At Hookline Books we let serious book groups
select the novels for publication.
We begin the process with the Hookline
Novel Competition. This is open only to
students and graduates of MA writing
courses. The judges are book groups from
around the UK.
Writers submit the first three chapters of their
work and a brief synopsis. These are bound
in collections and sent to book groups, who
have three months to read and review. The
writers whose works come out on top are
then asked to submit their complete novels.
Again, these are bound and sent to book
groups who rate them on plot, character
development, writing style and reader
satisfaction.
This is the fourth year of the competition and,
so far, two books have been published each
year.
For more information: click Hookline Info
select the novels for publication.
We begin the process with the Hookline
Novel Competition. This is open only to
students and graduates of MA writing
courses. The judges are book groups from
around the UK.
Writers submit the first three chapters of their
work and a brief synopsis. These are bound
in collections and sent to book groups, who
have three months to read and review. The
writers whose works come out on top are
then asked to submit their complete novels.
Again, these are bound and sent to book
groups who rate them on plot, character
development, writing style and reader
satisfaction.
This is the fourth year of the competition and,
so far, two books have been published each
year.
For more information: click Hookline Info
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#231, 405 King's Road
London, SW10 0BB
Tel: 0845 116 1476
Email: editor@booklinethinker.com
Timeline:
Deadline for writers' submissions: 31 January
2012.
Distribution to readers' groups in February.
Deadline for readers' ratings: 31 May 2012.
All writers contacted in June regarding short list.
Readers' reviews emailed.
Deadline for short-listed writers to submit
complete novel: 26 June.
Distribution to reading groups in July.
Deadline for readers' ratings: 31 October
Winner announced in November.
Deadline for writers' submissions: 31 January
2012.
Distribution to readers' groups in February.
Deadline for readers' ratings: 31 May 2012.
All writers contacted in June regarding short list.
Readers' reviews emailed.
Deadline for short-listed writers to submit
complete novel: 26 June.
Distribution to reading groups in July.
Deadline for readers' ratings: 31 October
Winner announced in November.
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Hookline 2011 Winner is Gayle O'Brien, UEA,
with her novel Underground.
Seventeen-year-old Annie and her mother are on the run,
racing across America in the pursuit of safety. Hiding in
a decrepit New England farmhouse, Annie finds an
unsent letter, written over 150 years ago, signed by a girl
called Samantha Weston….
It is 1861. Samantha Weston loves three things: her
horse, her Virginia plantation and Eli, the boy next door.
When Eli asks her to hide two fugitive slaves, Samantha
is faced with two choices: return them to captivity or
give up everything she loves and help the slaves escape
to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Chronicling two remarkable journeys across the
American landscape, Underground is a story of courage,
love, and how it is often the most unwanted challenge
that yields the greatest rewards.
We hope to have this on the shelves in April 2012
with her novel Underground.
Seventeen-year-old Annie and her mother are on the run,
racing across America in the pursuit of safety. Hiding in
a decrepit New England farmhouse, Annie finds an
unsent letter, written over 150 years ago, signed by a girl
called Samantha Weston….
It is 1861. Samantha Weston loves three things: her
horse, her Virginia plantation and Eli, the boy next door.
When Eli asks her to hide two fugitive slaves, Samantha
is faced with two choices: return them to captivity or
give up everything she loves and help the slaves escape
to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Chronicling two remarkable journeys across the
American landscape, Underground is a story of courage,
love, and how it is often the most unwanted challenge
that yields the greatest rewards.
We hope to have this on the shelves in April 2012
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http://readersandwriters.co.uk
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