Land yourself a Mini treat

Bursting with brilliant writing inspired by Liverpool and the River Mersey, the Mersey Minis are a great way to read about Liverpool, whether you live here or know someone who'd love one, far away.

We mentioned them a couple of months back, but just to refresh your memory, the Mersey Minis is a collection of writing about Liverpool spanning centuries, nationalities, backgrounds and styles.

Prince Albert, Charles Dickens, Allen Ginsberg, King John and Carl Jung all had something to say about Liverpool, as did Margaret Thatcher, Paul Theroux, John Betjeman, Daniel Defoe, John Lennon, Herman Melville and William Wordsworth.

Their musings and many more have been collected for this series of five books, making a lovely pressie, each volume retailing at just £3.95.

Each book is being released at intervals throughout Liverpool's 800th anniversary year. On August 20th, Liverpool's birthday, citizens will get Volume Three, free.

Landing, Living, Loving, Leaving and Longing are the titles. Landing came out last month, and, in two weeks time, it's the turn of Living.

But if you can't wait until then, or fancy playing catch up, we are giving away 10 copies of Landing.