COMPETITION QUESTIONS

1. How many words were coined in Shakespeare's era?

2. Who famously writes just 100 perfectly crafted words a day?

3. Name the recently published book that sparked debatte about what qualifies as Australian literature.

4. To what does Sophia Loren owe her figure?

5. Who has a frappaccino habit?

6. Where are deep-fried tarantulas eaten?

7. What blog won the inaugural Blooker prize?

8. Which rock star has the best moustache?

9. What did Hugo Chavez give Barack Obama?

10. Who said that numbers rule the universe?

Email your answers. You will also need to purchase an item from this reading guide. Entries close: MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2010

First prize: A selection of the titles featured in this catalogue – the very best of this summer’s fiction, travel, history, politics, biography and much more. Total value more than $5000!



Second Prize: A collector's edition of the recently published Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, edited by Nicholas Jose and published by Allen and Unwin.

Third Prize: One of of 18 $100 book gift vouchers from the following quality independent booksellers around Australia:


  • Avid Reader, Brisbane, QLD

  • Bookcaffe, Swanbourne,WA

  • Coaldrake’s Bookshop, Milton & Fortitude Valley, QLD

  • Electric Shadows Bookshop, Braddon, ACT

  • Folio Books, Brisbane, QLD
• Fullers Bookshop, Hobart & Launceston, TA
  • Fullers Bookshop, Hobart and Launceston, TAS
  • Gleebooks, Glebe & Blackheath, NSW

  • Imprints Booksellers, Adelaide, SA

  • Readings Books, Music & Film, Carlton, Hawthorn, Malvern, Port Melbourne & St Kilda & State Library, VIC
  • Riverbend Books and Teahouse, Bulimba, Qld

 

Conditions

Entries must be received by 5pm on Monday 1 February 2010. 

The prize will be drawn at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW at 5pm on Wednesday 10 February 2010. 
To be eligible to enter, you must purchase an item from this catalogue at a participating shop, attach the proof of your purchase to your completed entry form and return it to a participating shop. 
The winners will be notified by post and announced in The Australian newspaper on Friday 12 February 2010. Prizes are not transferable and may not be exchanged for cash. Titles are selected for first prize at the discretion of the promoter. 
Employees (and their immediate families) of participating bookshops are not permitted to enter the competition. 
Promoter: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW Tel: (02) 9660 2333. NSW Permit No. LTPS/09/08974.