9 Diamonds Press

29/06/2024

Cairo Jim and the Secret Sepulchre of the Sphinx -- A Tale of Incalculable Inversion! The sixth astounding story in the Cairo Jim Chronicles.

When that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his friends Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel and Jocelyn Osgood, make the ‘find of the century’, a new enemy on the scene sets out to discredit Jim and destroy his hard-won reputation …

Another mind-blowing mystery of history from the master of archaeological humour and suspense, Geoffrey McSkimming. The BIGGEST DISCOVERY of all the Cairo Jim stories!

"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." -- Australian Book Review

"Yet another outrageous adventure, this is classic McSkimming, complete with a devious plot that will keep pages turning until the very end. Readers with a taste for parody are finding his exploits addictive. This one is top class." -- Australian Bookseller and Publisher

06/04/2024

At last! The third Jocelyn Osgood jaunt, Ascent Into Asgard, has settled! Jocelyn gets by with a little helve from her friends, but will their fates be hammered home? Links to purchase may be found below ...

While stopping over in Norway, Joan Twilight buys a rusty old hammer for her friend, Jocelyn Osgood (the well-known Flight Attendant with Valkyrian Airways and 'good friend' of Cairo Jim), whom she knows has a minor passion for antiquities.

With advice from Cairo Jim, Jocelyn and Joan seek out Professor Kurt Snerdforst, an expert on things now forgotten. Jocelyn decides to return the hammer to an isolated location in Norway's cold, northern regions.

Slowly, however, the shadows of an ancient world begin to creep across their journey, as the hammer proves to be much more than a worthless, dusty relic ...

"If you like bizarre adventures, flamboyant characters, great plots and hilarious encounters ... then the Jocelyn Osgood/Cairo Jim adventures are for you."
—Australian Bookseller and Publisher

Book 19 in the Cairo Jim chronicles.

Book cover and design by Sue-Anne Webster.

02/04/2024

The new trailer for Jocelyn Osgood: Xylophones Above Zarundi has just taken off! A chaotic tale of melody, with twists aplenty!
And, if you can't live without the book, links to purchase are below ...

While on a stopover in the mysterious African country of Zarundi, Jocelyn Osgood—that well-known Valkyrian Airways Flight Attendant and 'good friend' of Cair...

31/03/2024

Attention Jocelyn Osgood fans!
The new edition of Jocelyn Osgood: Xylophones Above Zarundi has just taken off in ebook and paperback.
Click on the links below to obtain your copy, and come along on this astounding jaunt of chaotic melody.
Book 18 in the Cairo Jim chronicles ...

Book cover and design by Sue-Anne Webster

25/03/2024

Brand new trailer for Jocelyn Osgood: After the Puce Empress has just landed!
* Glimpse Jocelyn Osgood!
* Spy Gordon Slenderhead!
* See Hildegard Schnell!
* View Marion Blowgrave
* Gasp at Zsa Zsa the axolotl
And, if you can't live without the book, links to purchase are below ...

While on a stormbound flight to Shanghai, a mysterious old man from Manchuria thrusts a strange object into the hand of Jocelyn Osgood, the well-known Flight...

24/03/2024

Spin me around erratically and call me a propeller!
Attention Jocelyn Osgood fans!
Finally, a new edition of Jocelyn Osgood: After the Puce Empress is available in eBook and paperback.
Click on the links below to obtain your copy and rediscover this astonishing quest to the secret of pure magic.
Book 17 in the Cairo Jim chronicles ...

01/07/2023

Direct from the imaginative mind of Geoffrey McSkimming comes OGRE in a TOGA and MORE perverse verse!
With most of the oldies, but goodies, we've added new goodies.
Drama students use these verses for voice training, Poetry lovers enjoy these verses 'just because'. Sisters use these verses to throw at their brothers.
Filled with fun illustrations, designed by Sue-Anne Webster
Pick up your copy from Amazon 👇
Geoffrey McSkimming is the author of more than thirty books for young readers, including the internationally successful Cairo Jim Chronicles and the Phyllis Wong Mysteries. He has had hundreds of short stories published in magazines, including the NSW School Magazine in Australia, the world’s longest-running children’s literary magazine. He has also written character-based tours for the Art Gallery of NSW and the State Library of NSW.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0645107883/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RT2X51GFKLZC&keywords=Ogre+in+a+Toga&qid=1688182083&s=books&sprefix=ogre+in+a+toga%2Cstripbooks%2C234&sr=1-1

03/12/2021

Some new Cairo Jims arrived today, hot off the presses. Thanks to everyone who's ordered books ... they're on their way!

