Well folks, the entries are in and the deadline is passed, and it's time to reveal the winners of my giveaway, where two lucky people are going to win a paperback copy of Jon McGregor's latest short story collection, This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That … [Read more...]
Will Self giveaway: And the winners are…
August 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Well, this is it folks, time to reveal the winners of my last giveaway of this year's EdBookFest. Before I do that I just want to thank everyone who entered. This was by far my most popular giveaway so Will has a lot of love out there, which makes … [Read more...]
Laszlo Krasznahorkai giveaway: And the lucky winners are…
August 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
It's an historic day today at EdBookfest as Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai takes to the stage with the Argentinian Carlos Gamerro. And László's appearance signals the end of my giveaway competition, in which two lucky readers will each win … [Read more...]
Laurent Binet Giveaway: And the winners are…..
August 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
With Laurent Binet appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival today, it's time to reveal the winners of my giveaway competition, in which two lucky readers will each win a personally signed copy of Binet's extraordinary debut novel, … [Read more...]
David Vann Giveaway: And the winners are…..
August 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Hi all. Well, today's the day that David Vann is appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and so today is also the day that I reveal the winners of my giveaway to win a personally signed copy of Vann's latest novel Dirt (William … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s SATANTANGO
August 15, 2012 By 16 Comments
This is the second of my translated fiction giveaways, and what an absolute cracker it is. Sátántango is considered to be one of the masterpieces of post-war Hungarian literature. It was published in Hungary in 1985, and after a twenty seven year … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of Laurent Binet’s HHhH
August 15, 2012 By 19 Comments
To mark Laurent Binet's appearance at this year's EdBookFest, the kind souls at Harvil Secker have given me two copies of the French author's extraordinary debut novel HHhH to give away. I had hoped to post my own review of the novel prior to … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of David Vann’s DIRT
August 13, 2012 By 12 Comments
I wanted to put up my review of the book before I posted this giveaway competition, but time is passing and David Vann's EdBookFest 2012 event is almost upon us, and I want to give people time to enter. Sadly this is another UK only giveaway, but … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win one of two PERSONALLY SIGNED copies of Nathan Englander’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
August 11, 2012 By 14 Comments
To celebrate the appearance of Nathan Englander at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival, I'm delighted to be giving away copies of Nathan Englander's recent Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award winning short story collection, … [Read more...]