Books Quarterly

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Books Quarterly just got even better and is now officially online at Wbqonline.com, complete with all of the latest issue's articles and reviews and an archive of older pieces.

Some of the latest features online include Val McDermid praising the crime ficiton of Stieg Larsson, John Carey's insight into the world of William Golding in his new biography, and finding Delight with JB Priestley .

1. The prize includes three nights' dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation for two people at Grinkle Park and a bottle of champagne in your room on arrival.

2. All other personal expenses, spending money and any other incidentals are the winner's responsibility.

3. The prize must be taken as offered. No cash equivalent or other alternative prize is available in whole or in part except as provided for in these terms and conditions.

4. There will be one prize winner.

5. The promoter reserves the right to amend the specification of the prize or offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.

6. Subject to availability.

7. No cash alternative will be offered. The prize is non-transferable.

8. A random draw will take place on the morning of 3rd January 2010 to select the winner. The prize winner will be contacted by email/telephone. If a selected entrant does not meet all of the contract conditions, another entrant will be selected from the remaining eligible entries.

9. This competition is not open to employees of Waterstone's, any HMV Group plc company, Books Quarterly, or their immediate families.

10. By entering the contest, entrants, consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph and/or image for publicity purposes in all media carried out by Waterstone's, without payment or compensation.

11. The decisions of the contest judges are final. The prize must be accepted as awarded.

12. The right is reserved to terminate or withdraw this contest at any time.

13. a) All entries become the property of Waterstone's, who assume no responsibility for lost, stolen, delayed, damaged or misdirected entries or for any failure of the website during the promotional period, for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by Waterstone's on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website, or any combination thereof including any injury or damage to an entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any material in the promotion. Waterstone's reserve the right, in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the email portion of this contest should a virus or bug or other cause beyond the reasonable control of Waterstone's corrupt the security or proper administration of the contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and should such an attempt be made, Waterstone's reserve the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law, including criminal prosecution. Entries are subject to verification and will be declared invalid if they are illegible, mechanically MV reproduced, mutilated, forged, falsified, altered or tampered with in any way. Entrants agree to abide by the Contest Rules and the decisions of the independent judging panel, which are final.

13. b) Entries must be submitted by the named entrant and will be invalid if found to come from a third party. Multiple entries from a single source (eg 'competition entry' website/company) will be disqualified.

14. Entry to the competition is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions. By clicking on the Submit button above you are deemed to have read and accepted these terms.

15. The email address and phone number you provide to enter the competition will be used by us to contact you if necessary, and will not be shared with other companies. Waterstone's will only use your email address in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and in accordance with our privacy policy.

16. Waterstone's and Books Quarterly have organised this prize draw in good faith and does not accept liability relating to the prize.

* Reader offer valid for stays up to and including 31 January 2010. All bookings are subject to availability and exclude Christmas and New Year and Charingworth Manor on Friday and Saturday night.