Kiss Date Love Hate is out!

Kiss Date Love Hate is now available in WHSmith and Waterstone’s, and it’s shipping from Amazon and The Book Depository. Look out for its pinkness!

The Kindle e-book and all other e-book formats including Kobo e-book are available right now, and the audiobook has just been released on CD.

I’ve been busy writing guest posts and answering interview questions…

 

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Here’s a roundup of the posts and interviews so far:

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Kiss Date Love Hate reviews:

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Thank you to all the wonderful people who have hosted me on their blogs and taken the time to read and write about my book, I appreciate it so much!

I’ll be updating this post with more links as they come in. Please check back!

Kiss Date Love Hate in WHSmith

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kiss Date Love Hate - the audiobook

Kiss Date Love Hate audiobook

The audiobook of Kiss Date Love Hate is coming out at the same time as the paperback and Kindle version.

It’s published by W H Howes and is available there and at Whole Story Audio, among other places. It’s also available as a download at Audible in the UK and Audible in the USA.

Find out more in the W H Howes catalogue, and listen to an extract below or at Audible.

Kiss Date Love Hate audiobook extract:

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The narrator is actress and voice artist Harriet Carmichael, who was in Mamma Mia, among other films and stage productions. Read more in her bio. She also has a blog, and she has posted mentioning Kiss Date Love Hate.

Extract of Kiss Date Love Hate

Kiss Date Love Hate - it's a book!

Here it is… Kiss Date Love Hate – the actual book!

 

Kiss Date Love Hate on the bookshelf.

 

Available everywhere from 2nd February 2012.

Hurray!

 

 

accents and audiobooks on Girls Heart Books

Swapped by a Kiss audiobookI’m on Girls Heart Books talking about accents, with samples from the Split by a Kiss and Swapped by a Kiss audiobooks.

Visit Girls Heart Books to read the post.

Booktrust - my tips on book reviewing and blogging

BooktrustBooktrust have revamped their excellent site to provide even greater resources for readers of all ages, including writing tips for teenagers. They kindly invited me to give tips on book reviewing and blogging, and you can now read these on the site.

Tips for Starting a Book Blog

Tips for Writing Book Reviews

Booktrust main page

Funny words and retro games

I’ve been busy on the joint blogs this week!

I wrote for Girls Heart Books about the time when aliens invaded Planet Earth. Don’t panic – it’s really about retro computer games. Read it at Girls Heart Books.

And today I’m on Read It And Laugh talking about funny words.

Read It And Laugh is a new multi-author blog focusing on the lighter, funnier side of fiction for young adults. It features authors including me, Amanda Ashby, Kimberly Pauley, Niki Burnham, Tom Clempson, Greg R. Fishbone, Ebony McKenna, Shana Norris, Marlene Perez and Janette Rallison, together with guest authors. There’s a great book giveaway running until the end of November 2011 if you’d like to nominate your favourite funny books.

Read It And Laugh.

British Month at Fluttering Butterflies - and a giveaway!

Fluttering Butterflies British authors monthFluttering Butterflies book blog is running a month celebrating British authors, and today she has reviewed Extreme Kissing and hosted a guest post by me about the British settings of this book and Swapped by a Kiss. There’s also a giveaway of a copy of Extreme Kissing, with a closing date of 30th November 2011.

Read the review of Extreme Kissing.

Enter the giveaway.

Check out Fluttering Butterflies all month (and beyond)!

Edited to add: Here’s my second post for Fluttering Butterflies British Month: Confessions of a British Word Nerd

Swapped by a Kiss on audio

Swapped by a Kiss audiobook

Swapped by a Kiss is now available as an audiobook on CD, narrated by Penny Rawlins, who also read the Split by a Kiss audiobook. She’s equally brilliant at US and UK accents!

Listen to a sample of Rachel’s story at Whole Story Audio – Swapped by a Kiss, or click below.

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Swapped by a Kiss is also available – and you can hear a free sample – at Audible UK and Audible US.

Swapped by a Kiss audiobook

Readathon launch at KEVICC

I was recently involved in a school library Readathon launch.You can see pics of me in the slideshow below, and read more about it at the King Edward VI Community College site.