Cheryl Rainfield's SCARS Book Trailer!

Also, check out the awesome contest going on at her website !

The Make Your Mark With Some Sort of Mark Contest

I am very excited to announce The Novel Emporium's very first contest!
The Make Your Mark With Some Sort of Mark Contest, to be exact(or the ever more simple,The Smudge Giveaway,for short).

The prize for this first TNE contest is rather fitting as Claudia Osmond is the first author I met in person.
And what is the prize, you ask?
A signed copy of her debut novel Smudge's Mark!



Last December,Claudia Osmond was named my favourite 2009 Debut Author and her novel is an exceptional and original story that I believe both children and adults will enjoy. For more information on the novel,check out http://smudgesmark.com/.

 

Contest Rules & Details

Deadline: Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Open to: All residents (International)
How to enter:
In the comments section, name something that leaves a mark.(for example crayons or lipstick)Please include your name and email address in the comment,so that I can contact you if you win.

That will grant you one entry into the draw.

To better your chances,you can do one or all of the following and receive one extra entry for each:
1)Post your own photograph or drawing of the mark you name(+1)(If we are sticking with the crayon example, a photograph of your two year old sister's drawing on the wall would be fab. Perhaps not so much for the house but for the contest it would work wonders!)
2)Subscribe to The Novel Emporium (+1)
-Tell others about the Make Your Mark With Some Sort of Mark contest,
via 3)Twitter(+1)(please provide username)
4)Facebook Status(+1) (please provide link)
and/or 5)Blog Entry(+1) (please provide link)

So there you have it! Everyone who comments and names something that makes a mark, is guaranteed at least one entry.

Good luck to everyone!

Goodies from Carrie Ryan!

I recieved goodies from Carrie Ryan, author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth and the newly released The Dead-Tossed Waves, in the mail today!
I love it all!"Eat. Prey. Love"... That is fantastic!

Also, just a reminder, Kimberly Derting's debut novel The Body Finder hits shelves tomorrow!

TBF Street Team

Guess who has just landed a spot (and unexpectedly so)on The Body Finder Street Team? I'm so excited!

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting first caught my attention when I was compiling a list of 2010 debut novels for thestorysiren's challenge. I have been eagerly awaiting the book's release since then and I can not express how excited I am to be given the oppertunity to promote the book in my area!

The Body Finder is officially released March 16, 2010.

I posted the book trailer about a month and a half ago but for those who haven't seen it yet, click here to be redirected to The Body Finder book trailer post.

Lisa McMann & Becca Fitzpatrick in Toronto!

Today, authors Lisa McMann (Wake, Fade, Gone) and Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush) were in Toronto to meet their Canadian fans who much adore them. (Myself among them)



It took an hour to get downtown and my parking ticket expired about half way through the signing but we took our chances! (Just a quick thought....why do the book signing events that I attend always involve complications with my car?) Everything was okay though, I did not recieve a ticket!



I'm so glad I got to meet them as I have been anticipating the event for quite some time!
They were both lovely and very funny.

I hope they visit again soon!

For those of you who haven't heard of these authors....
1st- Where have you been??
2nd- Check out Lisa McMann at her blog or on facebook and Becca Fitzpatrick at her website or on facebook