Winning silver…

I would like to announce that A Thousand Glass Flowers (US purchase link, UK below) has just won a silver medallion in the 2012 Readers’ Favourite Book Awards.

Initially, to gauge finalists, the submitted novels are read by volunteer reviewers. If a novel is fortunate enough to reach the finalist stage, professionals within the industry then take over and the novels are read by judges drawn from the fields of publishing, agencies, editors, professors of english literature and/or creative writing and so on. So the books are very heavily marked for their quality.

I’m thrilled to have become a medal winner and that A Thousand Glass Flowers (UK purchase link) will be promoted by Readers’ Favourites at the 2012 Miami Book Fair. Unfortunately Miami is a loooong way from Tasmania, Australia and I won’t be able to collect my medal personally at the presentation, but I am thrilled nevertheless.

Thank you to Finnian and Lalita and to all the ‘Others’ from the novel who charmed the judges. I’m grateful.

I have always maintained that if one is mortal, it pays to be immensely respectful of Others…