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Bel Reviews: Stephanie Burgis's - Kat the Incorrigible Series

This middle grade trilogy is set in the early 1800's and is and is very much Jane Austen-esk with it's emphasis on etiquette, propriety and high society. Book one Kat, Incorrigible, brings us in on a ...

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Lisa Reviews: Katie McGarry’s – “Pushing the Limits”

Lisa Reviews: Katie McGarry's - Pushing the Limits

“So wrong for each other ... AND YET SO RIGHT. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even ...

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Night Creatures Available in USA

Night Creatures Available in USA

Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally you can get the series in either paperback or e-book from Amazon.com You can buy Burn Bright in paperback or ebook on Amazon right here. You can buy Angel Arias in paperback or ebook ...

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By The Bel: Sarah Newton

By The Bel: Sarah Newton

Author, speaker, consultant and media expert, Sarah’s expertise is working with gifted and talented young people who have the capacity to become high achievers.  She has an ability to raise expectations and aspirations of all young ...

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Krista Reviews: A. G. Howard’s – “Splintered”

Krista Reviews: A. G. Howard's - Splintered

This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed ...

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Burn Bright Thank-Yous

Burn Bright Thank-Yous

Today, I have some important thank-you's to make. Firstly to my wonderful agent who I love to bits, who has kept the faith with me through all kinds of ups and downs. I never feel like ...

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Burning Bright All Over the World

Burning Bright All Over the World

And so finally the Night Creatures series is available all over the world! It will take 12 to 48 hours to appear in your browsers, so I'm offering a signed copy of Nylon Angel to the ...

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Krista Reviews: Caitlin Kitteridge’s – “The Nightmare Garden” (Iron Codex #2)

Krista Reviews: Caitlin Kitteridge's - The Nightmare Garden (Iron Codex #2)

Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn't going to succumb to madness because of a latent strain—she will lose her faculties because she is ...

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For your chance to win a copy of Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres tune in to Friday Ketchup on the ParaQuest Radio Network (www.pqrn.net) Head into the Studio/Chat area Saturday 7am Brisbane AEST For those on daylight saving on the East coast it’ll be 8am AEDST  And for our listeners in the US Friday 4pm eastern 1pm pacific.

**tip** To get the show to play once you’re in the room right click on the icons to the side of the chat window, choose open link in new tab and pick a platform to listen to the show with from there.

We’ve been promising it and here it is!

Because the Burn Bright Facebook page has reached 1000 LIKES, we’re giving away some awesome jewellery, handmade exclusively for Burn Bright by Belinda Hamilton. Details are below!

First Prize – Tri-Chain  plus signed copy of one of the books plus swag

Second Prize: Celtic Butterfly plus signed copy of one of the books

Third prize: Slave Bracelet plus swag

Now, this is what you have to do to win one of these lovely pieces. You know we’re all about spreading the word about the Night Creatures series. So we want you to woo us with you own unique way of telling the world about Burn Bright, Angel Arias and Shine Light. Marianne and Belinda will judge the entries and allocate prize positions.

So … go crazy with your imagination: make banners, youtube videos, mini book trailers, write blog specials, host Night Ceatures parties and send us the pics – whatever you think will grab our attention and the attention of other readers! When you’ve done your thing, come back here and give us the link, or describe what you’ve done. We will need proof though :)

We’ll leave the competition open for ten days, to give you time to get busy. It will close on the 10th July, 2012!  Good luck and spread the word!!!!


Our goal is to spread word about the *Night Creatures* series so that it’s published all over the world. So PLEASE help us out! To have a chance at winning the earrings, you have to post this message as many places as possible on the Internet:

***I’m addicted to the Night Creatures trilogy by Marianne de Pierres. Can’t wait for Shine Light, book 3, to come out in November 2012.***

Once you’ve done that come back here and share those links with us so we can check. We’ll be looking for the most links shared, AND, the links that reach the most people ie pages with lots of members.

GO FORTH AND WIN EARRINGS AND SPREAD NIGHT CREATURES LOVE!

2nd prize is a copy of either Burn Bright or Angel Arias.

Open internationally!

Competition deadline extended until Monday 28th May!

Tell us why you’d like to win a copy of this book in the comments section and we’ll pick the best answer!

 
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