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“And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
― Dorothy Parker

Read all the right words in our Book of the Month, the award-winning BEREFT, by Chris Womersley. See the competition page to win a copy and read an interview with the author.

The other recommended titles this month are:  FEAR by Gabriel Chevallier, BLOSSOMS AND SHADOWS by Lian Hern and
IN A SUMMER SEASON by Elizabeth Taylor.

Let us know what you think of our reviews. Leave your comments at the bottom of any review - we’d love to hear them.

Picador publishers are celebrating their 40th birthday with special reprints of twelve of their classic fiction titles from authors such as Tim Winton, Helen Fielding and John Banville. Each has a beautifully designed new cover and Picador are offering complete sets to two of our visitors. Just answer a simple question and a set could be yours.

To cheer you up this February, see five novels that will make you laugh.  

Can you Spot the Bookshop? Congratulations to Laura Martin the winner of our December/January  competition for spotting Housing Works in New York.
A £10 voucher is on its way.

The 10 winners of CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin are: Maggie Lloyd, Stockport; Deborah Gandley, Solihull; Lisa Lucas, Swansea; Ray Johnson,
Saffron Walden; Mickie Bull, Bridport; Peter Davidson, Derby; Simon Hamilton, Ipswich; Hazel Wright, Buxton; Ann Mckenna, Oswestry and Paul Green, Wisbech.
Many thanks to MacMillan, the publishers.

The three lucky winners of Wuthering Heights goodies are: Susan Greenwood, Oban; Kai Turner, London; and Ruth Easton, Farnborough.

Welcome to all the new groups who have recently registered with us. Now is the time to request your FREE BOOKS! Just go to the offers page. This is for ALL registered groups (sorry, UK and N. Ireland groups only) not just new ones. If your group is not registered then just fill in the form. It’s a very simple process.
N.B. You only need to register once.

Does your bookgroup info need updating? Email us at info@bookgroup.info and we’ll amend your directory entry for you.
 
Read about our Bookgroup of the Month the multi-national Wimbledon Readers. Do you want to be our BGoTM? Just fill in the questionnaire and win a £10 Amazon voucher if you’re chosen.

For a special weekend at the Oxford Literary Festival at the end of March, Bookclub Tours are offering a 2 night package staying in Christ Church and dining in the amazing Great Hall with tickets for 3 talks and a 2-hour literary walk around Oxford.  Full details are on their website.

Christie Watson, takes the First Novel Award for one of our recommended novels TINY SUNBIRDS FAR AWAY in the 2011 Costa Book Awards category winners. Read our review here. The overall winner was Andrew Miller for his novel, PURE.

John Burnside has won the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry with BLACK CAT BONE described by the judges as "a haunting book of great beauty".

And now for something completely different: Brought to you by THE OMNIVORE, the Hatchet Job of the Year Award will be presented to the author of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months. Read excerpts from the acerbic shortlist here.

Bookgroup Info championed debut authors Nina de la Mer and Naomi Wood will be talking about their novels 4 a.m. (see our review) and THE GODLESS BOYS (see our review) at  Waterstones in Edinburgh on 16th and East Kilbride on 17th February. See the events page and find out how to get a FREE ticket.

The MSLEXIA 2012 Women's Short Story Competition is for previously unpublished stories of up to 2,200 words by women writers. 1st Prize is £2,000 plus a week's writing retreat at Chawton House Library and a day with a Virago editor; 2nd Prize is £500 and 3rd Prize is £250.Three other finalists win £100 each. This year’s competition is judged by Tessa Hadley. All winning stories will be published in issue 54 of MSLEXIA, published in June 2012. The closing date is 19 March 2012.
See how to enter here

February’s Radio 4 Bookclub on Sunday 5th at 4pm and Thursday 9th at 3.30pm features the graphic novel, MAUS by ART SPIEGELMAN.  It’s available online on the i-player and as a podcast. They also have tickets for their edition with Marilynne Robinson talking about GILEAD if you would like to apply.

See what’s on in your area on our list of festivals and events. If you want us to include something free on the listings page then complete the registration form or contact us at info@bookgroup.info

If you’re looking for an independent bookshop in your town our list could tell you if there’s one near you,
or if you own or manage an independent bookshop we can list your shop free on the site. Just complete the registration form or email us at info@bookgroup.info for more information.

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