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The December Competition [closed]

Competition time is here again – a chance for three lucky winners to scoop a fantastic armful of the latest titles from the Bookhugger publishers. Why not try to score an extra Christmas present for yourself, or the book lover in your life!

For one lucky Bookhugger reader the top prize this month, courtesy of John Murray, is one copy of each of the following titles:

  • The Interrogator, by Andrew Williams
  • The Naked Name of Love, by Sanjida O’Connell
  • Sea of Poppies, by Amitav Ghosh
  • Walking in Pimlico, by Ann Featherstone
  • Chapel at the Edge of the World, by Kirsten McKenzie
  • The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite, by Beatrice Colin

Three runners-up will receive a bundle of titles from Faber, Gallic Books and Simon & Schuster, containing one copy of each of the following:

  • Museum of Innocence, by Orhan Pamuk
  • Hector and the Search for Happiness, by François Lelord (Proof copy) – read an extract
  • The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club, by Peter Hook

To win, answer three questions, the answers to which can all be easily found here on Bookhugger:

  • Question 1: What is the name of Elliott Hall’s debut novel, where the noir genre meets a dystopian American future where where biblical prophecy is foreign policy?
  • Question 2: Which novel was the film ‘Kind Hearts and Coronets’ based upon?
  • Question 3: What profession is Hector a practicing member of in Hector and the Search for Happiness?
No more submissions accepted at this time.

Terms and conditions

  1. Closing date for entries: 5th January 2010.
  2. Open to residents of the United Kingdom only.
  3. Entry to the competition is by completion of the above form only. Anyone submitting multiple entries will be disqualified.
  4. The winners will be selected at random from those correct entries received before the closing date.
  5. Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookhugger. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  6. The winner’s name(s) may be published on the Bookhugger website after the closing date of the competition.
  7. The competition is not open to Bookhugger employees and their families, or to employees of Bookhugger publishers and their families.

  1. dawn Says:

    great books

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