Margaret M Ford - Author

23rd August 2022

In 2021 and 2022 new editions of all my full-length novels were published in paperback by FMW Publications. My e-Books were also updated. I hope to begin a book-signing tour shortly.

2nd August 2021

Professional readers for ‘Readers’ Favorite Reviews’ has recently awarded all my full-length novels the coveted 5-star emblem. And, besides “Lament for the Dead’ and ‘Beneath the Stone’, all my other novels will soon be published in paperback format and available in Australian Book Stores.

23rd December 2018

My long awaited children’s book ‘The Landonauts and the Rainbow Cloud’ (Book One) is now published and available. If it is reasonably successful, I have plans to write more stories with these characters for which I already have outlines. I wish everyone, particularly my readers a very Happy Christmas and New Year.

31st February 2017

My accident in September 2015 unfortunately put my writing career on hold. Progress has been very slow, but I’m happy to announce that I’m much better, now, and sufficiently recovered to resume book signings. I’ve advanced from wheelchair to walking frame to wheelie-walker and, at last, a walking stick, which I’m also hoping to ditch quite soon. I’m currently awaiting illustrations for a children’s book I’ve written, which is a complete departure from my usual genre of crime and mystery. But fans waiting for a new novel will be pleased to hear that I hope to begin work on a new one soon.

27th February 2016

Apologies to my publisher and venues booked for book signings in the past six months. I’ve been unable to fulfill any of these bookings due to a nasty and stupid accident at home: I slipped in the shower and shattered three vertebrae. The good news is that I’m now walking again, although it’s with the aid of a walking stick. I hope soon to be able to sit at my PC long enough to resume writing, which is usually my main activity. So I hope to please any fans out there by the publication of a new paperback, in 2017 or sooner. In the meantime, if you possess an e-Reader you can download from a choice of seven of my e-Book titles from the most popular e-Book stores online.

17th July 2015

Latest Update: Paperbacks selling well and second print runs planned.

24th February 2015

Margaret’s first book signing went very well. She says: ‘It was exhilarating!’ Incredibly, most people bought both titles though she signed more of BENEATH THE STONE than LAMENT FOR THE DEAD. Fingers crossed now that the rest of the tour goes just as well.

2nd February 2015

Paperback editions of Lament for the Dead and Beneath the Stone are now on the way to bookstores throughout Australia. Her first Book Signing will be in her hometown of Bairnsdale at Collins Bookstore, Main Street. Thursday 27th February at 6:45 p.m.

24th November 2014

Paperback editions of Beneath the Stone and Lament for the Dead will be launched December just in time for Christmas.

17th September 2014

Positive reviews for advanced copies of the new paperback edition of Lament for the Dead are coming in. Read the first one on my Home Page.

21st July 2014

Two of Margaret’s books have been accepted for paperback editions: Lament for the Dead and her latest novel Beneath the Stone. Launch dates soon.

30th June 2013

Margaret’s collection of short stories entitled Ten Minutes To Spare is now available in EPUB format on all KOBO outlets.

27th February 2013

Margaret’s latest publication, Ten Minutes To Spare, has reached 43 in Amazon's 100 best seller short story list within one week of publication.

18th February 2013

A small collection of Margaret’s short stories under the title Ten Minutes To Spare will be available for free download on Amazon/Kindle from 20th February for 5 days, and for 90 days on the KDP Select.

4th October 2012

Margaret’s eBooks are now selling well in America. And the inhabitants of the cold frontier of Alaska seem to have really taken them to heart. To all these readers, she sends a heartfelt thank you.

23rd May 2012

Radio 3ZZZ (Melbourne) 14 June 2012 between 1 – 2 p.m. Margaret will be interviewed by Marion Page, presenter of Women’s World.

11th April 2012

All five of Margaret’s eBooks are now available in ePUB format on KOBO, LULU, APPLE and all good eBookstores.

5th March 2012

Margaret’s latest novel, Shades of Darkness, published on Amazon/Kindle.

12th January 2012

Welcome to the Margaret M Ford website which has been completely updated. You can find more information about Margaret's work on this site now with links to online book stores at Amazon featuring Margaret's work.
There's also a section on other books which are currently being finished and prepared for publishing.

5th January 2012

Margaret’s novel Rayne's Summer is now available to purchase from Amazon simply click the link to go there now.

22nd December 2011

Margaret’s novel Lament for the Dead became available to purchase from Amazon simply click the link to go there now.

Older News:

March 2010

On 19th March 2010 Mr. Ken Douglas of Libros International collectively informed all authors that their contracts would not be honoured; the company was discarding paper format publishing in favour of e-books. This was done without any apology or care for those authors, like Margaret, whose novels were ready to go to press, despite waiting patiently for two or more years since signing.

Margaret has subsequently severed all contact with Libros International and is now searching for a new and dependable publisher for her work, and invites any interested publisher or literary agent to contact her.

21st December 2010

Margaret launched her Australian Web Page www.margaretmford.com.au

10th December 2009

Lament for the Dead is my first crime novel, for which I found inspiration in a local history book. I read about a genuine historical event occurring in 1903 at a small cottage hospital close to where I used to live in the UK, which I then used to blend into a fictional story. At the time I began writing the novel the hospital was derelict, and the eerie appearance of the buildings and grounds looked like the perfect setting for the nefarious activities of a deranged criminal. The hospital has since been demolished and the grounds now house a gated community for elderly residents.

8th December 2009

New website launch featuring all of Margaret M Ford's work to date.