The one with the two auctions
Stopping by briefly today to let you know about two book related auctions going on at the moment.
East Yorkshire Food Bank
Although I live in North Yorkshire, I'm in the Beverley Chapter of the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) which is in East Yorkshire. Several members of the chapter and a host of other authors and people with literary connections are participating in a bookish auction to raise valuable funds for the East Yorkshire Food Bank. It's organised by one of our members, author Jeevani Charika/Rhoda Baxter and the Food Bank Manager. You can find out more about the work of the food bank here.
This year, I've donated two lots – a signed copy of Christmas at the Cat Café and a one-hour Zoom which might suit either a reader or an aspiring writer. The book is a UK-only lot but the Zoom can be bid on internationally.
You can find the full auction here and can specifically bid for a signed copy of Christmas at the Cat Café on lot 14 here or the Zoom chat on lot 13 here. But you need to be quick as the auction of promises ends on Friday 20th October at 6pm.
Children in Read
The annual Children in Read auction in aid of the BBC's Children in Need campaign is also up and running, organised by the amazing Paddy Heron. You can find the full auction here which has a whopping 633 lots on it at the time of writing this blog post. There are so many wonderful offerings across the genres to suit readers, collectors and writers so do take a look.
I've donated two lots here too – pretty much the same as those donated to the East Yorkshire Food Bank auction except the Christmas at the Cat Café lot is a small bundle which includes a cat bookmark and cat coaster as well as the signed book.
You can bid on the Christmas at the Cat Café bundle on lot 563 here and the Zoom chat on lot 564 here. As with the East Yorkshire Food Bank auction, the Zoom is available internationally but the bundle is UK only.
£12,709 has been raised in bids so far across this auction with plenty of time still to run as Children in Need day is Friday 17th November.
Happy browsing and bidding! And please do spread the word. Great opportunity for some early Christmas shopping!
Big hugs
Jessica xx