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First, I am delighted to let you know that, thanks to our friend Cathy Rentzenbrink at Quick Reads (check out Quick Reads at www.quickreads.org.uk ), Galaxy are again offering out chocolate to IBW bookshops. We have 200 cases of chocolate for the first lucky 200 bookshops to email us and say they would like it. The chocolate is designed for use for Girls’ Nights In, or for competition prizes, or quiz prizes. Anywhere where there is a good connection between reading and chocolate!

Email sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk with your FULL POSTAL ADDRESS to snag your box of chocolate!

And secondly, Fiction Uncovered are offering independent booksellers the chance to win a Fortnums Hamper and six bottles of prosecco by entering their Window Display Competition – the winner to be announced during IBW.

Now in its third year, Fiction Uncovered celebrates and promotes eight living British writers of any age who have already published at least one novel or short story collection. It is funded by the National Lottery and supported by Arts Council England. The 2013 Fiction Uncovered selection will be announced on Thursday 16 May 2013 by chair of judges and author Louise Doughty, Sandeep Mahal, (Programme Manager at the Reading Agency), Lynne Hatwell (who blogs at dovegreyreader) and writer Courttia Newland.

This year Independent retailers are invited to enter a Fiction Uncovered window competition from 16 May 2013 with the winner announced in IBW . The independent bookshop which puts on the best window display featuring the eight titles and celebrating British writing will win a luxury Fortnum and Mason’s hamper and six bottles of prosecco.

Criteria

· Entries will be judged by the Fiction Uncovered team

· Please send a minimum x 2 high-resolution JPEG files depicting your display to hello@fictionuncovered.com, by the midday on 1 July.

· By entering your photos into this competition you consent to us using them on the Fiction Uncovered website and social media outlets.

Posters and Fiction Uncovered tote bags will be available to retailers, libraries, reading groups and other literary organisations across the UK. The posters will be downloadable from the Fiction Uncovered website on 16 May and the tote bags can be ordered from hello@fictionuncovered.com

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Penguin Authors and Offers

May 17th, 2013

We are delighted to bring you authors and offers from Penguin in this bulletin.

The following authors are available for bookshop events, signings or Strictly Come Bookselling:

Lesley Pearse

Area: Bath, West country, but would travel if there is a shop who adores her and is keen to work with her for an event

Nicci French

(East Anglia)

Elizabeth Fremantle, debut author of Queen’s Gambit

Area: London Based but will travel

Karen Maitland

Area: Lincolnshire

Samantha Young – Scotland’s answer to EL James

Area: Scotland

James Oswald – farmer come crime writer

Area: Scotland

Contact clare.parker@uk.penguingroup.com

Signed copies

Signed copies are available for:

Consolations of the Forest by Sylvain Tesson (nice indies book) – Natalie.ramm@uk.penguingroup.com
Hook, Line and Singer by Cerys Matthews– Natalie.ramm@uk.penguingroup.com
Cooked by Michael Pollen– Natalie.ramm@uk.penguingroup.com
Mohsin Hamid ’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Amelia.fairney@uk.penguingroup.com

Window Display Competition

Penguin is running a Window Display Competition for The Other Typist , coming from Viking in June. For more details email caroline.craig@uk.penguingroup.com

Penguin are also offering author events for Salley Vickers, Jay Griffiths, James Robertson. Contact Amelia Fairney – Amelia.fairney@uk.penguingroup.com

Let us know what you are up to – email sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk with your IBW plans.

And don’t forget our Non Book Product Showcase on Monday (20^th May) in Oxford – we have just heard that Thorntons are coming along to the Showcase, and we also have a great offer of a visit to Barefoot Books Studio in Oxford afterwards – and extra discount too! Email naomi.gane@booksellers.org.uk for more information or to book a place. It’s FREE to BA members.

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Exclusive Written Word Prints from Alliance Authors

May 15th, 2013

We are really chuffed today to bring you a brand new, exclusive and delicious IBW Collectible from the Independent Alliance publishers.

The Independent Alliance is delighted to offer five limited edition Written Word Posters to independent bookshops to sell exclusively for IBW.

