Winter Solstice 2016 giveaways
It’s winter, we’ve just had the shortest day, so you must need more books to keep the cold at bay. This winter solstice we have not one but TWO terrific bundles of books to give away to two lucky winners. To enter, email your name and address to editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Solstice giveaway’ in the subject line by 6pm Thursday 23 June 2016. Because we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries are restricted to Australian residents only.
GIVEAWAY BUNDLE #1
Benjamin Law The Family Law
You’ve seen the SBS TV series, now read the book … Or just treat yourself and read the book. ‘Family memoir at its giddy, poignant best,’ said Lou Murphy in NRB.
Courtesy of Black Inc
Curtis Sittenfeld Eligible
The Bennet sisters Liz and Jane have been summoned home from New York City … The bestselling author of Prep and American Wife rewrites Pride and Prejudice for the 21st century. ‘Sheer joy’ – Jessie Burton
Courtesy of HarperCollins
Mark Smith The Road to Winter
For the past two winters Finn has lived alone on the coast since a deadly virus wiped out his parents and their community. Then a girl runs onto the beach, an asylum seeker, and everything changes …
Courtesy of Text Publishing
Derek B Miller The Girl in Green
The author of Norwegian by Night returns with a new novel set in the Iraqi desert. British journalist Thomas Benton and American private Arwood Hobbes attempt to save the girl they failed decades before …
Courtesy of Scribe
GIVEAWAY BUNDLE #2
Tracy Chevalier At the Edge of the Orchard
Ohio, 1838. James and Sadie Goodenough plant apple trees in Black Swamp to reclaim the land as their own. Fifteen years later, in California their youngest son is forced to confront the reason he left behind everything he loved. From the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Courtesy of HarperCollins
Augusten Burroughs Lust and Wonder
This new memoir from the bestselling author of Running with Scissors examines what it means to be in love, in lust, and figuring it all out. ‘I’ve never once read a memoir that I read with such urgency and amazement’ – Goodreads
Courtesy of Pan Macmillan
Erik Storey Nothing Short of Dying: A Clyde Barr thriller
Deep in Colorado’s thick forests, Clyde Barr receives a frantic phone call for help from the youngest of his three sisters. Then the line goes dead. He doesn’t know who has her, but he’s determined to save her. ‘Nothing short of brilliant’ – Jeffery Deaver
Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
Lesley Truffle Hotel du Barry
The ‘Hotel du Barry Baby’ was found in a pair of bloomers pegged to a clothesline of this magnificent hotel. Years later, when the hotel’s owner dies in mysterious circumstances, the grown-up Cat du Barry determines to solve the mystery … A novel to charm, amuse and delight.
Courtesy of HarperCollins
Remember, to go in the draw email your name and address to editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Solstice giveaway’ in the subject line by 6pm Thursday 23 June 2016.
