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We started #THIF Thank Holmes It's Friday in early 2021 and this week will be the 50th week. In that time we have featured over 100 different titles and given away over 1,000 audiobooks. From short story collections to novels, non-fiction to children's books most weeks we have given away 2 or even three titles. As we head into 2022 we aim to keep going. We have lots of new titles coming and an increasing number of our 500 book back catalogue. We wanted to take a moment to thank those fans who receive the free books that go on to...

The response to our new app has been wonderful - especially from leading Sherlockians for our interview program.  We launched with Lee Child talking about 'Reacher and Sherlock' and have loads of interviews lined up for 2022 including: Jeffrey Hatcher (Mr. Holmes) Otto Penzler (Mysterious Bookshop) Many authors including Bonnie MacBird and Nicholas Meyer Scott Monty and Burt Wolder (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere) Every month we'll be adding in at least four new Sherlock Holmes stories and some more theatre performances. They'll be more from 'The Deductionist' Ben Cardall too. To celebrate Christmas, if you take out a monthly...

Week 49 - All the best in new Sherlock Holmes content... Due to the fantastic response to our audio app we've extended the launch discount until the end of December. The launch has the Lee Child (Reacher and Sherlock) interview and coming in 2022 interviews with Jeffrey Hatcher (Mr Holmes), Bonnie MacBird, Nicholas Meyer, Otto Penzler and IHOSE's Scott and Burt. We're currently in Kenya working on one of the projects that your book purchases support - Happy Life Children's Home.  You can read out updates on our blog - News (click here). So please bear with us if it takes a...

Here's our second update from Kenya and Happy Life (you can read the first here). Day 4-6 - Toddlers, Rain, and Vaccines The weather has been the wettest we've ever experienced in December with heavy rains daily. The main effect being we have taken more Ubers between the rescue centre and hotel - it's 2km in distance so not far, but in torrential rain with muddy roads not great. It's also meant more talking to Uber drivers, who are a great source of local news. Our driver yesterday was fully vaccinated but said that many were afraid to take the...

After a couple of flights and about thirteen hours in the air we arrived in Nairobi to some heavy rain but very warm. We're here to spend time at Happy Life Children's Home - one of our main projects that MX Publishing support. Every time you buy books on this site, it contributes to projects for abandoned children in Kenya. This year its #bookstobooks - with over 800 funded this year so far.   Days 1-3 - Many Things Have Changed We had visited Happy Life every Christmas for seven years but missed last year as Kenya was blocked for travel...