Sophie appears on Italian TV!
Sophie appeared on the RaiUno evening news in Italy this week! To watch the clip in Italian, scroll through to 35:20 on the TG1 video link below. Ciao!
“Everybody has a Becky Bloomwood moment”
Sophie appears on Italian TV!
Sophie appeared on the RaiUno evening news in Italy this week! To watch the clip in Italian, scroll through to 35:20 on the TG1 video link below. Ciao!
“Everybody has a Becky Bloomwood moment”
WIN one of 100 Sophie Kinsella goodie bags!
To celebrate the launch of Sophie’s brand-new website, we’re offering readers around the world the chance to win one of 100 gorgeous Sophie Kinsella goodie bags containing a copy of The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret. For your chance to win, just register for Sophie’s brand-new newsletter before 25th September by clicking on the sign up link in the top right hand corner of the site. Good luck!
Closing date Thursday 25th September 2014.
Shopaholic to the Stars – US Tour dates announced
The dates for Sophie’s US Tour have been confirmed!
20th October at 6pm – Red Door Spa, 200 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003
21st October – Neiman Marcus: Short Hills Mall, 1200 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills, NJ 07078
21st October at 7pm – Boulevard Books & Cafe, 7518 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228
22nd October – Traverse City Opera House, 106 E. Front Street, Travese City, MI 49684
23rd October at 7pm – Schuler Books, 2660 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
25th October at 12pm – Mission Viejo Council Chamber, 200 Civic Center, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
26th October at 2pm – Barnes and Noble, 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Sophie Kinsella competitions
Here’s where you’ll find links to enter Sophie Kinsella competitions around the world! Keep checking back, you never know what you might win 🙂
Highlights from Sophie's Facebook webchat
Is Sophie a closet knitter? Is her life as crazy as Becky Bloomwood’s? And which cocktail does she recommend to cure writer’s block…?! Here are 10 of our favourite questions and answers from her recent Facebook webchat for you to enjoy…
Q. What made you become a writer?
A. I read other people’s novels every day on the train and I thought ‘I want to do this’. And one day I plucked up the courage to try. Simple as that!
Q. What’s your one bag or accessory that you can’t be without?
A. I have a gorgeous Prada bag that I will keep for the rest of my life…
Q. What made you decide to change your pen name? And do you prefer Sophie to Madeline?
A. It’s my middle name and my maiden name so it feels like ‘me’.
Q. How much do you write each day?
A. Ha! Well, in theory, 1,000 words is my aim. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes I beat my target. Sometimes I give up and go round the shops instead.
Q. Is your reality ever as funny and crazy as Becky Bloomwood’s?
A. I do find that life imitates art, although mostly I seem to imitate Emma in Can You Keep A Secret, with klutzy moments and my clothes unbuttoning themselves as I walk along the street…
Q. Crocheting and knitting are both mentioned in Shopaholic and Baby and Can you Keep a Secret. Are they your hobbies too?
A. Well, no, I have to confess not. My mother is a brilliant knitter and has made me lots of lovely things, but I never managed to get the technique. I’d love to be able to, though.
Q. Have you ever been tempted to write a book in an entire different genre?
A. I once tried to write a gritty thriller. Ha. The plot bit was OK, but as my agent said, ‘All the people are far too NICE’. So I gave up and stuck to what I know!
Q. How do you go on with the story when you come down with a severe case of writer’s block?
A. I officially don’t believe in writer’s block, as an older and wiser writer once told me, ‘Never admit to it and then your brain won’t believe it exists!” However, if I get to a glitch, I find that going out with my husband, ordering mojitos and discussing the thing till we crack it usually works. (It doesn’t have to be mojitos. Margaritas also work. 🙂
Q. If you weren’t a writer, what would be your job?
A. Ooh! What would I be? Well, in an ideal life, if I could sing, I would be a singer-songwriter. SInce I can’t, I’ll settle for anything creative. Maybe in advertising. I’d love to write ads.
Q. Which book do you wish you’d written?
A. Alice in Wonderland. I would love to have that mind!
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US & Canadian edition of Wedding Night is out now in paperback!
Wedding Night was inspired by the notion of a honeymoon going wrong and all of the funny things that could happen as a result. It stars Lottie and her overly protective older sister Fliss and explores the idea of first love – what would happen if two old flames rekindled a relationship from years ago? If you haven’t read Wedding Night yet, you can get your copy now in paperback in the US and Canada, as well as many other countries around the world!
NEW Shopaholic novel coming Autumn 2014!
It’s the news all Shopaholic fans have been waiting for!
Shopaholic to the Stars – the brand-new Shopaholic novel starring Becky Bloomwood – will be published in Autumn 2014.
NEW Shopaholic novel coming Autumn 2014!
It’s the news all Shopaholic fans have been waiting for!
Shopaholic to the Stars – the brand-new Shopaholic novel starring Becky Bloomwood – will be published in Autumn 2014.
Win a 5* holiday to Greece!
This competition is now closed.
How do you fancy a 5* 7-day holiday to Greece for two people?! We’ve teamed up with lowcostholidays to offer you the chance to win this fabulous prize which includes accommodation in a 5 star hotel in Greece for two people and return flights from any UK departure airport (subject to availability). Visit Sophie’s special Facebook app and share three of your favourite quotes from Wedding Night to unlock the competition! For more information on the prize and full terms and conditions, click here. Closing date is 31st March 2014.