Now it's back to thinking about books ... and it's almost time for Bastion Square again ... April 1st ... cripes, getting so close!

Our promotion with the Victoria radio station ...The OCEAN 98.5's VIP Platinum Club continues for only three more months. Now we can give you a list of what will be awarded for these last three spectacular raffles:

March - a twofold celebration for Robert and I. I become an OAP on March 13th and already have my Gold Card!!! (This is my excuse for slowing down!!) And a few days before that we expect our new book, Yesterdays to arrive. Thus, three lucky winners will receive a copy of Yesterdays.

April - three lucky winners will receive Deluxe sets of our Moonbeam Series for the special youngster (4-9 years) who you want to encourage reading.

and to cap off this fun promotion in ...

May - three extremely lucky winners will receive a full hardcover set of the Victoria Chronicles (lovingly dubbed "Loyalty Series" by fans!).

In case you don't know about this promotion, here are the details once again.

We are giving away a book or books in their raffle for 2 weeks each month (generally) until May 2010. We hope you’ll join the club, if you haven’t already, and pass the word amongst your friends. Many readers tell us they purchase our books and CDs as gifts, so here is your chance, or you might be lucky and pick up a copy you haven’t purchased yet!

If you’re not a member of Victoria's VIP Platinum Club at The OCEAN 98.5 FM, you simply go to our website and click on The OCEAN logo. It’s free to join. The first books given away were a set of the Victoria Chronicles in paperback and every month we feature something different.

Remember to check our Events tab for info and announcements.

more old news ...

A further note on our BLOGS ... in an effort to make Joyce's job easier and to lower expenses, she has reorganized our several websites, making them into two. Whitlands Publishing is now part of this website. Our personal pages are also blogs (genealogy and health).

Joyce's website www.joycesandilands.com now features not only her books but also any personal endeavours she wants to share and, of course, links to this website. The website you are on remains our main website:  www.jrobertwhittle.com / bestsellingbooks.ca

So once again, thanks for your support and for reading our books - if you live away from our area (Vancouver Island, BC), you can ask your local library (or school library) to purchase our books and we give a 15% discount if they contact us directly. Many BC libraries have at least some of our books already and our fans are happy to learn that in Canada we earn royalties for having our books in as many libraries as possible. We find some readers, who are not familiar with our books, like to check them out first by reading a library copy! Thanks for your help.

Have a great spring!