I’m a retired vet and author. My first novel, published by John Blake Publishing in May 2011, was Pets in a Pickle. This has a foreword by James Herriot’s son and quotes by Sir Terry Wogan and Richard Madeley, amongst others. The ebook version reached number two on Amazon Kindle’s bestseller list. The second book in the series, Pets on Parade, was published in April 2012, the third, Pets Aplenty, in August 2014 and the fourth, Pets are a Pleasure in February 2020. There was a memoir, An Armful of Animals, in September 2018 and the latest, a children’s novel, Beasts in my Bedroom, in May 2024

I also write for several national magazines, especially The People’s Friend, and have had occasional features in the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times.

As a guest speaker on cruise ships, I’ve completed 54 engagements over an eleven-year period. It’s been a wonderful way to see different parts of the world while at the same time sharing my experiences of life with animals and I feel extremely lucky to have had this privilege.

Hope you enjoy having a look round my website.

Thanks for popping in.

Malcolm Welshman

My latest book – Beasts in my Bedroom

Beasts in my Bedroom is an auto-fictional account of my childhood in Nigeria aimed at 9- 12 year-old readers. It’s an amalgam of the encounters I had with a variety of animals and how they impacted on my life ranging from a cobra trapping me the bathroom through rearing a baby Patas monkey to attempting to treat the sore toe of a camel. All these experiences made me determined to become a vet when I grew up.