Have Yourself a Literary Christmas by Wendy H. Jones
As it's December I am definitely allowed to talk about Christmas this month. We all know the real meaning of Christmas, celebrating the birth of Christ, but, let's face it, Christmas is also about spending time with loved ones and for buying and unwrapping presents. I love receiving books for Christmas and I also love receiving journals. I equally enjoy giving them as presents. So, I thought I would not only talk about books in this blog but about literary gifts in general. These are just a selection of books, journals and gifts that caught my eye. Whilst I have read some of them, I haven't read them all. I just think they would make great gifts. The prices vary but I've tried to keep things under £15 as I know times are hard at present (definitely no pun intended). Some of them are from ACW authors, others are just random books I like the look of.
Books
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Deadly Traditions - a Christmas anthology written by twelve authors including me.
Hidden Christmas - a look at the women involved with Christmas by Timothy Keller
The Centauri Survivors - a YA scifi fantasy by Andrew Chamberlain
The Diary of Isabella M Smugge - chick lit by Ruth Leigh
Murder on the Christmas Express - cozy mystery by Alexandra Benedict
Journals
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I Am A Queen - by Amanda Bedzrah
The Healing Journal - by Joy Margetts
Notebooks
Hamlet Notebook by the Literary Gift Company
Notes Notebook by Notes of London
A Room Of One's Own Notebook by the Literary Gift CompanyMugs
Mug from the Literary Gift Company
Jane Austen Heat Transfiguration Mug These are literally just ideas from the top of my head. I have no skin in the game and receive nothing if you buy any of them, apart from the deadly traditions book of course where I and all the other authors share the royalties. I merely thought it would be fun to see what literary gifts were available. Now, what I would like you to do is join in and post your recommendations in the comments below. These can be your own or others books. Then, we can all have fun choosing from them and supporting authors and reading fro Christmas.
Have a fabulous Christmas when it comes and I hope all your presents are literary.
About the Author
Wendy H Jones is the Amazon #1 international best-selling author of the award winning DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries. Her Young Adult Mystery, The Dagger’s Curse was a finalist in the Woman Alive Readers' Choice Award. She is also The President of the Scottish Association of Writers, an international public speaker, and runs conferences and workshops on writing, motivation and marketing. Wendy is the founder of Crime at the Castle, Scotland’s newest Crime Festival. She is the editor of a Lent Book, published by the Association of Christian Writers and also the editor of the Christmas Anthology from the same publisher. Her first children's book, Bertie the Buffalo, was released in December 2018. Motivation Matters: Revolutionise Your Writing One Creative Step at a Time, was released in May 2019. The Power of Why: Why 23 Women Took the Leap to Start Their Own Business was released on 29th June, 2020. Marketing Matters: Sell More Books was released on 31st July 2020. Bertie Goes to the Worldwide Games will be released on 5th May, 202, and the third book in the Fergus and Flora Mysteries will be published in 2021. Her new author membership Authorpreneur Accelerator Academy launched in January 2021. Creativity Matters: Find Your Passion for Writing the third book in her Writing Matters Series was published in September 2021. Wendy's latest release is Killer's Curse, the seventh book in the DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries. Wendy is represented by Amy Collins of Talcott Notch Literary Services.
Lovely post, Wendy! Tx , it's great to talk about literary gifts. I too don't mind receiving books, note pads, stationery, 2023 calendars and best of all surprise reviews from some unknown fans or people on any of my published books, for Christmas! For literary gifts, I would suggest: [1] 'I am adopted' by Fiona Miles and ' 'Their Journey on Earth to Heaven' by Olusola Sophia Anyanwu. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this Wendy. I must look up 'Deadly Traditions'. I have bought the first two Isabella books for some family members as Christmas gifts because I know their reading tastes and I think they would love this book. I have another family member who loves history and historical fiction but I'm always nervous I might choose something she's read previously! Having said that, I have in the past chosen books which are new to her. I still need to be inspired as to the right book - I will probably drop in to one of my two indie local bookshops where I know I will find just the right volume.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention Wendy. I'd love all my gifts to be books this year
ReplyDeleteThank you for the mention, Wendy! I love getting books for Christmas, or indeed for birthdays or any other celebration. It's so wonderful to have such a huge selection of styles and genres within ACW
ReplyDeleteSo many good ideas! The list of recommended books would be never-ending, I fear! ACW members have had such a blessed year, I feel, so many great books have been released or are about to be... Thank you for starting us off though!
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