Welcome to Cornflower Books.
The fire is blazing bright, candlelight casts a soft glow, and were you all here at home with me I'd be serving champagne and canapes to toast the new site and its readers!
If you look around you'll see that much of what's here is familiar as I've transferred many of the features from the original site. The links in the sidebar have been expanded to include more of my favourites; you'll notice publishers and literary publications have lists to themselves, and I expect to be adding more writers and readers soon.
As it is Buy a Friend a Book week again, what better way to celebrate the launch of this site than to give away a copy of a favourite book. As ever, all you have to do to put your name in the hat is leave a comment on this post and tell us what you are reading as 2009 begins. You are welcome to join in whether you are a Cornflower regular or you've just happened upon us, and distance is no object as I can send the prize anywhere in the world. I'll draw the winner in a few days' time, but meanwhile, who is going to be Cornflower Books' 'first-foot', I wonder?
Happy new year!
