31/7/2012
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc), in
association with the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust, is delighted to announce
the seven finalists for the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award.
The
Book Award offers one of the largest monetary prizes for literature in the
country with an award of $10,000 for a published work which embodies the mind,
body, spirit genre.
Maggie Tarver, Chief Executive
Officer for the NZSA, says the Book Awards always attracts an impressive number
of entries and 2012 was no exception.
“The Ashton Wylie Charitable
Trust Literature Awards attracts much interest from the literary community
and we have received over 50 entries in
the published book category,” says Ms Tarver.
The Book Award finalists
are:
Robin Kelly – The Human
Hologram
Bernadette Logue – Pinch Me – How Following
the Signals Changed My Life
Alan Dawe – The God
Franchise
Keith Hill – Secular Spirituality
Martin Herbertson – The
Sleeping Messiah
Glenys-Kay O’Byrne –
Metaphysics 101: Buckle Up For The
Wildest Ride of Your Life
Cliff Harvey – Time Rich, Cash Optional : An
Unconventional Guide To Happiness
The Ashton Wylie Children’s
Book Award 2012 was run for the first time this year but the selection panel
elected not to declare finalists or a winner for this award. However an award of merit has been given to
Marnie Anstis for “The Millennium Tree.”
The award winners will be
announced in a ceremony at the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust’s own venue, the
Hopetoun Alpha in Auckland
on Friday 24 August 2012. A day of
Children’s Writing Workshops will follow on 25th August featuring
Joy Cowley, Martin Taylor, Maria Gill and Sandra Morris. For booking
information contact www.awct.org.nz
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