Val Penny

Happy International Women’s Day!
#internationalwomensday2026

Who is coming to Authors Invade Scotland?
If you like mystery, romance and great crime fiction - Make sure you stop by my stall to chat books and take the chance to win one!
See you in Scotland!
#authorsinvadescotland #glasgow #scotland #booksbooksandmorebooks #booksigningevent

Happy World Book Day!
What are you reading?

When you’re writing one book, editing another and prepping a third for publication…!
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #scotland #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #dsjanerenwickthrillers

Interview with Jane Walters Jane Walters is a very busy lady! Not only is she an author whose new book, Bless The Work Of Our Hands just launched last week, but she is also, amongst other things, Chair of the Association of Chri...

Catch up with author Jane Walters and her new book Bless the Work of our Hands on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/intervi...
#books #crafts #readers #faith

If I Were You – by Helen Matthews There are some authors whose books you just know you are going to love. For me, Helen Matthews is one such writer and so I am thrilled that she has been willing to share an extract of her new book, If...

Read the gripping extract from If I Were You by Helen Matthews @helenmatthews.bsky.social on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/if-i-we...
#books #crimefiction #readers

Thanks @wendybayne.bsky.social

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Authors At The Armouries 2026 tickets are on sale. Tickets are limited and likely to sell out, so be sure to get in there quick to avoid disappointment!

GET TICKETS HERE: www.ticketsource.co.uk/sml-events

#booksignings #crimefictionwriter #authorsatthearmouries

Routes to Publication Part II by Val Penny I genuinely feel that if you have put in all the work required to complete and novel (congratulations) it is a shame if it wastes away in your cupboard or on your computer. Therefore, I happily share ...

You can read my article about Routes to Publication on my blog today. I hope you find it helpful.
www.valpenny.com/post/routes-...
#publication #publishing #publishers #authors #books

Words Against Mental Illness Part 3 - From Cancer to Crime Fiction with Val Penny YouTube video by Art Against Mental Illness Podcast

I was interviewed by Alex Loveless for his podcast Art Against Mental Illness at the Auchterarder Book Festival. You can listen to our chat here:
youtu.be/Ls1z_VmaFmM
#crimefiction #auchterarderbookfestival #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #edinburgh #scotland

Routes to Publication by Val Penny Let me start at the very beginning. You will often hear people say - everyone has a book in them… This is not true. Others will tell you – I’m going to write a book when I retire… Most of them don’t. ...

You can read my article about routes to publication on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/routes-...
#publication #vanitypress #hybridpress #selfpublishing #valpenny

I’m thrilled to find a new 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force.
It’s great when readers enjoy my books!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers

Please share widely. Enter one of Britain's biggest crime prizes. We have some wonderful judges: @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Ayo Onatade, Renita D’Silva, Heloise Wood, thank you

joffebooks.com/prize-2025
#prize #entry #books #crime

I’m thrilled to be able to share that DI Hunter Wilson and I are joining JOFFE BOOKS.

Bookshop by Kay Parquet I am pleased to be able to support Kay Parquet and her novel entitled, The Bookshop on Blossom Street, as part of the tour arranged by Jessica Thompson of Bittersweet Tours. It is always an exciting t...

Author Kay Parquet has shared an extract from her book, Bookshop on Blossom Street. You can read it on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/booksho...
#books #extract #stories #readers

Thank you to everyone who downloaded
A Fighting Chance yesterday and helped me get so far up the Amazon charts.
🥰📚🥰
Best Sellers Rank
#1,212 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#2 in Noir Crime
#6 in Serial Killers
#18 in Organized Crime

The proper amount of sage for 2025...

#WriterShareWednesday
Kestrel and Scar must make a series of clandestine deliveries before dawn in Five and Twenty Ponies, now available on Itch for free!
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My Christmas gift to you -
A Fighting Chance (A Jane Renwick Thriller)
is #FREE today. You’ll find it here:
mybook.to/FightChance

2025 -What a Year! It has been a busy old writing year this year for me. I am beginning to find my feet in the world of Book Signings and enjoyed a successful event in Sheffield, Sugar and Spice run by the talented auth...

Read about my writing year and all it had to offer in my last blog post of the year today.
www.valpenny.com/post/2025-wh...
#books #readers #authors #crimefiction #booksignings #bookfestivals

Hunter's Secret : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 5 (DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thriller) Hunter's Secret : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 5 (DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thriller) eBook : Penny, Val : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Finding a 5🌟 review of Hunter’s Secret made me so happy this morning. Thank you to all my readers - especially ones who leave reviews!

‘It kept me guessing all the way through with lots of twists and turns of the plot . A very well written book with a surprising ending.’
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You can read my interview with Helen Forbes about her book Queen of Grime on my blog today
www.valpenny/queen-of-gri...
You will find the book here
amzn.eu/d/0CvxFTJ

It’s always lovely to read a 5🌟 review for one of my novels. Today I noticed this one for Hunter’s Rules. If you haven’t got the book, you’ll find here:
tinyurl.com/2s3myb5s

To all friends and family who celebrate:
Happy Hanukkah
#hanukkah #happyhanukkah #happyhanukkah🕎✡️

My second favourite word is #SALE but my favourite word is #FREE and Hunter’s Christmas is #FREE today - Merry Christmas to all my readers. So hurry or you’ll miss it!
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Evolve by Hetty Waite It is a pleasure to be part of the tour for Hetty Waite's new YA novel Evolve. Many thanks to Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the Lines for including me. Many thanks to Hetty for taking time to chat w...

Read my interview with YA author Hetty Waite about her new book Evolve here. The tour was arranged by Lynsey Adams.
www.valpenny.com/post/evolve-...
#ya #books #comingofagebooks #evolve

The Beholding Eye - Cable Street In the Blueprint of Her IrisPoems by Vikki C./Images by Robert Frede Kenter Beauty is an uncommon word today. Even when we talk about art, we express ourselves with many other nouns. As the philosophe...

When a prescient review uncovers dialogue that beautifully expands on the book's original premise – it's a special gift.

Honoured by @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social's remarkable review of IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS. Gratitude to @danadelibovi.bsky.social & team ❤️

cablestreet.org/issue-10-tab...

Split image: Main photo — black-and-white portrait of young Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the 1960s, smiling broadly in front of the large lattice structure at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (SW of Cambridge in the UK). Inset (left) — color portrait of Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell today, short graying hair, glasses, and a warm smile, wearing a blue jacket.

#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...

The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.

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#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect

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