Pastures New by Clare Balding - 2025/26 Adults Book Club Survey

Sometimes home is where you least expect it…

HarperCollins is offering free copies of the debut novel from Clare Balding, Pastures New to book clubs for review.

More about the book

Alex has perfected the art of dodging responsibility during her almost 40 years — until an unexpected letter turns her life upside down.

She’s inherited a crumbling sheep farm in deepest, wettest Wales. This was not her life plan. Not at all.

Now, her closest companion is a grumpy Welsh terrier, she’s speed-reading An Idiot’s Guide to Farming, and her arrival has set the village gossip mill spinning. With the farm near collapse and its community now relying on her, Alex sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious inheritance. Then she can finally get back to the carefree life she thought she wanted.

But as secrets surface, Alex finds her heart pulling her in a direction she never saw coming.

Will she pack her bags – or has she landed exactly where she’s meant to be?

How to take part

To be in with a chance of winning copies of Pastures New by Clare Balding for your book club to review please complete this survey by 4 August.

If successful, the books will be delivered to you in August and each of your members will be expected to share a review within six weeks of receiving the books.

Please only apply if you can commit to this. If you do not send feedback in return for the free books you will not be able to apply for other opportunities.
1.Please select your authority
2.Please select your region
3.Please tell us the name of your reading group
4.Please provide a short description of your group to tell us a little about yourselves
5.What type of books do you like to read?
6.How many members are there in your reading group? Please note, the publisher may not be able to provide more than 8 copies of the book(Required.)
7.Why are you interested in reading this book?
8.Would the members of your group be able to review the book on Amazon, Goodreads, Waterstones or the RGfE website within six weeks of copies being delivered?
9.Would the members of your group be willing to share a post about the book on social media?
10.Please enter your email address (this is so we can contact you on whether or not you have been successful)
11.Please provide your full name and address (including postcode). It is really important you input this correctly - if selected, the books will be sent to this address.
Good luck!