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Win tickets to Michelle Paver's event at Cheltenham!

Michelle will be at Cheltenham Festival on Saturday 13th October to introduce her new series, Gods and Warriors, and we’ve got four tickets to give away to one lucky person! So if you want to hear Michelle talk about what inspired her to write the series and where her research for these books has taken her simply email Puffin on [email protected] with the subject line Prize draw: Cheltenham Festival. You’ll need to include your name, address and email address in the email. Entries must be received by 30th September 2012 and please be aware that travel and expenses must be covered by the winner, and will not be part of the prize.

But that’s not all! Ten runners up will also be chosen and they will receive a special Puffin goody bag which will include a Gods and Warriors poster and three other Puffin books which you might also like! Good luck!

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The Gods and Warriors Wisdom Contest starts now!

The very first competition heralding the arrival of Gods and Warriors has officially started - and we encourage everyone to take part! Will you be one of the wisest members of The Clan?

The Wisdom Contest is now open to all Clanners and non-Clanners - so whether you're a newcomer to the site or a veteran of The Clan, why not pit your wits and wisdom against others in a test of your knowledge of the first four chapters of Gods and Warriors? Start by going to the 'Competitions' tab above, and go to the most recent entry; or simply check out the Wisdom Contest here!

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GODS AND WARRIORS IS HERE!

It's the 27th August and that means one thing - GODS AND WARRIORS has been released in the UK! We hope you're as excited as we are - we can't wait to hear what you think about the first in Michelle's brand new series set in the Bronze Age. If you haven't already got a copy of Gods and Warriors, you can pick up a copy through Amazon (which will ship tomorrow) or your local bookstore. Don't forget, you can also hear the entire first chapter FREE, here on The Clan.

Once you've started reading Gods and Warriors do swing by The Clan's forums and tell everyone what you thought - we'd be very interested in hearing your opinions! Also, once you're up to Chapter Four, you may be interested in a week-long competition we're going to run here on The Clan - a multiple choice quiz on the events of the first four chapters which will be going live here tonight (UK time), the Gods and Warriors Wisdom Contest!

So check back tonight for the inaugural Gods and Warriors competition, and make sure to enter - the top eight entrants will be receiving signed copies of GODS AND WARRIORS from Michelle, making them highly valuable collector's items!

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A review of GODS AND WARRIORS to whet your appetite!

Ryan over at http://www.empire-of-books.com/ has uploaded a review of Michelle's upcoming first book in her new series, Gods and Warriors! Get over there now and check it out - it's a fairly in-depth review that doesn't go too far into spoiler territory and should give you a great idea of what Gods and Warriors is all about! Let us know what you thought of Ryan's review (and of Gods and Warriors, if you're lucky enough to have it already) here in the Gods and Warriors forum on The Clan here.

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And the winner is...

Dear Clanners,

The winner of the audio blog tour competition is none other than ScarWolf! Congrats Scar! We're sure you'll enjoy your prizes - a signed copy of GODS AND WARRIORS, soon to be released (27th August) and a special poster also signed by Michelle Paver herself!

In case you've missed it, you can still listen to the entire first chapter of GODS AND WARRIORS on The Clan at the following link: http://jointheclan.com/and-the-audio-blog-tour-comes-home-to-the-clan

We hope you've enjoyed the last week - as the release date for GODS AND WARRIORS grows ever closer the excitement here on The Clan will continue to mount - we can't wait!

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And the audio blog tour comes home to The Clan!

Hi Clanners!

It's the seventh and final day of the Audio Blog Tour, and we hope you've been keeping up with the instalments of GODS AND WARRIORS' first chapter over the last six days. Today we've got the ENTIRE  first chapter here, on The Clan, for you to listen to! Just open this post up to listen.

Enjoy listening - check back today at 17:00GMT for the announcement of the lucky winner of the Audio Competition, who's going to be receiving a signed copy of GODS AND WARRIORS and a signed poster in the post very shortly!

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Another Superfan Event!

Missed the Superfan event?  Don't worry, we've got a terrific video for you... and even better, the fantastic news that Michelle will be doing a Clan-only, virtual Superfan event in a few weeks' time... live via video for all fans worldwide!

Keep watching the Clan for the latest news on this (it's likely to be a Sunday towards the end of September).  And here's a taster of the last terrific Superfan event hosted by Puffin... just to whet your appetite!

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Day #6 of the audio blog, and a correction to yesterday's extract!

