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Updates

There have been a few changes since the website was last updated. A Peculiar Patron has been released and we've had an author event at the Book Nook Bakery in Tamworth which was an absolute hoot!
Here's Reg with the rest of the news:

Thanks to unprecedented sales, The Feline Machine has recently moved from the cellar of The Western Imperial Tea Society to a little cottage in the woods. They've taken all the blasted cats with them and people have started calling it The Cattage. Ridiculous name if you ask me, but at least they're all out of my hair.Anyway, I'm lead to believe that they're working on book two at the moment and it's due out by the end of March so I've added another one of those countdown thingies since you all love numbers so much.

Sir Reginald Albright (secretary)

    About

    I am C. R. Walker, author of A Peculiar Patron.My literary empire is run by me and an army of cats, many of whom are no longer with us and exist solely to meow orders and get in the way. I am in the process of assigning jobs to them all but, being cats, they are...unwilling.I drink far too much tea and eat far too many biscuits and can be found at my very grown-up day-job, at a fictional cottage in the woods trying to write book two, or spending time with my lady wife, my children and my menagerie.If you're really lucky, I can be found on Threads, talking the toot with other authors and readers and-less regularly-on Instagram and Tiktok.

    The books

    A small—but growing—shelf of books from the Machine. Select the thumbnails below for more details and purchasing information

    A Peculiar Patron

    Author:C. R. Walker
    ISBN:9781067665906
    Publisher:Feline Machine Books
    Publication date:30th June 2026
    Format:Paperback and eBook
    Pages:320
    Genre:Humorous Fantasy
    Series:The Witch's Path

    You can’t save the world. But you will fix it afterwards.As if being twelve wasn’t hard enough! When a talking cat moves in with Alice Reed, she’s drawn into a world of manipulative witches, powerful aristocrats, and time‑travelling buffoons.And these are the good guys!Just to teach her the lessons that she will need to do great things.What great things? Nobody will tell her!Between magical creatures, evil queens, homework, and a constant supply of tea and biscuits, Alice must learn a difficult lesson: some games are already in motion before you’ve even got the board out of the box.

    The Feline Machine

    Author:C. R. Walker
    Publisher:Feline Machine Books
    Publication date:14th April 2026
    Format:eBook
    Pages:15
    Genre:Humorous Fantasy
    Series:Elevenses

    A very short story of biscuits and baffling machinery.Alice only meant to help the Cat fix his Machine. She did not mean to trigger a chain of events involving stolen biscuits, a mysterious power source, and an angry mustelid.Set between the prologue and chapter one of A Peculiar Patron, this short story is part of the Elevenses collection — tiny slices of magical chaos from the days when Alice was still eleven and the adults were… well, no more responsible than they are now.A cosy, comedic fantasy perfect for a tea break. With cover art by Ashley Knight

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