My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece Gets US Release

My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece will be released on audiobook in the USA on 14^th August 2012. David Tennant reads the unabridged recording of the teen novel which was written by Annabel Pitcher and published in the UK in March 2011. The publishers, Hachette Audio, give this description:

My sister Rose lives on the mantelpiece.
Well, some of her does.
A collarbone, two ribs, a bit of skull, and a little toe.
To ten-year-old Jamie, his family has fallen apart because of the loss of someone he barely remembers: his sister Rose, who died five years ago in a terrorist bombing. To his father, life is impossible to make sense of when he lives in a world that could so cruelly take away a ten-year-old girl. To Rose's surviving fifteen year old twin, Jas, everyday she lives in Rose's ever present shadow, forever feeling the loss like a limb, but unable to be seen for herself alone.
Told with warmth and humor, this powerful novel is a sophisticated take on one family's struggle to make sense of the loss that's torn them apart... and their discovery of what it means to stay together.

The book is available for pre order fom our store here.

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My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece Nominated For Audiobook Award At Galaxy Book Awards

My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece written by Annabel Pitcher and read by David Tennant has been nominated for the Audiobook Award at the Galaxy National Book Awards.

"Ten-year-old Jamie has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine. Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb and his family fell apart. When he sees an advert for a TV talent show, he feels certain that this will change everything and bring them all back together."

The winners of the 2011 Galaxy National Book Awards will be revealed on Friday 4th November at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge. Dara O'Briain is the host for the evening and the event will be staged and filmed by Cactus TV, with a series of six programmes about the awards to be screened between 13th November and 17th December on More4. Cactus TV Managing Director and Executive Producer of the awards programmes, Amanda Ross: "It will be far more interesting for the viewers to experience the event in bite-size chunks spread across six shows, as we will be able to properly focus on the award winners."

Listen to an extract of David reading My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece here...

Buy My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece from our shop here...

Audiobook Competition Winners

Thanks to all of you who entered our recent competition where we teamed up with Orion Books to offer youthe chance to win one of three copies of David's new audiobook, My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece.
The winners have now been chosen and emailed individually they are:
Patricia Harrison, Mrs V Batty and Sandra Kay!

If you weren't lucky enough to be on of our winners this time you can purchase the audiobook in our shop here.

Audio Book Competition

Thanks to our friends at Orion Books we have a VERY exciting competition for you!

You could win one of three copies of their brilliant new audio book, My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece, read by David Tennant.

The book has been recieving rave reviews:

'quite simply, stunning ... One of the most compelling listens ever, beautifully read by David Tennant, who said: "I couldn't put this down, I had to record the book." With music by Peter Rinne, who also produces. Meant for children of 10 and over this is one any adult will love and weep over too.' DAILY EXPRESS

'David Tennant felt he had to record this book, and no wonder - it's brilliant for both adults and older children ... Intensely moving, starkly real and ultimately heartening.' OBSERVER

'It's instantly clear why David Tennant made to time to record Annabel Pitcher's debut ... You can hear Tennant's respect for Pitcher's writing, which covey’s a boy's budding emotional antennae and irreducible vivacity in ever sentence.' TIME OUT

If you'd like to be in with a chance simply answer this question:

Which of David's Doctor Who co stars is he currently appearing on the West End stage with?

A. Billie Piper

B. Catherine Tate

C. Freema Agyeman

Send your answer to jack@david-tennant.com

Three winners will be selcted at random from those with the correct answers
The closing date is 12pm on Friday 27th May 2011.

Good luck!!

If you're unsuccessful but would still like to listen to this amazing story you can buy the audiobook in our shop here or download it from audible here.

My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece

Thanks to Orion Books we have a special preview clip of David narrating My Sister Lives On The Mantlepiece.

Listen to it here! Buy it in our shop here!

Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad and his teenage sister, Jasmine for a 'Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin, Rose, was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief, Jasmine turns to piercing, pink hair and stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. Jamie is far more interested in his cat, Roger, his birthday Spiderman T-shirt, and in keeping his new friend Sunya a secret from his dad. And in his deep longing and unshakeable belief that his Mum will come back to the family she walked out on months ago. When he sees a TV advert for a talent show, he feels certain that this will change everything and bring them all back together once and for all.
Narrated by ten year old Jamie, a stunning debut novel about the tragedy that tears apart his family after a terrorist attack, and how they rebuild their lives. Unabridged edition.