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Submitted: Byron the Maker, Parts One and Two by ANNE FLEMING
The Orwell Prize
Books submitted:
A Land Fit for Criminals by DAVID FRASER
More Dangerous Ground by ROGER COOK
Winners of the 2008 prize will be announced in April 2008.
Reach for the Moon
CYRIL ORNADEL
We were invited by Howard Loxton to submit Cyril Ornadels Reach for the Moon to the prestigious Theatre Book Prize 2007. The judges are actress Sian Phillips, theatre critic Claire Allfree and Prof of Cultural Studies at
LancasterUniversity, Jeffrey Richards. The short list will be announced in February 2008.
The
BlueGarden
MICHAEL LEVIEN
The Sagittarius Prize:
Runner up 2004
Penalty Chick
BRYONY HILL
Joan Hessian Award (Romantic Novelists Association)
Runner up 2002
The Brass and The Velvet
CHRISTABEL BURNISTON
Author's Club:
Special Mention, 2001
Jonathan Dewhurst - The
Lancashire Tragedian
PHILIP AND SUSAN TAYLOR
Theatre Book Prize 2001