.social & held every Oct just outside London

Our patron is thriller legend Frederick Forsyth

Every penny raised in ticket sales goes to youth homelessness charity Centrepoint

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Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Dec 11

We laughed, we talked history and class differences, indomitable nuns, and whether foreign authors or their translators should 'pander' to an English-speaking audience. Great evening with Teresa Solana, Peter Bush, @paulwaters.bsky.social at Catalonia House!

From left to right: author Teresa Solana with grey hair and wearing a black leather jacket, holding her book Black Storms; translator Peter Bush, tall figure in dark clothes wearing glasses; Paul Waters with folded arms, wearing an orange top with a sort of waistcoat over it.

A long display of piles of books Black Storms by Teresa Solana

View of the panel of author, translator and representative of the Catalan government in UK, in the beautiful Tudor/Stuart room at Catalonia House with wood panelling and carved ceiling

Teresa Solana in action as part of the panel , sitting with one leg crossed over the other on a bar stool

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Nikki Smith @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social · Feb 19

Delighted that I will be at Cranleigh Book Festival alongside the brilliant @aachaudhuri.bsky.social @sarahclarke.bsky.social where you can hear us interviewed by the fabulous @paulwaters.bsky.social - if you are free on 24th April at 10.30am, do come & join us!
cranleigharts.org/event/the-cr...

The Crime Collective - Cranleigh Arts

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A.A. Chaudhuri @aachaudhuri.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thrilled to be at Cranleigh Book Festival this April alongside the incredible @nikkismithauthor.bsky.social & @sarahclarke.bsky.social. The brilliant @paulwaters.bsky.social will be putting us through our paces on all things crime fiction 👀 Hope to see you there: cranleigharts.org/event/the-cr...

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