2009 LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS
1/3/2010 LONDON (January 4, 2010) _ The 2009 London Book Festival has named Stan Goldberg’s “Lessons for the Living” as the grand prize winner of its annual competition honoring the best of international publishing.
When Goldberg was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to face his fear by becoming a hospice volunteer. “For me, being in the presence of people who are dying opened doors to wisdom I wouldn’t have discovered through any other experience,” he writes in his moving memoir. His stories of forgiveness, gratitude and courage at the end of life have lessons that apply across all boundaries, making it the judge’s choice for top honors.
The runner-up in the competition is Laurel Jaguar’s “Big Skye Ranch,” a forerunner of a new generation of e-books that are roping in the hard-to-reach teenage audience. Wrapped in a salacious package, “Big Skye Ranch” uses full color graphics and provocative subject matter to bridge the reading generation gap.
Both will be honored on January 21st in London at the competition’s awards.
Other winners in the competition:
FICTION:
WINNER: The Writing on my Forehead – Nafisa Haji
RUNNER-UP: The Lace Reader – Brunonia Barry
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Criminal – Stan Lerner The House on the Shore – Victoria Howard Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine – Lloyd Lofthouse The Mason Key Volume One – David Folz A Tomb on the Periphery – John Domini An Unfinished House – K. Patrick Malone From Where The Rivers Come – Terin Tashi Miller The Spirit of Antoinette – Michael Ramseur The Wheel of Nuldoid – Russ Woody The Rose of York: Fall From Grace – Sandra Worth
CHILDREN’S:
WINNER: Safe For Life – Katherine Reynolds
RUNNER-UP: The Legend of Barknight – The McConnell Family
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Baron Thinks Dogs Are People Too – Laurie Dean/Kevin Collier Curio a Shetland Sheepdog Meets The Cat – Jeanette A. Griver/Phyllis L. Milway Leprechaun Lucht – Connie Houser Trouble in Soccertown – Rita and Spencer Olin The Adventures of Theodore Mouse – Sharilin/SL & IJ Smith
E-BOOKS:
WINNER: Big Skye Ranch - Laurel Jaguar
NON-FICTION:
WINNER: The Stephen King Illustrated Companion – Bev Vincent
RUNNER-UP: Democracy at the Crossroads – Craig S. Barnes
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Let’s Eat Out with Celiac/Coeliac & Food Allergies – Kim Koeller/Robert La France The Ice Cream Theory – Steff Deschenes The Difference Between A Boy and A Man – Amy Modica Myers How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate – Lynne Cherry/Gary Braasch
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
WINNER: Beyond Reason – Gregg Korbon, MD
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Beyond the Cold – Michael Kleiner Frank Pais: Architect of Cuba’s Betrayed Revolution – Jose Alvarez No Place to Call Home – Stanley J. Kowalski/Alexandra Kowalski Everist
POETRY:
WINNER: Mom’s Canoe – Rebecca Foust
RUNNER-UP: Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 – edited by Robert L. Giron
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Voyeur – Rich Murphy
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART:
WINNER: Gypsy Horses and the Travelers Way – John Hockensmith
RUNNER-UP: The Art of Everyday Joe – Michael Corbin
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Praying The Word – Donald Jackson The Letters: Portrait of an Artist, Jim Houser – Connie Houser
WILD CARD:
WINNER: Nulli Secundus – Second To None – Terence Cardwell
RUNNER-UP: Finding Slovenia – Jacqueline Widmar Stewart
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
What is Love? - James Robinson How Big Is Your But? – James Robinson Pirate Queen: The Curse – R. Allen Downey
COOKBOOKS:
WINNER: 400 Sensational Cookies – Linda J. Amendt
UNPUBLISHED:
WINNER: The Last Lap – Sara Mattison
HOW-TO:
WINNER: The Tao of Show Business – Dallas Travers
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Lucia’s Survival Guide and Cookbook – Lucille Campilongo Dating from the Inside Out – Dr. Paulette Kouffman Sherman
COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES:
WINNER: Silhouette: Bold Lines & Voices from Writegirl – edited by Keren Taylor
TEENAGE/YOUNG ADULT:
WINNER: The Attitude Girl – Mila Bernadkin
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Tyler & His Solve-A-Matic Machine – Jennifer Bouani Hot Issues Cool Choices – Sandra McLeod Humphrey
SPIRITUAL:
WINNER: Lessons for the Living – Stan Goldberg
RUNNER-UP: Who Stole My Soul? – Vishwa Prakash
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Waiting for the Sunrise – Elizabeth Gatorano American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism – edited by Marika Herskovic
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