The Alliance has asked five of their authors to hand write a section of their work or poem and we have reproduced these as A4 sized frame-able prints on beautiful FSC accredited offset paper with the handwritten text over a background image of the book cover. The author will then individually sign each of the 200 prints.

The prints that we will have available are:

Yann Martel – Life of Pi – 9781782112228

Robert Macfarlane – The Wild Places – 9781847089175

Mark Forsyth – The Etymologicon – 9781848316430

Ruth Ozeki – A Tale for the Time Being – 9781782112297

Simon Armitage Poem - 9780571309238

Each print will be priced at £20 and will be supplied in a tube so that customers can then frame.

If you would like to place an order for any of these limited edition signed prints then please email Sam Brown - samb@faber.co.uk

We hope you really enjoy selling these beautiful exclusive prints.

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A Novel Cure Bibliotheraphy Session from Canongate for IBW

May 13th, 2013

We have an interesting idea for a bookshop event from Canongate – a bibliotherapy session with author Ella Berthoud.

THE NOVEL CURE: An A-Z of Literary Remedies by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin – both School of Life bibliotherapists – is a quirky popular reference book for literature lovers weary in brain and body and in need of a novel cure; an A-Z of literary remedies that offers a cure in the form of a novel for all kinds of ailments of the mind and body – whether you have stomach flu, a broken heart or just feel a bit fat, the authors can recommend a novel (or a combination of novels) that will help ease your pain.

Written with authority, passion and wit, it features a wide range of books, from the classic to the contemporary, from the much loved and well known to the undiscovered gem.

The book will be published in September by Canongate, so IBW events are very much being seen as pre-publicity for the book and there will be postcards available for bookshops and customers during IBW. Though Susan is not available until the autumn, Ella is available for selected events during IBW.

There are a number of ways a bibliotherapy session could work as a bookshop event – if you have a good idea, or would like to find out more about hosting an event with Ella during IBW, please contact Sam Brown – samb@faber.co.uk

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Annabel Pitcher for bookshop visits

May 10th, 2013

Orion Books is offering Annabel Pitcher, the author of Ketchup Clouds, for events during IBW. Annabel lives in Holmfirth in Yorkshire and is available for events within a day trip of Holmfirth. Annabel is the author of the fantastic My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece which has won over 25 major awards.

For more information or to arrange an event with Annabel contact Nina Douglas at Orion on Nina.Douglas@orionbooks.co.uk

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Authors for IBW from Templar

May 10th, 2013

We are pleased to let you know about authors being offered by Templar for IBW events:

Contact for all authors is jayne.roscoe@templarco.co.uk

Belinda Rapley – author of new series of young readers (7+) The Pony Detectives. Based in Norfolk.

Adam Stower – illustrator of Silly Doggy!, Naughty Kitty! And Slam! – Brighton area

Emily Diamand – author of Flood Child. New title for Templar out 1 July, Ways to See a Ghost

Jonny Duddle – author/illustrator. Based in North Wales – not available to travel too far

Teresa Flavin – 3rd title, Shadow Lantern in the Sunni and Blaise mysteries. Based in Glasgow

Lara Faraway (aka Sara Starbucks) author of Fairythorn Tales – based in Sussex

Good luck with all your author event planning for IBW. Keep us posted – send details of all your events to sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk

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Bloomsbury Authors Available

May 9th, 2013

Bloomsbury is offering the following authors for IBW:

Please contact Emma.Bradshaw@bloomsbury.com

Julia Green

Area: Bath & within an hour by public transport.

Laura Powell

Area: West Kensington & within an hour by public transport.

Eva Katzler

Area: Westbourne Park. Anywhere in London.

Bloomsbury Children’s Books are offering:

Mark Walden, author of the HIVE series of books is available for events in schools. Contact ian.lamb@bloomsbury.com

Julie Sykes – Princess Ponies – A magical adventure series of princesses, ponies and friendship aimed at 5-7 year old girls. Audiences of between 50-60. Julie is based in Hampshire.

Contact: Melissa. Jowett@bloomsbury.com

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IBW Price Promotion from Hodder & Stoughton and Headline

May 8th, 2013

We are delighted to bring you a great £2.99 backlist promotion offer from Hodder & Stoughton and Headline for IBW this year, featuring the following titles: