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First I have a quick reminder about the Faber & Faber Glimpse contest. I haven't been online to share this sooner and the closing date is tomorrow so you don't have much time left to enter but here are the details just in case you want to do a last minute entry!
ONE DAY LEFT TO ENTER THE GLIMPSE COMPETITION - COULD YOU BE TAMSIN?
Calling all young aspiring actors!
Our first project is for 13 -18 year olds, we’re looking to find a young actor to play one of the characters in Claire Merle’s debut YA novel, THE GLIMPSE, in a series of web films. Entrants are invited to film themselves performing one of two audition scripts available at www.facebook.com/theglimpse and all entries will be showcased on THE GLIMPSE You Tube Channel.
Competition closing date is MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY. The winner will be announced in March 2012 and the web films will be broadcast online around publication of THE GLIMPSE in June 2012.
Look out for more competitions on THE SPARK www.facebook.com/thesparkpage - Take part in an exciting new online community where books provide the inspiration for your talent.
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Have you seen the cover for Michelle Harrison's next novel yet? Michelle is known for her children's 13 Treasures series but Unrest will be her YA debut. I really enjoyed The 13 Treasures (read my review here) so was already looking forward to Unrest but having seen the cover and blurb I'm now even more excited! Unrest is being published in the UK on the 26th of April by Simon & Schuster.
Seventeen-year-old Elliott hasn’t slept properly for months. Not since the accident that nearly killed him. Sometimes he half-wakes, paralysed, while shadowy figures move around him. Other times he is the one moving around, while his body lies asleep on the bed. His doctors say sleep paralysis and out of body experiences are harmless - but to Elliott they’re terrifying.
Convinced that his brush with death has attracted the spirit world, Elliott secures a job at a reputedly haunted museum, determined to discover the truth. There, he meets the enigmatic Ophelia. But, as she and Elliott grow closer, Elliott draws new attention from the dead. One night, during an out of body experience, Elliott returns to bed to find his body gone. Something is occupying it, something dead that wants to live again . . . and it wants Ophelia, too . . .
A chilling new novel for teen readers from the best-selling author of the widely-acclaimed 13 Treasures sequence. (Description taken from Goodreads)
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You may remember me mentioning a new Delirium short story called Hana by Lauren Oliver that was released as an ebook exclusive in December. I loved Delirium (read my review here) so it was nice to see some of the story from Hana's point of view (read my review of Hana here).
To celebrate the fact that it is only 2 weeks until the release of Pandemonium (book 2 in the series) Hodder & Stoughton have announced a very special competition. Here are the details:
We know that lots of you have read and loved Lauren Oliver's short story HANA on ebook, but those of you without access to an e-reader have so far missed out. SO... we are going to print FIVE COPIES ONLY - super, super exclusive bound manuscripts - and are ...offering them to you as competition prizes.
All you have to do is answer the following question:
What is the first name of the main (female) character in Delirium?
Just send your answer to competition@hodder.co.uk putting HANA in the subject line.
Visit www.facebook.com/lovedelirium for more information about the series.
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I'm a massive, massive fan of Jana Oliver's Demon Trappers series I loved both Forsaken (read my review here) and Forbidden (read my review here) so can't wait to read Forgiven which is released in the UK in March. I'm not sure why but I was convinced that this series was a trilogy so I was incredibly excited when the press release for Forgiven mentioned that a 4th book - Foretold - is being published in August! Thanks to the lovely Laura at SisterSpooky: Book Fangirl I've now seen the Foretold cover so I thought I'd share it with you here.
What do you think? It's fab isn't it! If you haven't started this series yet then trust me it is one you need to pick up now!
So that's all the news I have to share today, I hope you found some of it interesting! Good luck if you decide to enter either of the contests & let me know what you think of the covers.
Michelle Harrison's new book sounds fantastic and I LOVE the cover.
ReplyDelete@ Vicki - it's such a beautiful cover isn't it! I can't wait to read that one :o)
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