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The Second Bookswarm Treasure Hunt!

An amazing opportunity to win a huge array of prizes, including an Amazon Kindle worth £111 and a massive selection of different books from some of the UK’s finest publishers.

It’s Treasure Hunt time again. This year you could win an Amazon Kindle and over 50 different bookish prizes that have been kindly donated by the wonderful publishers who are participating. See details of all the prizes on offer

How it works

There are 14 questions, with multiple-choice answers. The answers can be found across the Bookswarm network of websites:

The questions

  1. What does Richard C. Morais do to relax?
  2. In his quest for historical accuracy in his fiction, Robert Wilton worries about whether which English town was big enough to have an inn in 1805?
  3. According to the video trailer, Joan of Arc will be dead in how long?
  4. What is the number of the road on which Tahmima Anam’s grandmother’s house used to stand, as shown in her video tour of Dhaka?
  5. What four words does Wendy Cope say are the best piece of writing advice she’s been given?
  6. Scott Pack interviews a French author of historical crime novels, in which the subject says his character is like him in which way?
  7. Which classic novel does the reviewer find echoes of in a review of a recent fantasy tome, the third volume in a planned trilogy which will now be four books long?
  8. This author, whose most recent book marks a foray in to crime fiction for adults, confesses to being a geeky enough to collect comics and “worry about the Green Lantern’s costume in the movie”. Who is he?
  9. What recent news story does the reviewer reference in introducing a new book about The Cold War from David E. Hoffman?
  10. In a review of a recent Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction book, the reviewer says the book captures something of the work of two British novelists. Which two?
  11. Which fictional detective does Leigh Russell think her creation DI Geraldine Steele could learn the most from?
  12. In the video trailer for Nicci French’s Blue Monday, what does Frieda say runs below London?
  13. What is the reviewer’s favourite quote from Jacqueline Wilson’s latest offering?
  14. Which classic war story does the reviewer refer to when talking about a modern account of counter-insurgency in Iraq?

Now, this competition is supposed to be a little bit hard – that’s because the prizes are so amazing. So please, please don’t post the answers on competition forums – it spoils it for everyone.

Enter now

No more submissions accepted at this time.

Terms and conditions

  1. Closing date for entries: 14th July 2011.
  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 Bookswarm. 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. Georgie Agass Says:
    June 12th, 2011 at 10:26 pm

    Very enjoyable and interesting evening scouring your sites for these answers – I didn’t know you before this (treasure hunt mentioned was in Guardian’s Guide yesterday) but have now bookmarked you! Amazing content – will cost me hours!

  2. Michelle Says:
    June 18th, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    Loved doing the competition. Took me a few hours but I eventually got there :)
    It was great seeing the reviews/interviews of authors I’d not heard of before but will definately be looking for when I make my next book purchases. Very clever of you!

  3. MaryB Says:
    June 23rd, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    Great competition. One question had me going round in circles and I kicked myself when I realised I had read the answer several times without it registering!!! Put it down to age.

    Thank you xxx

  4. Jean Says:
    June 27th, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    Very hard but good fun. Enjoyed the challenge -thanks

  5. Linda Rollins Says:
    June 30th, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    I love this kind of competition, and I am only aware of Bookswarm doing anything like it – well done, it works on so many levels. Good luck everyone! x

  6. nadia Says:
    July 4th, 2011 at 9:36 am

    Loved it! Great competition and really enjoyed completing it! :) Fingers crossed…I need some new books! xxx

  7. Lynn Says:
    July 13th, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    aw noooo just sat to give this a go and realised a couple ask you to answer questions about whats said on video trailers. I got no speakers lol

  8. Alex Says:
    July 13th, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    A really interesting quiz and great websites! Thank you.

  9. Steph Armstrong Says:
    July 14th, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    A tough competition – only found it tonight so a bit of a rush – not sure they’re all correct but I’ve had a go – will bookmark for next time.

  10. Bob Says:
    July 14th, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    Interesting!

  11. Phil Says:
    August 5th, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Have the winners been picked?

  12. The Bookhugger Crew Says:
    August 5th, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    Yes, Phil, they have – although we may be picking a few more today to finish off!

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