Well, it's time to reveal the winner of my Alain Mabanckou giveaway, where one lucky reader would pick up a special EdBookFest signed copy of his first novel, Broken Glass (that's Alain signing that copy in the picture above). And that lucky winner, … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win a SIGNED copy of Alain Mabanckou’s BROKEN GLASS
August 16, 2011 By 11 Comments
Well, I promised you a competition prize or two during EdBookFest, and the first one is an absolute cracker. When I meet Alain Mabanckou yesterday he was kind enough to sign an extra competition copy of Broken Glass for me (look here he is actually … [Read more...]
Valentine Competition: And the winner is….
February 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Well, good evening to everyone on this loved up Valentine's evening. You may remember me running a giveaway competition earlier this week to win a copy of the book you see pictured on the left - Canongate's recently published anthology of Scottish … [Read more...]
Valentine Competition: Win a copy of ‘A Red Rose or a Satin Heart’
February 11, 2010 By 8 Comments
Well it's only a couple days until that little naked man starts running around the place shooting arrows at everyone. No I'm not talking about Rob on some homicidal rampage here (I wouldn't need arrows because the shock of seeing me naked would kill … [Read more...]
Shevchenko Giveaway: And the winner is….
January 13, 2010 By 4 Comments
The entries are in, the Random.org generator has been powered up, and so it gives me great pleasure to announce, that the winner of a SIGNED copy of Anna Shevchenko's Bequest is..... Well actually hold on a second here guys because I just want to … [Read more...]
Book Booty: Win a SIGNED copy of Anna Shevchenko’s Bequest
January 8, 2010 By 18 Comments
Well you’ve heard me harping on about it enough lately, and now, thanks to the good and generous people at Headline Publishing, here's your chance to read it yourself (without actually having to buy it I mean). I have one signed copy of Anna … [Read more...]
Gleitzman giveaway: And the winner is….
September 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hi folks. Well it's Sunday evening (in my part of the world at least), so as promised it's time to announce the winner of my latest giveaway - a copy of Maurice Gleitzman's recently published Holocaust novel Now & Then . And the winner, selected at … [Read more...]
‘Book Booty’: Win a copy of Morris Gleitzman’s Once & Then
September 9, 2009 By 7 Comments
If you've read through my forethoughts on Morris Gleitzman's Once & Then (Penguin Books) and fancy reading the novel yourself, then this may well be your lucky day. I've an extra copy to give away to one lucky winner. Same format as always - pop … [Read more...]
‘Triple Cross’ giveaway: And the winner is…
August 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This evening (Sunday 16th August) was the deadline for my Triple Cross giveaway, and I'm now ready to announce the winner. But before I do that, I just want to thank everyone for such a phenomenal response to the giveaway. I only had one copy to give … [Read more...]
‘Book Booty’: Win a hardback copy of Triple Cross (UK only)
August 11, 2009 By 95 Comments
So did I manage to pique your interest for Mark T. Sullivan's new thriller, Triple Cross in my 'forethoughts' post? Is it a novel you can't wait to get your eager little bookish hands on? Well thanks to the good people at St. Martin's Press I have a … [Read more...]