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The Bookseller magazine has opened entries for its 2011 Independent Bookseller of the Year award . The winner will be revealed at The Bookseller Industry Awards, which will take place on the 16th May at the Hilton Park Lane. The best independent will receive a £5,000 cash prize from wholesaler and distributor Gardners Books. The prize recognises the devotion, hard work and innovation that go into running a local bookshop, and it is tough. My local independent bookshop works extremely hard and I was delighted to work with them last year on our unique Crime and the City, CSI Portsmouth event. Colin and Marie Telford owners of the Hayling Island Bookshop Bookshops have to put themselves forward for this award, so I am hoping that the Hayling Island Bookshop go for it.  Last year's winner was One Tree Books of Petersfield, Hampshire, again another great independent bookshop in my area. I've also worked with other excellent independent bookshops across the UK in Richmond ...

Yes, on 21 December 2010 in Newport, on the Isle of Wight, I'll be dishing out the prizes to the winners of The Wight Fair Writers Circle, A Winter Short Story Writing Competition. I'm particularly pleased to have been asked because not only do I love walking on the Isle of Wight but a couple of my crime novels are set there. Blood on the Sand , the fifth in the Inspector Andy Horton marine mystery police procedural series is set on the Isle of Wight, as is In For The Kill , one of my thriller novels. A stand alone thriller set on the Isle of Wight featuring Alex Albury There are  some great prizes to be won as well as the chance of having your story published in the County Press! There are three categories: Under 12s up to 750 words - £2 per entry Under 18s up to 750 words - £2 per entry Adults 1,500 – 2,000 words - £4 per entry And it's all for a worthy cause.  All proceeds are going to the Love Russia Charity, The Multiple Sclerosis Society and The...