Giveaway: Nop


Nop is a scruffy kind of bear. He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint's Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers and stitchers who are much too busy to talk to him. So he watches the litter tumble until, armed with a new bow tie, he has an idea that will change his life forever.

This touching story began with a memory of Caroline's school holidays in Sydney. Her father was welding a steel yacht in a boat yard and she wandered off . . . only to discover the local dump, a home for the things people throw out! Many years later, her daughter Jen made a teddy bear out of scraps for her father. It's a very sorry-looking, but endearing creature. Named Roadkill, ten years later it still sits on top of his desk. Read DIM'S re VIEWS review of Nop to see just how gorgeous this little bear really is.


Thanks to the endearing people of Walker Books Australia and to celebrate the November release of Nop, Dim's Write Stuff has not one but FIVE copies of this gorgeous book to giveaway!

To enter, in 25 words or less simply tell us where would you go and why if you could go anywhere in the world on a balloon?

Email your answer along with your name and postal address to dimity. The five responses we like best will each win a copy of the book. Competition is open to anyone, worldwide, so long as they have an Australian postal address for delivery of the books. Please note, we cannot deliver to PO Boxes. Entries without a name and street address will be ineligible. Winners will be announced right here on Dim's Write Stuff blog on 18 November 2019

Competition runs from 5 am Saturday 9 November to 5 pm Saturday 16 November 2019. Adults can enter for those aged 17 and under. This is a game of skill, not chance. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Comments

Norah Colvin said…
What a wonderful competition for a beautiful book. I've entered. :)
12 November 2019 at 17:19
DimbutNice said…
Hurrah! Good luck, Norah. :-D
12 November 2019 at 21:53
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18 November 2019 at 09:23
Cecilia Adams said…
So so excited to have won a copy of Caroline's beautiful book, 'Nop'! Thank you so much Dimity. Heading back to my mountain!
18 November 2019 at 09:27
DimbutNice said…
Ha ha, I'm so pleased to hear it, Cecilia! I know you'll love this. May your future journeys be forever bliss-filled. Thanks for entering. Dimity
18 November 2019 at 10:12
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