It is an honour today to feature a contribution from Malcolm Welshman in our Memoir Showcase.
You can read Malcolm's moving story I'm Missing my Mutt by clicking here.
You can read Malcolm's moving story I'm Missing my Mutt by clicking here.
Malcolm D Welshman
Malcolm began writing when he first joined a small animal veterinary hospital in West Sussex as a young vet, and started to attend evening classes in creative writing. The exploits at the hospital were the source of Interesting Stories from a Vet’s Casebook, a series of anecdotal tales that ran in the magazine, My Weekly, for fifteen years.
He went on to write a couple of booklets on kittens and puppies while continuing to dabble in features, providing copy for a variety of magazines such as People’s Friend, Yours, Parrot Magazine and Cat World.
On retiring from practice, he decided to write a novel. Pets in Prospect was born in January 2006. The second publisher he approached, Robert Hale, accepted the book and it was published in hardback, paperback, large print, audio, Czech and Japanese. The subsequent publicity saw him give over 24 radio interviews and more than 40 talks, including four Literary Festivals.
The book was reissued as Pets in a Pickle in May 2011 by John Blake Publishers; the ebook reached number two on Kindle’s bestseller list in September where it remained for two weeks.
The sequel, Pets on Parade, was published in April followed by Pets Aplenty, the third in the Prospect House series, published in 2014. The latter was a finalist in The Peoples’ Book Prize 2015 and has garnered 453 five star reviews on Amazon. Pets are a Pleasure is the fourth in the series. Malcolm has also written a memoir, An Armful of Animals, published in September 2018. His latest book, a children’s novel, Beasts in my Bedroom, was published in May 2024.
Through his writing, he’s been invited to talk about his animal experiences on cruise liners and as a result has completed 54 speaker engagements around the world over an eleven-year period.
Malcolm began writing when he first joined a small animal veterinary hospital in West Sussex as a young vet, and started to attend evening classes in creative writing. The exploits at the hospital were the source of Interesting Stories from a Vet’s Casebook, a series of anecdotal tales that ran in the magazine, My Weekly, for fifteen years.
He went on to write a couple of booklets on kittens and puppies while continuing to dabble in features, providing copy for a variety of magazines such as People’s Friend, Yours, Parrot Magazine and Cat World.
On retiring from practice, he decided to write a novel. Pets in Prospect was born in January 2006. The second publisher he approached, Robert Hale, accepted the book and it was published in hardback, paperback, large print, audio, Czech and Japanese. The subsequent publicity saw him give over 24 radio interviews and more than 40 talks, including four Literary Festivals.
The book was reissued as Pets in a Pickle in May 2011 by John Blake Publishers; the ebook reached number two on Kindle’s bestseller list in September where it remained for two weeks.
The sequel, Pets on Parade, was published in April followed by Pets Aplenty, the third in the Prospect House series, published in 2014. The latter was a finalist in The Peoples’ Book Prize 2015 and has garnered 453 five star reviews on Amazon. Pets are a Pleasure is the fourth in the series. Malcolm has also written a memoir, An Armful of Animals, published in September 2018. His latest book, a children’s novel, Beasts in my Bedroom, was published in May 2024.
Through his writing, he’s been invited to talk about his animal experiences on cruise liners and as a result has completed 54 speaker engagements around the world over an eleven-year period.
Malcolm and Dora
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Beasts in my Bedroom: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035851792
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Beasts in my Bedroom: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035851792
