Stupid Cupid not coming knocking yet? Fear not, we have transformed into Romance HQ down here in the burrow this week thanks to those love gods and goddesses at Pan Macmillan, who have given us 10 copies of the heart stopping book, Love Letters of Great Men and Women to give away.

The Last Station is the critically acclaimed film based on the book of the same name by Jay Parini (read a review of the book here). Starring Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Paul Giamatti, The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya.

The film has been nominated for two Golden Globes and is in cinemas on 19 February. To celebrate the release we’ve teamed up with Optimum Releasing and Hotel Chocolat to offer 1 lucky BookRabbiter the chance to win a copy of Jay Parini’s novel and, because it’s nearly Valentine’s Day… a luxury chocolate egg. Random? Slightly. Delicious? Exactly.

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The competition is now closed. Our 3 lucky winners are Mike Cotton, Lucy and Dominic – we are emailing you now. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to enter and for your support of the BookRabbit site. We’ll have another author interview and giveaway coming up very soon.

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The Left Hand of God is the first of Paul Hoffman’s remarkable new trilogy which follows the adventures of Cale, a young boy battling against a brutal religious regime. Cale is pursued by the violent Lord redeemers after witnessing a terrible secret of the One True Faith. It is being talked about as the fantasy novel of the year.

Listen to our exclusive audio interview and don’t forget to enter our competition after the interview to win a copy of the book – we have 3 to give away thanks to Jessica and the team at Penguin.

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Apple has finally put an end to the speculation with the launch of the iPad. We hope, like us you enjoyed the spectacle of last night’s event. Of course, the most interesting aspect for bookworms is the launch of iBooks – the online book store which Apple hopes will revolutionise the publishing world just as iTunes shook up the music industry.

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We thought it was about time we shared our current reads with you. First though, please welcome our newest rabbit to bounce down into the burrow – Woodie – he’s our new digital creative who joined us last week and has already settled right in, given his shared interest in zombie film making (with some of the team I hasten to add – not all of us are fascinated by flesh-eating cinematography). He also drinks green tea, but we’re trying to ignore that. Anyway, say hi to him if you’re on Twitter, he’s @Wooodie (yes, with three o’s – bet he gets asked that a lot).

Woodie ‘I’m reading Stephen King’s, Just After Sunset a collection of short stories. I used to read King a lot when I was younger and loved his style of writing. His ability to instantly capture the reader and submerge them in his dark and usually twisted world is excellently shown off with the short story format. Some of the stories are more like tales of the unexpected than horror. Haven’t finished it yet but would recommend it as a great introduction to Stephen King or a worthy insight into his ability to briefly dunk you into his cadaverous cup of macabre tea!

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Monday 18 January A quick update… our blog has been quoted in The Bookseller this morning – Trade holds breath as sales lift for ‘The TV Book Club’ titles. The Independent has also posted a review of the programme – Book club begins new chapter without Richard and Judy.

Book bloggers who have also commented on the programme include:

Dovegreyreader, Farm Lane Books, Follow the thread, It’s a crime!, Savidge Reads

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A very brief post just to share our thoughts on the first episode of the new TV Book Club (@tvbookclub) on More 4 (repeated tomorrow at 12.05pm on Channel 4 in case you missed it).

The supposedly ‘featured’ book by Sarah Waters – The Little Stranger – was given such short and superficial treatment at the end of the programme it was barely worth watching. There was a great video of her introducing the book at least, but the discussion by the celeb panel afterwards was very weak with nobody really guiding the conversation or asking any pertinent questions, nor making any conclusions. Didn’t feel the book got a fair crack at all (and I’m reading it at the moment – it’s fantastic! I can promise you it deserves far better praise than it got from any of the panel).

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