The Goodreads Giveaway has now ended and the winners have been notified.  Congratulations to all five – I really hope you enjoy the book and that it inspires you to broadcast your thoughts about it via ratings and/or reviews in due course.

There were 292 entries in all, which is pretty good for a competition that was restricted to GB only and lasted just a week.  In the past I have opened my giveaways up to the US and Canada as well and seen entry figures as high as 1,782 which is fantastic but on this occasion I wanted not only to target my home audience but also ensure I could get copies to the winners prior to general release.  I do hope Goodreads members outside of the UK didn’t feel too left out…

So now it’s time to get five more copies of ‘Paper Boats’ out into the world which is really quite a thrill for me.  I can’t wait for publication day next Friday, 12th February – don’t forget, you can pre-order the Kindle version here. (For territories outside of the UK please substitute .co.uk with your own country’s domain extension.)

Right, time I went to the post office…