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Louise Douglas, author of The Love of My Life and Missing You, is up for a Brit Writers’ Award for Missing You - the only chick lit author nominated! - and we thought we ought to let you all know so you can vote for this fantastic book! There’s tough competition - Terry Pratchett! - so every vote will be vital.

All you need to do to vote is to either email the name of the winning book to [email protected], or text in your vote to this number here: 07772 311901. Only one entry is allowed and the winner will be announced on July 15th at the Brit Writers’ Award Ceremony!

You can view the full list of nominees here. (Not that you need to, because you’re voting for Louise, right?)

The nominations for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2010 have been announced, and they are a great selection of books. The awards are held in the honour of chick lit author Melissa Nathan who tragically died of cancer in 2006 aged just 37. Melissa’s books are all fabulous reads, so if you haven’t yet picked up one of her books, make sure you do!

Here are the nominations:

I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk (HarperCollins)

Wedding Tiers by Trisha Ashley (Avon)

Tug of Love by Allie Spencer (A Little Black Dress Book)

Love Letters by Katie Fforde (Century)

Moon-Light in Odessa by Janet Skeslien Charles (Bloomsbury)

Blue Collar by Danny King (Serpent’s Tail)

The awards are being held on June 15th, so good luck to all the nominees, and we will post the winners on here once they revealed!

The shortlist was announced in April for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and the winner will be announced in a week on June 10th. The shortlist are:

The Secret Shoppers Revenge by Kate Harrison
Bridesmaids by Jane Costello
Recipe For Disaster by Miriam Morrison
A Winter’s Tale by Trisha Ashley
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
The Importance of Being Emma by Juliet Archer

We’ll be sure to let you know who the winner is next week!