[CLOSED] Win a copy of How to be a Public Author

Win a copy of How to be a Public Author - This week saw the announcement of the 2014 Booker Prize, so what better way to celebrate than with a book all about a dubious character who has made it his mission in life to collect the signatures of all of the past Man Booker Prize winners. Francis Plug: How to be a Public Author is by New Zealander Paul Ewen. Publishers' Blurb: Francis Plug is a troubled and often drunk misfit who causes chaos and confusion wherever he goes—and where he most likes to go is to real author events, collecting signatures from the likes of Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Eleanor Catton. As he adds to this collection of signed Booker first editions, Francis—a wannabe author himself—is also helpfully writing a self-help manual. Devised with the novice writer in mind, it is full of sage wisdom and useful tidbits to help ease freshly published novelists into the demands and rigors of author events, readings and general life in the public eye. Be in to win by emailing us at info@booksellers.co.nz with 'Francis Plug' as your subject line, and tell us the strangest encounter you have had with an author you loved. We will draw the winner on Thursday 23 October.

This competition closes on Thursday, 23 October 2014 at 11:59 PM AEST.