Well, actually, there is. Because it is time for the annual Ebury Christmas Quiz and I am DETERMINED my team is going to win. I suffered near-total humiliation at the I Never Knew That Ebury Quiz. The team I was on came second from last because I hadn’t done my homework on the author questions – sorry authors!; we were destabilised by one member quitting early to get a train home to Brighton and another just brazenly flirting with me, my author and a nearby chair and refusing to answer any questions.

Therefore, when asked by the Ebury Quizettes if I wanted to help set the questions or be on a team, there was only one answer. I WANT TO BE ON A RUDDY TEAM AND I WANT TO WIN. There was pride to reclaim. As Tyra Banks would say on America’s Next Top Model: Bring it! (more…)

Feeling festive yet?  Need some jokes for your office Christmas party? Here are a few Christmassy jokes from our brilliant Man Walks Into A Joke website to put you in the yuletide spirit…

What does Santa do with fat elves? He sends them to the Elf Farm. 

What do snowmen eat for lunch? Icebergers!

Why was Santa’s little helper feeling depressed? He had low elf-esteem.

What do elves learn in school? The elf-abet!

What do you call someone who is afraid of Santa? A Clausterphobic.

How do snowmen travel around? By icicle!

Ho Ho Ho!

Katie - Digital Marketing Executive

Random House have put together a fantastic advent calendar this year.  Pull the chimes to find today’s competition and enter to win some great prizes!

For the next 5 weeks, Eburyites will be at your service for all of your personal book shopping needs.

Send your Christmas book quandary to eburyblog@eburypublishing.co.uk and and one of us will have the answer. Let us know a bit about the gift receiver, and we’ll scour our catalogue for the best presents money can buy.

One question we’ve had in already…

Hi Ebury,

My granny is a right old raver. I’ve tried buying her mohair bed jackets and heated slippers, but she always says she’d rather be out downing martinis with Daniel Craig and wants a present from Ann Summers. I can’t face buying lingerie for an 85 year old - HELP!

Spoddy Granddaughter

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Dear Spoddy Granddaughter,

Congrats on having such a groovy granny! There should be more like her. Fear not, we have exactly the right gift for you. First off, try her with Girl with a One Track Mind. If she’s as filthy as you think she is, it’ll be right up her alley; you might need to buy her a magnifying glass, though, as the type’s quite small. If that’s not enough for her, hit her with a double whammy of Len Goodman’s autobiography (come on, realistically, that’s who she could actually cop off with, not DC) and a copy of the Strictly annual, to remind her of her dancing days when she was trying to snog GIs in the war. And if she wants to liven up a WI meeting, then she can pass round our Ann Summers erotic novels – that’ll teach Beryl from down the road to show off about her grandson’s career as a hedge fund manager!

Cheers,

Alex – Marketing Manager