Category Archives: Awards
Help The Chimps reach Canada Reads Top 10!
Great news! Thanks to the voting public, The Chimps has made it onto the Top 40 longlist for Canada Reads: True Stories! Now the real work begins. We need your votes to make the Top 10 list. To help the … More
Barnes and Noble selects The Chimps for “Discover Great New Writers” program
I am thrilled to announce that the Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary has been selected for the Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” program for summer, 2011. Fifteen books were picked from a total submission of 130 titles. From May … More
A Nod from The Australian
Susan Kurosawa at The Australian newspaper has chosen The Riverbones as the best travel memoir of 2009!
Riverbones shortlisted for the Edna Staebler
The Riverbones has been shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Affectionately known as the “Edna” among those in the know, the $10,000 award focuses on literary, as opposed to purely journalistic, endeavours. Three cheers for that. … More