We regret that the wrong blog entry was posted yesterday - you can find extract #5 here at the Overflowing Library: www.overflowinglibrary.com

And today's entry (Day #6) can be found at http://booksofamber.blogspot.co.uk/ . Apologies for the confusion!

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Day #5 of the tour, and another extract from GODS AND WARRIORS!

Check out the next audio clip HERE: http://booksofamber.blogspot.co.uk/

And if you haven't already, check out Day #1 for a cool competition to enter with some awesome prizes!

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Audio Blog Day #4 and another extract!

Check out today's extract from GODS AND WARRIORS at http://thebookaddictedgirl.blogspot.co.uk/ ! And if you haven't already, check out Day #1 for info on a fantastic competition we're running alongside the tour!

Check back tomorrow for the fifth instalment in the audio blog series...

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Day #3 of the blog tour!

And as Day #3 of the audio blog tour dawns upon us, the next audio extract of GODS AND WARRIORS is up at http://www.thirstforfiction.com/!

Check it out and have a listen - and if you haven't already, go back to Day #2 and Day #1 of the tour to catch up on the previous extracts! Also, there's a competition to be entered to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of GODS AND WARRIORS and a signed poster too - go check out the Day #1 entry here on the front page for more!

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Day #2 of the Audio Blog Tour!

It's the second day of the pre-publication audio blog tour for GODS AND WARRIORS - and today the blog to visit is Writing from the Tub, which you can access at the following link:

http://carlybennett.blogspot.co.uk/

Check out the second audio extract at the blog above, and if you haven't already, check out Day #1 of the audio blog tour at www.wondrousreads.com with the first audio extract! Don't forget to enter our competition in yesterday's post - answer a simple question to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of GODS AND WARRIORS and a signed poster!

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Audio Blog Tour Day #1!

Good morning everyone! Today begins the Audio Blog Tour for book one of Michelle Paver's forthcoming series, GODS AND WARRIORS! Every day this week (from today until Friday 10th August) you will be able to hear an excerpt from Chapter One of GODS AND WARRIORS on one of six blogs chosen to host an extract. Today you can listen to the first extract on http://www.wondrousreads.com/ . Make sure to tell us what you think!

On the final day (Fri 10th) we'll be making the entire first chapter available to be listened to here on The Clan - and we'll be choosing a winner for our competition! In order to be in with a chance of winning a signed poster and a signed copy of GODS AND WARRIORS, simply answer the following question and send the answer to nanuak at jointheclan.com with the subject heading 'Audio Competition'.

Question:

Gods and Warriors begins with Hylas, a 12 year old goatherd, running for his life. What name is given to the group hunting Hylas?

a)       The Black Warriors

b)       The Shadow Warriors

c)       The Dark Warriors

Check back tomorrow for the next blog on our tour, and the second extract from GODS AND WARRIORS!

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Audio Blog Tour coming...

Dear all,

Keep an eye on The Clan's front page over the next two weeks - starting August 4th there will be audio snippets of the first chapter of GODS AND WARRIORS released over a week through a lucky few literary blogs across the internet! We'll be publishing the exact details of the blogs closer to the time, but get excited now - you'll be getting a chance to hear the first chapter of GODS AND WARRIORS very soon indeed!

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The Clan Twitter now live!

Check out the fantastic Clan Twitter that's just gone live HERE:

http://twitter.com/Godsandwarriors

Run by one of our fantastic Clan Guardians - Wolfbrother - it's going to be receiving some exclusive updates on the build-up to the release of Gods and Warriors on August 27th! Keep checking back on the Twitter page for more (and if you haven't already, check out and 'like' our Facebook page for pictures, info and updates on Michelle's upcoming events leading up to the big day at the following link - just click here)

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The Clan is now on Facebook!

For those of you keen on social networks, there's now an official Clan page going live on Facebook! Check out the following link for more...

Be sure to visit, 'like' the page, get your friends to do so too, and have a look at some of the Facebook-exclusive photos we have of Michelle and her journeys over the last few years.

We're also looking to release some exclusive Gods and Warriors artwork over the next few days on the Facebook page, so keep an eye out...

You can check out the page HERE!

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A series of Stone Age cave paintings in northern Spain, long-thought to be less than 25,000 years old, have just had their dates pushed back more than 15 millennia making them Europe’s oldest known definitively-dated paintings.

The new date for the art works means that, on balance of probabilities, they were potentially painted by Neanderthals rather than members of our own species of humanity, Homo sapiens.