WIN an all-expenses paid trip to London to meet DAVID VANN!

Deadline: Friday 3rd December 2010

Penguin are offering your reading group the chance to win lunch with DAVID VANN, author of LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. The book was, 'One of the fiction sensations of the year [2009]' (Guardian) and gained the most extraordinary praise:

'An extraordinary, ground-breaking piece of fiction ... Nothing quite like this book has been written before' Observer

'An American classic ... harrowing but beautifully wrought ... prose as clear and bracing as a mountain stream' Sunday Times

'Stunning ... Heart-wrenching and gorgeous and its several voices are done indelibly and with unwavering authority' Lorrie Moore

'One jaw-droppingly powerful, courageous and original fiction debut ... beautifully controlled and punctuated with indelible images ... Vann has crammed a lifetime of painful 'whys' and 'what ifs' into this modest paperback ... As a 10th work of fiction this would be impressive; as a debut, it is remarkable' Sunday Telegraph

For your chance to win, your reading group must read Legend of a Suicide and submit a review, plus any photos to sandeep.mahal@readingagency.org.uk

The most thought-provoking (and we promise: not just the nicest!) review wins the prize!

More information about the prize:
David will be in London the w/c January 24th 2011 to promote his new novel, CARIBOU ISLAND. Penguin will pay for the reading group to come to London, to the Penguin office, to sit and talk with David over lunch about the things they liked and quiz him about the things they didn't like, or didn't get - essentially, have their reading group meeting with the author. David is brilliant at talking about his work, incredibly friendly, genuine and nice. The reading group will also win a copy each of his new novel. On publication, Penguin will write a big piece for their website and post photos of the meeting.

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Trailers available: Tamara Drewe

September 2010

Jonathan Cape are offering libraries the trailer of the forthcoming film Tamara Drewe, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Posy Simmonds. It's released on September 10th and stars Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Tamsin Greig.

Email Vicki Watson (vwatson@randomhouse.co.uk) stating whether you'd prefer to receive the file via ftp or DVD.

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Proofs available: A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake

August and September 2010

Macmillan are offering reading groups proofs of A Dark Anatomy, the first book in new historical crime series set in eighteenth century England: a time before proper policing, when law was local and forensic science is just beginning...

Book synopsis
The local squire's wife is found lying beneath an ancient oak tree in her riding clothes, with a gash across her neck. It's up to local coroner Cragg and local doctor Fidelis to work out whodunit!

To request proofs please email Ellen Wood e.wood@macmillan.co.uk

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Kate Morton Book Trailer Available

September 2010

Macmillan are offering libraries a book trailer of The Distant Hours, the new novel from No 1 bestselling author Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton.

Email Ellen Wood e.wood@macmillan.co.uk stating whether you'd prefer to receive the file via email or USB stick.

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C J Sansom Book Trailer Available

September 2010

Macmillan are offering libraries a book trailer for Heartstone, the new Shardlake novel from No 1 Bestselling author C. J. Sansom.

Book synopsis
It's 1545, England is preparing for war but Shardlake is facing a more personal mission when a mission from Queen Catherine Parr takes him into a world of secrets. . .

Please email Ellen Wood e.wood@macmillan.co.uk stating whether you'd prefer to be sent the trailer via email or on a USB stick.

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Free reading group copies: Henry VIII: Wolfman

September 2010

You've already sunk your teeth into Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter now prepare yourselves for a macabre, terrifying and hilarious journey through Tudor England as you've never seen it before as Henry VIII is transformed into a rampaging wolfman . . .

A.E. Moorat works as a freelance journalist and lives in Leicestershire with his wife and two children

To request copies email Jaime Frost jaime.frost@hodder.co.uk

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