With the recent upturn in the weather we have had our first ‘lunchtime read outside’ of 2012 so we are even more energised than normal in finding you your next great read! In the March mid-month update we have some stunning pre-publication peeks, book awards news from the Romantic Novelists’ Association and Orange, plus news of Spring’s refreshed Lifestyle section.
It’s all about “help yourself” in our house and it’s a good thing too, as you really like our Self-Help section! 3 brand new titles this month that will help you discover, develop and stay healthy:
To celebrate their 20th birthday, publishing giant Orion has revamped and re-released
20 of their most seminal titles. Special new covers now adorn fantastic titles by the likes of Jostein Gaarder, Maeve Binchy and Harlan Coben and in an
exclusive competition you can win the ENTIRE set! Visit the website to find out how.
Best Before...Pre-Publication Exclusives – that You can review
Potential book critics take note. We are looking for volunteers to review what we think are going to be two of the hottest debuts of 2012 being published later this year.
Instigating a bidding war from 5 different publishers(!),
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt is a deeply touching tale of an unlikely friendship in the face of tragedy.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette, we think, is the sort of novel that you can’t wait to finish and then feel bereft when you have. Interested?
Just visit each book page to find out how to get involved.
You can also find out what our reader reviewers thought of two other excellent debuts due out soon.
Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell and
The Underside of Joy by Seré Prince Halverson.
Our Mega Debut
The Things we Did for Love by Natasha Farrant is a beautiful and bittersweet love story set in the real village of Oradour-sur-Glane which was cruelly and apparently randomly destroyed during the Second World War – we hope you love it as much as we did. Faber, the publisher of this brilliant debut novel, is looking for short stories, poems or opinion pieces on the theme or love or war (or both). For more details on this take a look on
www.facebook.com/thesparkpage - n.b. if you 'like' it you will be able to see all the content.
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On 15 April 1912 the unthinkable happened and the unsinkable … sank. To commemorate the centenary of this now legendary tragedy we have a selection of Non Fiction, Fiction and Poetry books about the events of that fateful voyage.
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Our brilliant section for quality women’s literature is choc-full of fabulous titles. We mentioned last month that ‘Choc-Lit’, a leading independent publisher of romantic fiction, had three titles shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Awards. Well, they are celebrating this month as two of them went on to be winners!
Historical Romantic Novel of the Year.
Highland Storms by Christina Courtenay – a windswept romance in the rugged Highlands - and
Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year,
Please Don’t Stop the Music by (the appropriately named) Jane Lovering - a comic, complex and dark love story.
And speaking of Awards – not Chocolates…
The longlist for the Orange Prize, dedicated to women writers, has just been announced. We will be featuring all of the shortlisted titles in a special section, after they are announced on 17 April, but in the meantime we recommend
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue, a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love and the astoundingly good
The Pink Hotel by Anna Stothard.
Well that’s it for this month. We hope you find something to get your teeth into and we’ll see you with more page-turning suggestions in April!
Happy Reading
P.S. With Easter just around the corner why not find out more about possibly the most influential city in the world?
Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a comprehensive, approachable and riveting history of the most fiercely contested territory in the World.
P.P.S – Don’t miss the chance to
win an elephant (well adopt on really) for a year in our exclusive competition linked to the biography from Daphne Sheldrake
An African Love Story.
And from 26 March on our Crime Facebook pages you can win two signed copies of 'Catch Your Death' by Louse Voss and Mark Edwards, plus the chance for you and a friend to be characters in their next book!! To enter, fans will need to comment on the Lovereading Crime facebook page, and let Mark know why they and their friend would make the ultimate cop duo.
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