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Reader Awards - Deadline approaching, and a little clarification

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jenny Barden Aug 22, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

For any published authors who may have missed my blog comments on this, please be aware that the deadline for submission for the Festival Reader Awards is fast approaching - 1st September 2011.…Continue

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Festival Awards

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Here's a note about the Awards integral to the Festival of Romance for anyone who might be interested in participating either as a reader or an author...There will be three Awards open to delegates -…Continue

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"Must confess that my pin-up Count Andrei Bolkonsky is as played by Alan Dobie in the BBC series yonks ago http://ning.it/nZ0U1r (drool!)"

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"Hi Jenny, Happy Birthday! Good to see another fan of Andrey Nikolayevich Bolkonsky: W&P ;) Almost every romance writer I've met has said "I must get around to reading it some day" but they never…"

Sep 30, 2011

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Aug 22, 2011

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Last Call for Submissions for the Festival Reader Awards

The deadline for the Festival Reader Awards is fast approaching: 1st September - So if any of you published authors have novels out, or about to come out, that are eligible for the Awards then please submit soon! There are Awards available for both Best Romantic Read and Best Historical Read. Submissions will be accepted of any novel of romantic fiction first published in print in the UK between 1st October 2010 and 30 September 2011 whose author is attending the Festival (on Friday 21-Saturday…See More

Aug 21, 2011

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"Excellent! Look forward to seeing you then! "

Aug 8, 2011

Penny Denby left a comment for Jenny Barden

"It is because of your comments on Facebook I thought I would sign up! I have it in my diary - probably for the Friday."

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"Hi Penny! Fancy meeting you here! Will you be coming to Hunton Park?"

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Jul 29, 2011

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A Call for Best Contemporary Romance Reads!

As Moderator of the Festival of Romance Reader Awards, I've been very impressed with the quality and number of novels so far submitted for the 'Best Historical' Award. Please keep them coming in, the more the better! What's slightly surprised me so far is that we've had a relatively modest number of submissions in the 'Best Romantic Read' category - contemporary romance, put broadly - romance that isn't historical. At the moment the field is close to wide open. So if you're the author of a…See More

Jul 15, 2011

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What Makes for a Good Romantic Read? - An Interview with Elaine Saunders

There's no right answer to the question, 'What makes for a good romantic read?'; everyone will have their own views. I spoke to Elaine Saunders, professional copywriter and founder of Facebook's Post-Chicklit Book Group, to find out what she thinks.Elaine, let's begin with the single most important quality that makes a romantic read really good - what is that for you?I like a romance which is part of something larger, one in which relationships are seen developing against a much broader…See More

May 15, 2011

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What are you?: Author

Favourite quote: 'If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all' - Elizabeth I, in response to Ralegh's message scratched on a window pane: 'Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall'

Favourite romantic books: Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Favourite romantic movies: American Friends

Favourite romantic heroes: Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

For more about my Elizabethan epic just finished, visit To the Ends of the World website: http://www.jennybarden.com

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Last Call for Submissions for the Festival Reader Awards

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A Call for Best Contemporary Romance Reads!

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What Makes for a Good Romantic Read? - An Interview with Elaine Saunders

Posted on May 15, 2011 at 19:00 1 Comment 0 Likes

There's no right answer to the question, 'What makes for a good romantic read?'; everyone will have their own views. I spoke to Elaine Saunders, professional copywriter and founder of Facebook's Post-Chicklit Book Group, to find out what she thinks.

Elaine, let's begin with the single most important quality that makes a romantic read really good - what is that for you?

I like a romance which…

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At 7:57 on September 30, 2011, Francine Howarth said…: Hi Jenny,

Happy Birthday!

Good to see another fan of Andrey Nikolayevich Bolkonsky: W&P ;) Almost every romance writer I've met has said "I must get around to reading it some day" but they never do.

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At 15:10 on August 8, 2011, Penny Denby said…: It is because of your comments on Facebook I thought I would sign up! I have it in my diary - probably for the Friday.