17/11/2021

ORDER NOW ... Go ahead, stuff your stockings!
We're reading reports that bookshops fear they'll be short of stock for the Christmas rush, due to distribution problems. Well, did you know that you can order all of our Cairo Jim and Phyllis Wong books, plus Astounding! Quick Slick Magic Tricks, direct from Amazon, and you will have them in about a week? Now, that's swell!
https://www.amazon.com/Geoffrey-McSkimming/e/B00JECY5B0%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

20/10/2021

We've just received our first copies of Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes and they look swoggling! AND, to give you a taste of what is now available, here is the NEW TRAILER. Watch with your sound turned to FULL to return with Cairo Jim!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f52zmDowNBk

He's back!The 16th extraordinary annal in the Cairo Jim chronicles by Geoffrey McSkimming!A Tale of Mystery, Malevolence and Meringueswww.cairojim.comwww.9di...

11/10/2021

HE IS BACK!

Cover reveal for Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes -- The Return of Cairo Jim! The BRAND NEW Cairo Jim story, paperback and ebook out in November! Watch this space for pre-order details and for the BOLD new trailer!

Cover by Sue-Anne Webster. Words by Geoffrey McSkimming.

24/09/2021

A Tale of Extraordinary Entanglement.
We last saw Cairo Jim in Cambodia before he vanished!
Book trailer below ⬇
Check out the new Cairo Jim and the Astragals of Angkor in paperback by 9 Diamonds Press.
https://www.amazon.com/Cairo-Jim-Astragals-Angkor-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B079MCXRPT?language=en_US

The Astragals of Angkor, strange ancient carvings from Cambodia, are rediscovered in the Vaults of Abandonment, deep below the Old Relics Society in Cairo. Where did the Astragals come from? Who are the people depicted on them? And why are they shown in such outrageous positions?

Cairo Jim, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, finds himself faced with the most astounding revelations of his career in this fifteenth tale in the Cairo Jim Chronicles. Little does he realise that such bizarre contortions may lead to monumental destruction of all that we know …

30 years of Cairo Jim — 1991 - 2021
Coming in November, Cairo Jim returns in ...
Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes.

24/09/2021

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION in India ... in the new paperback version of Cairo Jim in Bedlam from Bollywood! BOOK 12
Book trailer below ⬇
Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cairo-Jim-Bedlam-Bollywood-Incredulity/dp/0645107824/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Cairo+Jim+Bollywood+Book+12&qid=1632523068&s=books&sr=1-1

An Indian Tale if Incredulity

From a Bollywood film studio in India, Valkyrian Airways flight attendant Jocelyn Osgood finds herself flung into a subcontinent of intrigue, danger and curries, the likes of which she has never known. But this is only the beginning compared to what awaits her good friend, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his companions Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel. Does the jungle really hold all the secrets of magic whispered of by those who believe in such things?

The 12th bout of suspenseful, breakneck nonsense and inspired whimsy from the man who marches to a rhythm all his own, Geoffrey McSkimming!

30 years of Cairo Jim — 1991 - 2021
Coming in November, Cairo Jim returns in ...
Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes.

23/09/2021

MORE paperback news: BOOK 14 is now available!
Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus ... in Pompeii, ITALY!
Book trailer below ⬇️
Pick up your copy through Amazon ...
https://www.amazon.com/Cairo-Jim-Crossroads-Orpheus-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B0784J1BV3

All's smell that ends smell!

In the dusty ruins of the ancient House of the Perfumer at Pompeii, astonishing discoveries are taking place! Perfumes, long forgotten, are being reinvented and given new life. But when one of these whiffs of wonderment—believed to have legendary hypnotic powers—goes missing, it is up to that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, and his friends to try to stop a rush of evil so gargantuan that the world could be plunged into a chasm of eternal terror!

The 14th subtle onslaught of whimsy and historical strangeness from that inky, tireless scribbler, Geoffrey McSkimming!

"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." — Australian Book Review

"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." — The Age

30 years of Cairo Jim — 1991 - 2021
Coming in November, Cairo Jim returns in ...
Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes.

22/09/2021

NEWS: Paperback now available! S-WOGGLING fun in BOOK 13
Cairo Jim and the Sumptuous Stash of Silenus.
Danger, delusion and deviousness collide in ancient Greece!
Book trailer in the comments below ⬇ Turn up the sound 🎼
Grab your copy here:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075VRKSS2?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_12&storeType=ebooks

Is it possible that one of the greatest and most powerful beings from ancient mythology could still actually exist in the 21st century? Is it possible that Neptune F. Bone, that dangerous and deluded evil genius, knows of his whereabouts? Is it possible that Cairo Jim, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, and his friends Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel find themselves faced with another mystery of history, and a trail of gold, greed and gruesomeness?

