Hope it’s OK to share this here?  My new book about the Island Line upgrade has just been published and is available to order from Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Upgrading-the-Isle-of-Wights-Railway-Hardback/p/51054

Should be available from other suppliers soon.

Just in case anyone would like a signed copy of this book - there’s currently a very limited number of signed copies for sale in both The St Ives Bookseller, St Ives, and The Edge of the World Bookshop, Penzance.

Finally it’s arrived!  ‘The St Ives Branch Line: A History’ is available to order NOW from Pen & Sword and will be available very soon from all good booksellers.
 
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-St-Ives-Branch-Line-A-History-Hardback/p/21452

For info, the Pen & Sword website has a sale on at the moment, with 30% off on all their titles, which means you can pre-order the St Ives book for only £17.50, plus postage: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-St-Ives-Branch-Line-A-History-Hardback/p/21452

Thanks, Graham! I don’t know that there’s much to say about me.  I grew up on the Southern Region and now live in London so I’m not really a Great Westerner.  My connection to the West Country is that my wife is from Plymouth (she’s half-Cornish, half-Devonian) and with her I’ve visited the area a lot - including lots of holidays in St Ives.

This is my fourth book.  I’ve previously written two about the Isle of Wight’s railways and one about the Bluebell Line, so this is my first time writing about GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) territory.  I hope people enjoy it!

I hope it’s OK to post this here?

My new book “The St Ives Branch Line: A History” will be published by Pen & Sword Books this summer.

Contains a full history of the St Ives branch from the nineteenth century to the G7 Summit.  Includes around 120 photos, mostly in colour, of the line through the ages.  60,000 words plus a foreword by broadcaster Tim Dunn.

Available to pre-order now from some of these sellers: https://linktr.ee/Stivesbranch