The Expert you’ve been waiting for!

The Complete Garden Expert by Dr DG Hessayon is a 254 page one-stop guide for all the garden – from fences to fuschias, from garden design to garden problems, from A to Z.

Fancy winning a signed copy of The Complete Garden Expert? Simply follow @ExpertGardening and on twitter and RT for your chance to win.

Questions? Get in touch @EKSwain

This competition is now closed

Congratulations to Sarah, Susi Holliday, Katie and Nikki-ann who have all won a copy of How To Forget!

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The hilarious new novel from Marius Brill – How to Forget is published today.

Do you hold on to your memories? Or do they hold on to you?

Magicov the Magnificent, grand illusionist, earns his living entertaining the geriatrics of Lotus House Care Home. But Mr Magicov (also known as Peter) envies them – they’ve mastered a trick that eludes him. They can forget.

Peter yearns to forget. But memories haunt him: the shameful moment an eight-year-old wrecked his life; the FBI agent who hunted him like a dog; that suitcase stuffed with a million pounds. More than anything Peter wants to forget Kate, the expert con woman. The one he loved and left.

For renowned bain-scientist Dr Chris Tavasligh, Peter’s craving to escape makes him the perfect candidate for a bold experiment in changing minds – forever. Faced with such an opportunity, will Peter go through with it? And if he does, who will he become?

This novel was sparked by Marius’ interest in magic and sleight of hand, where a magician has the ability to control the experiences of others. Marius then went on to do incredibly comprehensive research into memory, the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience and philosophy, as well as becoming a qualified hypnotist.

How to Forget has really sparked the attention of those who’ve read it. A L Kennedy said that, “How to Forget is a genuinely funny romp through some of the darker areas of the human mind and some of the more life-threatening areas of mentalism and magic. An engaging and good-hearted read.”

To celebrate the paperback release we have limited copies to giveaway. All you have to do to get your hands on one is to post a comment below telling us who your favourite magician is and we’ll announce the winners on 26th April.

Good luck!

The Winter Palace Blog Tour – Day 5 – Exclusive UK trailer and competition!

Now on day 5 of Eva Stachniak’s UK blog tour we can exclusively reveal the UK trailer:

Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘a wonderful novel, riven with intrigue and startling details’, everyone’s talking about The Winter Palace

To be in with a chance of winning one of two copies, answer this question:

What year did Catherine the Great begin her reign as the Empress of Russia?

Just add your answer as a comment to this post and the two winners will be chosen at random on Monday 6th February.

Best of luck!

Join local author and forager

ANDY HAMILTON

to launch his latest book

on Thursday 8th September
at Blackwell
89 Park Street, Bristol BS1 5PW
6:30pm

All are invited
Come along to see a brilliant homebrewing demonstration from Andy
and have the chance to sample a tipple or two.

To see Andy in action watch the video below on how you can make a perfect pint of beer

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For more infromation on Andy visit his website: www.selfsufficientish.com
To pre-order your copy of Booze for Free click here

Bored of the cold weather blues? Need something to perk up those long winter nights?

Well look no further! We have decided to host a stupendously good giveaway, giving one lucky twitterer the chance to win our entire, that’s our ENTIRE February publishing list. A whopping 24 books! Not only is that enough books to read two a month for the whole year, but has an incredible retail value of !! Hardbacks, paperbacks, fiction, non-fiction, all the new and exciting releases from Transworld Publishers.

 The February list includes:

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Gone by Mo Hayder
Life’s A Gamble by Roy Brindley
Blue River, Black Sea by Andrew Eames
Blood Money by Tom Bradby
Superstress Solution by Dr Roberta Lee
Peoplequake by Fred Pearce
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Eclipse by Nicholas Clee
Control by John Macken
I Sank the Bismark by John Moffat
Rich Girl, Poor Girl by Valerie Wood
The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon
Bad Ideas? by Robert Winston
The Poet’s Wife by Judith Allnatt
Men: A User’s Guide by Kathy Lette
Paperboy by Christopher Fowler
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
The Other Family by Joanna Trollope
Barefoot Over Stones by Liz Lyons
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes by Martha Stewart
Raven: Sons of Thunder by Giles Kristian
Hella Nation by Evan Wright

There is no longer any need to be confused as to what to read! And no hassle in going to shops and being beseiged by book covers. To enter just follow TransworldBooks and retweet the competition message www.twitter.com/TransworldBooks Not a member of Twitter? Why not join, it takes less than 3 minutes to sign up! The competition will run until the 7th February, UK residents only, books may have to be sent out in two boxes!

 Good Luck!