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Win a set of Canongate Canons! [closed]

To celebrate the launch of Canongate’s Canons imprint, new editions of much-loved books from the publisher’s backlist, one lucky Boolkhugger reader will win a set of the first 12 titles.

The complete set of Canons includes:

  • Alasdair Gray’s Lanark (introduced by William Boyd)
  • Michel Faber’s Under the Skin (introduced by David Mitchell)
  • Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain (introduced by Robert Macfarlane)
  • Charles Bukowski’s Ham on Rye (introduced by Roddy Doyle)
  • The Complete Stories of Muriel Spark (introduced by Janice Galloway)
  • David Thomson’s The People of the Sea (introduced by Seamus Heaney)
  • Ismail Kadare’s Chronicle in Stone (introduced by James Wood)
  • Knut Hamsun’s Hunger (introduced by Jo Nesbo)
  • Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (introduced by Salley Vickers),
  • Jim Dodge’s Stone Junction (introduced by Thomas Pynchon)
  • Charles Mingus’s Beneath the Underdog (introduced by Richard Williams)
  • Gil Courtemanche’s A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali (introduced by Giles Foden)

The Question:

To win, answer one simple question…

  • Question 1: Who provides the introduction for The Living Mountain, by Nan Shepherd?
No more submissions accepted at this time.

Terms and conditions

  1. Closing date for entries: 28th September 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 from those correct entries received before the closing date. Our decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  5. Only the winning entrants will be contacted by Bookhugger.
  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. Gracie Leese Says:
    September 14th, 2011 at 7:34 pm

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    Would dearly ♥ 2 win XoX

  2. sue seaman Says:
    September 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    fab comp would love to win, xx keep me busy for a while x

  3. Jade Corcoran Says:
    September 16th, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Everything that I’ve ever read that has been published by Canongate has been pure awesome! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win!! :)

  4. Ally Says:
    September 16th, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    What a fantastic collection! I have only read “Life of Pi”, which was great!

  5. Lucy Taylor Says:
    September 18th, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    Fab selection, most of these are on my xmas wishlist!

  6. jane steels Says:
    September 21st, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Great competition !

  7. Steph Armstrong Says:
    September 26th, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Would so love to win – books are grrreat

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