My Unbound friend Erica Buist is currently funding This Party's Dead. The book is a  memoir about her response to the sudden death of her father in law. The experience was so devastating that for a while she became agoraphobic and on recovery decided she needed to face up to death. So in the last couple of years she's been travelling the world visiting death festivals to understand how other cultures deal with living and dying. I've been reading extracts as she's gone along and I think this book is going to be astonishing - funny, profound and intensely moving. I think you'll think so too.

Erica is 93% of the way there and I want to help her get over the line. So I'm going to run a prize draw. I'm giving away a signed copy of The Wave to one lucky winner. All you have to do is pledge to support Erica's book, send me a private message on FB (Virginia Moffatt) or twitter (@aroomofmyown1) and I'll add your name.

Get pledging and good luck!