British Author Challenge 2024 General Thread

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Welcome to another year of the BAC! It continues to be a very casual challenge, so everyone should feel free to pop in and out as they choose.

I'll create threads for each month as they roll around, and post announcements and links here in this thread. The general thread will be a place for questions, answers, suggestions, interesting links, and sundry posts.

Wildcard: Blast from the Past https://www.librarything.com/topic/356165

January: Joan Aiken & Arthur Conan Doyle https://www.librarything.com/topic/356166

February: Emma Newman & Ronald Firbank https://www.librarything.com/topic/357893#

March: Welsh Authors https://www.librarything.com/topic/358824

April: Barbara Pym & Anthony Trollope https://www.librarything.com/topic/359637

May: Portal Fantasy https://www.librarything.com/topic/360372

June: Kiran Millwood Hargrave & DH Lawrence https://www.librarything.com/topic/361107#

July: Animal Tales https://www.librarything.com/topic/361731

August: KJ Charles & Winston Churchill https://www.librarything.com/topic/362308

September: The 1980s https://www.librarything.com/topic/362975

October: Gothic Fiction https://www.librarything.com/topic/364575

November: EM Delafield & TH White https://www.librarything.com/topic/365368

December: Books Acquired in 2024

So many great authors on here that I already own! Thanks for setting this up, I'm excited to see how many I can knock off of my TBR this year!

Thanks for setting this up Amanda.

>1 amanda4242: thank you! I am one of those "casual" visitors, but hope to do more British author reads this year.

Would you all mind if I joined you this year? I am new to this but your list looks really interesting to me.

>6 catseyegreen: please do!

The more the merrier.

>3 LauraBrook: Isn't it nice when the books we want are right at our finger tips?

>4 EllaTim: No problem!

>5 fuzzi: I look forward to your visits!

>6 catseyegreen: As fuzzi said, the more the merrier!

I am really looking forward to the new year, Amanda. Thanks as always for presiding over this. You do a much better job than I ever did.

Thanks for doing this, Amanda. I’ll be joining in as my shelves permit. They’re moderately large and well-sprinkled with British authors, so most months will work, I think.

US Kindle sale: The King Must Die and The Bull From the Sea by Wildcard author Mary Renault are on sale for $3.99 and $2.99 today.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LDR9M8M?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_s...

The February thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/357893#

The March thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/358824

August author book: Death in the Spires by KJ Charles is open for requests on NetGalley until April 10.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/329597

The April thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/359637

US Kindle sale: Barbara Pym's Some Tame Gazelle is $2.99 today.

https://www.amazon.com/Some-Tame-Gazelle-Virago-Classics-ebook/dp/B00AW54D8I/ref...

>16 amanda4242: thank you.

I do have some J.K. Rowling books, but tend to not read them, and I'm pretty sure i lost the whole Harry Potter series.

US Kindle sale: Mary Renault's The Last of the Wine and Alexander Trilogy are on sale for $2.99 and $3.99 today.

The Last of the Wine link

Alexander Trilogy link

The May thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/360372

The June thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/361107

August author books: KJ Charles's The Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune series is on sale, with book one 99 cent and book two available for pre-order at $2.99.

kindle link
kobo link

Pearl by Siân Hughes is available on NetGalley.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/330508

The July thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/361731

June author book: The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave is on sale for $1.99 from multiple retailers.

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-dance-tree-4

The August thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/362308

The September thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/362975

The October thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/364575

The November thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/365368

I've started a planning thread for next year's challenge.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/365528#