Congratulations to Barbara-Anne Puren. Her delightful poetry book for children, A Family Just Like Mine, has received an honorary mention in the 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards in the Family Matters category.
Category: Author news
Italy, a Romantic Journey – Award Winning Finalist
Italy, a Romantic Journey is Award Winning Finalist in the Travel: Guides & Essays category of the 2018 International Book Awards. Well done to author and photographer, Rochelle Cheever.
Italy has always been a destination for travelers. For centuries, Rome was the caput mundi, center of the known world. Even after the fall of the empire, all roads led to Rome, the seat of the Catholic Church, a place of pilgrimage. In the 17th century, Italy became the primary destination of the Grand Tour, a trip essential for educating young men of means to experience Italy’s antiquity, art and architecture. But they saw more than they were sent to find. They saw sunlight, passion, a hunger for life. Why Italy? Because it is breathtaking. They say on the seventh day God didn’t rest, he created Italy.
Let celebrated photographer, Rochelle Cheever, take you on a romantic journey of her top ten Italian destinations – Rome, Capri, Florence, Polignano a Mare, Venice, Lake Como, Positano, Orvieto, Ravello, Chianti – with her stunning imagery capturing the very essence that is Italy.
Help Judyth Gregory-Smith Support Gifts of Sight
Springtime Books author, Judyth Gregory-Smith is devoted to a unique and inspirational project – Gifts of Sight – which involves collecting used glasses in Malaysia and the UK. Judyth then personally distributes them to isolated villages around Myanmar for people who have no hope of being able to buy them. Watch the video to find out more about this amazing programme and see the amazing author in action.
All proceeds from the private sales of Judyth’s wonderful children’s book, Bernard the Wombat of Ugly Gully, will be donated to the programme. To purchase your own copy, please contact Judyth direct at judythgregorys@gmail.com.
TCK author receives an honorary mention in the Purple Dragon Awards 2016
Well done to Summertime Publishing author, Valérie Besanceney, for receiving an honorary mention for her book, B at Home, Emma Moves Again in the 2016 Purple Dragonfly Awards for children’s books.
See press release.