E: 24/12 Faber Books ADVENT (BOOK PRIZES DAILY)

willmer01

thanks onetreehillgrrl and purplecatlover just got a wem saying i had won day seven of this comp and my bundle is in the post my first advent win and one for a while:j

onetreehillgrrl

:j Well done Willmer :j

Day 8: http://www.facebook.com/FaberandFaber?v=app_4949752878

It's Christmas (had you noticed?) and what better to give away than today's prize – 5 hardback Christmas editions of Tim Burton's The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy. The 23 illustrated tales are filled with Burton's trademark gothic quirkiness and would make an ideal Christmas gift for any fan.

To enter, simply answer the question ~ What is the name of the girl the Tim Burton character, Stick Boy, is in love with? Match Girl (source: http://homepage.eircom.net/~sebulbac/burton/stickboy.html)

Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize. (Title of today's prize: Tim Burton's Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy)

Winners will be picked at random from entries received by midnight (GMT) on the day of each giveaway, and contacted within two days.

royski

Today's Answer : The Forward Poetry Prize
Today's Title : 'Human Chain'

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/06/seamus-heaney-forward-poetry-prize

First time I am doing an answer, hope everything's fine

All the best from Yorkshire
Raf

purplecatlover

decemebr 9th
One of the highlights of the Faber year has been Human Chain, the new collection from Nobel prize winner, Seamus Heaney. To celebrate this (and of course Christmas) we're giving away five Seamus Heaney bundles consisting of a hardback Human Chain and a Human Chain poster.
Watch a video of Seamus Heaney reading here.
To enter, simply answer the question:
Which poetry prize did Seamus Heaney win with this collection?
Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize.

answer: The £10,000 Forward award for best collection
prize: Seamus Heaney bundles
subject: Advent Calendar

royski

Pleased to be of assistance Have a great evening, best of luck everyone.

Raf

onetreehillgrrl

Dec 10: It's Friday again (hurrah) so how about something for the weekend? We've got three Thick of It bundles to give away today. The bundles consist of a DVD box sets of series 1,2,3 & and the specials and a signed copy of their new book – The Thick of It: The Missing DoSAc Files.

To enter, simply answer the question:
What is Malcolm Tucker's job title? Director of Communications (from Wiki)

Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize. (Title of today's prize: The Thick of It: The Missing DoSAc Files)

Winners will be picked at random from entries received by midnight (GMT) on the day of each giveaway, and contacted within two days.

onetreehillgrrl

For two hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays, now it is one of the most contentious issues in English history. We have two signed copies of James Shapiro’s fascinating search for the source of this controversy to give away today.
Through the book he retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, calls for trials, false claimants, concealed identity, bald-faced deception and a failure to grasp what could not be imagined.

To enter, simply answer the question:

Which year of Shakespeare's life did James Shapiro's last book focus on? 1599 (this is the last book Shapiro wrote titled 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare)

Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize. (Title of today's prize: Contested Will by James Shapiro)

Winners will be picked at random from entries received by midnight (GMT) on the day of each giveaway, and contacted within two days.

http://www.facebook.com/FaberandFaber?v=app_4949752878

onetreehillgrrl

http://www.facebook.com/FaberandFaber?v=app_4949752878

Faber's Revolutionary Writing series celebrates provocative political fiction from around the world. It includes eight classic novels, in a striking new look. The titles featured in this series are: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry The Black Album by Hanif Kureishi The Children of Men by P. D. James Leviathan by Paul Auster GB84 by David Peace The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa Snow by Orhan Pamuk and The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden. We have one collection to give away today on #ffadventcalendar

To enter, simply answer the question:
Which of the collection was the first to be published in the UK? Leviathan (I am not 100% sure on this answer. Leviathan was published on 01/09/92 and Children of Men on 28/09/92, but I can't find out if either was UK published. Both were published by Faber & Faber in 1992)

Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize. (Today's title: Revolutionary Writing Series)

Winners will be picked at random from entries received by midnight (GMT) on the day of each giveaway, and contacted within two days.

onetreehillgrrl

http://www.facebook.com/FaberandFaber?v=app_4949752878

Answer Me This! has been chosen as an iTunes Podcast of the Year in 2008, and in 2009 became the first independently produced podcast to be nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award. With listeners all over the world, and more than 1.5 million downloads per year, the show is now one of the most popular comedy podcasts in Britain. In the Answer Me This! Question Compendium, Helen and Olly bring their trademark irreverence to the page for the first time in an inventive and witty spin on the classic Q & A format. We have five copies of their new book, Answer Me This, to give away on #ffadventcalendar today.

To enter, simply answer the question: When did the Answer Me This! podcast debut? January 2007 (source Answer me This "about us" page: Since its debut in January 2007 )
Email your answer to books@faber.co.uk with the subject line 'Advent Calendar', your name, address and the title of that day's prize. (Title of today's prize: Answer Me This!)

Winners will be picked at random from entries received by midnight (GMT) on the day of each giveaway, and contacted within two days.

isitenough

Thanks OneTreeHill! Got an email to say my hubby had won Day 12! :T :A Happy Christmas!!