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31/03/2008  Shortlist for the Melissa Nathan Awards for Comedy Romance
The Melissa Nathan Awards Team are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2008 Melissa Nathan Awards for Comedy Romance. The shortlisted books are...HEAVEN SENT by Christina Jones (Little, Brown)MRS ZHIVAGO OF QUEEN’S PARK by Olivia Lichtenstein...  Read More

02/01/2008  We have a new judge - Alan Davies
We are delighted to welcome Alan Davies to our stellar panel of judges.Alan joins last year's judges: Jo Brand, Joanna Trollope, Jessica Hynes, Sophie Kinsella and Gaynor Allen, all of whom asked to be involved again this year.  Read More

15/06/2007  Winner of the 2007 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance
WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRSTMELISSA NATHAN AWARD FOR COMEDY ROMANCE 2007 The winner of the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2007 was announced at a reception held at the Magic Circle Headquarters in London on 13th June. The winner...  Read More

08/06/2007  Readers' Competition
We are delighted to announce Kerry Chu as the winner of the readers' competition.Kerry has won a pair of tickets to the central London award ceremony this coming Wednesday June 13thOur writers' competition remains open, and further competitions will...  Read More

06/06/2007  Comedy Romance Masterclass at Borders, Oxford Street
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01/04/2007  Enter our fantastic competition
We are running a competition for writers…Enter our great on-line competition. If you're a budding writer you could get the chance to meet a representative from leading literary agents Ed Victor to talk about how to set about getting your first book...  Read More

02/03/2007  The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance is launched
  All of Melissa Nathan’s novels are both heart-warmingly romantic and very, very funny. THE NANNY and THE WAITRESS were also in the Top Ten bestseller lists. So it’s highly appropriate that, following her death from cancer at the age of just 37 in...  Read More