24 hours to go!

This time tomorrow, Liverpool will have completed eight centuries as a charter town – three cheers!
We're celebrating by giving the people of Liverpool and Merseyside the ENTIRE print run of this new book, so get down to one of the locations listed below and snaffle your FREE birthday present, with our love.

Where to get your FREE GIFT copy of Volume 3 on 28 August

Please NOTE: There are only limited numbers of books in each location, so I'd get there early - once they've gone, that's it!

In Liverpool city centre, you can find your book here:
BBC Radio Merseyside, Hanover Street
08 Place, Whitechapel
Bluecoat Display Centre 2, Hanover Street
60 Hope Street (restaurant)
Utility, Bold Street
The Italian Club, Bold Street
News from Nowhere, Bold Street
Walker Gallery, William Brown Street
Conservation Centre, Whitechapel
Maritime Museum, Albert Dock
Tate Gallery, Albert Dock
Liverpool Editions, Cook Street
Linghams, Heswall & West Kirby
Pritchards, Formby & Crosby
Waterstones, Bold Street & Southport
Borders, Speke
Blackwells, Brownlow Hill

In Knowsley, you can find the book here:
Huyton Library
Halewood Library
Kirkby Library
Prescot Library
Page Moss Library
Stockbridge Library
Whiston Library

In Halton:
Halton Lea Library
Runcorn Library

In Sefton:
Ainsdale Library
Aintree Library
Birkdale Library
Bootle Library
Churchtown Library
Crosby Library
College Road Library
Formby Library
Litherland Library
Maghull Library
Netherton Library
Orrell Library
Southport Library

Plus 13 libraries in St Helens

We will add some more locations this coming week, so check back here again.

LONGING: launch countdown

The publication day of Volume 3: LONGING is not far away - Tuesday 28th August.

Please note that this volume will be available ON THAT DAY ONLY until the boxed set is out at Christmas.

Vol 3 will not be available to buy separately.

We will put a list of locations on this blog in a couple of days, so you can get hold of your free copy on Liverpool's 800th birthday.

Competition winners

The complete list of writers for Volume 3 is released today – 80% of which have been chosen from entrants to the competition launched in March. Our congratulations to all those who won publication, and our great thanks to everyone who entered.

Report on the competition

Deborah Mulhearn, Mersey Minis series editor, has written a comprehensive report on the new writing competition for Volume 3 (out on 28 August). Scroll down to find MORE MERSEY MINIS PAGES, click on the link for WRITING COMPETITION REPORT, which will take you to the main website, then click on NEWS.

How to get your FREE copy of LONGING

LONGING will be published on 28 August 2007, and will be available FOR THAT DAY ONLY, so keep on eye on here to find out where you can get your FREE copy of the book.
It will also be a free gift within the boxed set of Mersey Minis, available from November, but it WON'T be available to buy separately, ever.
So for your 800th anniversary gift and memento, be ready to rush on Tuesday 28th.