Austenesque Book Giveaways for 24-30 October 2011

The Austenesque scout is delighted to present good news to readers about five giveaways for this week.

An e-book format of Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel has been offered on My Jane Austen Book Club where blog mistress, Maria Grazia has interviewed writer Emily C.A. Snyder in the weekly Talking Jane Austen With... column. If you want to win this Northanger Abbey sequel, leave your comment with email address at this post. The deadline for this giveaway is on next Monday, 31 October 2011 at midnight (local time).

Victoria Connelly, author of Austen Addicts trilogy which comprises of A Weekend with Mr Darcy and A Perfect Hero (to be released next January in US and re-titled as Dreaming of Mr. Darcy) is launching her third and final book in this series titled as Mr Darcy Forever in UK as Kindle format. It will occur on her Facebook fan page this Friday, 28 October 2011. If you 'like' her page and leave a message, you will be entered in the drawing to win an autographed US copy of A Weekend with Mr Darcy. So join in the celebrations on Facebook page.

Royal Reviews is hosting a giveaway for a copy of Vampire Darcy's Desire by Regina Jeffers which was reviewed here. Contest is open to all readers so leave your name and valid email address in the comment section if you are interested to join in. Take note that the deadline is on Sunday, 13 November 2011.

Maria Grazia's Fly High! blog has generously contributed a post to The Picnic at Cranford event hosted by Katherine Cox at Gaskell's blog. In concluding her post, Maria has donated a paperback copy and Naxos audiobook version of Cranford written by Elizabeth Gaskell for a reader to win. So leave your comment with email address to enter this worldwide contest by Thursday, 10 November 2011.

Lastly, Austenonly is celebrating its second anniversary of establishing her website and to celebrate this joyous occasion, there is a giveaway of 10 items to one winner who comment on her post. Contest is open to all and end on Sunday, 13 November 2011 when the winner will be randomly selected. The gifts are as follows:

• A Sense and Sensibility celebratory calico bag available for purchase at the Jane Austen's House Museum
• A set of four cards, depicting scenes from Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility designed by the Scribes of Winchester Cathedral
• A pack of cards printed with a design of a silhouette of Mr and Mrs Austen walking along the lane to church at Steventon with all their children (except George) in tow
• A mint presentation pack of the 1975 Jane Austen commemorative stamps issued by the GPO
• Entertaining Miss Austen CD
• A copy of Bergère, Poke and Cottage: Understanding Early Nineteenth-Century by Serena Dyer
• A set of postcards produced by the National Portrait Gallery in London in conjunction with The First Actresses Exhibition
• A copy of Pocket Posh Jane Austen quiz book
• A set of twenty postcard of Hugh Thomson and C.E. Brock's illustrations for Sense and Sensibility
• An early 19th century bone gaming fish

Note: Most images of the last giveaway are taken from Austenonly and not to be disseminated for other purposes.


Best of luck!