The 13th account of unexpected delvings and ancient rediscoveries from Cairo Jim's ardent and exuberant chronicler, Geoffrey McSkimming!

"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." — Australian Book Review

"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." — The Age

30 years of Cairo Jim — 1991 - 2021
Coming in November, Cairo Jim returns in ...
Cairo Jim and the Portal of Peristophanes.

20/09/2021

NEWS: Paperback now available!
Travel to the Land of Sand for a rollicking adventure in Cairo Jim and the Rorting of Rameses' Regalia.
Book trailer in the comments below ⬇️
Grab you copy from Amazon ... https://www.amazon.com/Cairo-Jim-Rorting-Rameses-Regalia-ebook/dp/B073PYGDN7

In a dark, long-forgotten antechamber in the Temple of Hathor, an astonishing hieroglyphic discovery has been made!

What have the hieroglyphics got to do with the legendary Transilient Sceptre of Rameses? Is it true that this dust-smothered ancient sceptre could possibly have the astounding powers attributed to it? Will this power once again see the light of day in this modern age?

Cairo Jim, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, and his friends Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel find out that all that glitters is NOT gold in this, the 11th startling mystery of history from Geoffrey McSkimming's vast cache of the relentlessly bizarre and whimsical!

"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly embedded in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." — Australian Book Review

"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." — The Age

18/08/2021

Our author Geoffrey McSkimming is part of a BIG BOOK WEEK ZOOM FEST next week! Register for free WHEREVER you are!
Join Geoffrey and a host of other marvellous authors on Tuesday and Wednesday next week for fun literary sessions. Don't miss out!

Announcements Virtual Book Week is Coming! 10 sessions from Monday 23rd August to Friday 27th August Thank you so much for registering your interest in Virtual Book Week. The response […]

01/08/2021

The 9 Diamonds Press team is interviewed by BellaDonna on The Lockdown Lounge ...

Join Female Magician Belladonna in the Magical land of Oz for the lockdown lounge as she talks about magic, art and more with some of her fellow magicians an...

14/06/2021

He's coming back!

It was thirty years ago today that Cairo Jim's first adventure was published, and in November this year he is returning!

26/05/2021

Would you like a welcome escape from the world in which we are embroiled? A few minutes of whimsical yet inspired distraction? If you answered YES in your mind or from out of your mouth to these mild queries, check out our BRAND NEW CAIRO JIM WEBSITE! Watch a startling trailer or two, and delve into the delicious distractions awaiting you in the world of Cairo Jim and his extraordinary exploits. Go on -- you know you want to ...
www.cairojim.com
website designed and created by Sue-Anne Webster

06/03/2021

Another 'explosive' CJ PAPERBACK is out now!
Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence ... a Sumatran Tale of Splendour. Links to paperback and book trailer below ...

High in the crater of an extinct, jungle-covered volcano in Sumatra, a legendary ancient palace is thought to exist. What astounding secret does this palace harbour? Where is the missing Turkish Women's Olympic Championship Tent Er****on Team? What has the Glamourdust Glove and Gusset Company got to do with it?

Will Cairo Jim—that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet—and his friends Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel discover the amazing truth? Do you know that your top button is undone?

Another action-packed, breathless romp of historical whimsy from the pen of Geoffrey McSkimming!

"If Mr. McSkimming's tongue were more firmly in his cheek he'd risk permanent speech impediment." — Australian Book Review

04/03/2021

New PAPERBACK version OUT NOW! No.7
Cairo Jim Amidst the Petticoats of Artemis ... a Turkish Tale of Treachery. Book trailer below ...

In the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey, an astonishing relic has been unearthed! What connection to the bygone goddess Artemis does this relic hold? What extraordinary powers could be unleashed if it were to fall into the wrong, evil and manicured hands?

Cairo Jim—that well-known archaeologist and little-known
poet—and his friends Doris the macaw and Brenda the Wonder Camel find themselves faced with the greatest threat to Nature itself!

Another tale from the master of archaeological humour and suspense, Geoffrey McSkimming!

"When you tire of stories about the places and people you know, try the witty word play and over-the-top adventure of Cairo Jim for an outrageous tonic." — The Age