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Great Southwest Book Festival Honors “THE ASCENSION” With Grand Prize

Sunday, March 12, 2017 PHOENIX_ The story of teens who are part of a hidden super-race is the grand prize winner of the 2017 Great Southwest Book Festival, which honors the best books of the late winter/spring. Author Lauren Hudson’s “The Ascension” (Headline Books) explores the lives of Desdemona, Felix and Jinx, who learn on their 15th birthdays that nothing in their world is as it seems. Instead of being normal teens, they discover that…

Headline Titles Take Five Los Angeles Book Festival Awards

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival Announces 2017 Award Winners Los Angeles – Winners of the 2017 Los Angeles Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Los Angeles April 1 at the fabulous Fleming’s restaurant in the LA Live complex in downtown Los Angeles. Submitted works were judged by a panel of publishing industry experts looking for general excellence and the author’s passion for telling a good story, plus…

“WE ARE WHOO WE ARE” WINS TOP HONORS

LOS ANGELES_ Melinda Chambers honored at the 2016 Literary Classics International Award ceremony in Los Angeles, California. The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize those titles in children’s and young adult literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classic Awards committee. “We Are Whoo We Are” was named Silver Award Winner and Melinda’s new book, “Chilly Billy” received the Literary Classic Seal of Approval. Melinda is a multiple Mom’s Choice…

Headline Titles Win Awards at London Book Festival

London –The London Book Festival announces 2016 awards. Included are eight Headline Books titles and two of them are Winners in the General Fiction and Young Adult Category this year! The Indian by Barry Kienzel wins Best General Fiction and young novelist, Lauren Hudson, wins Best Young Adult Fiction for The Ascension. Honorable Mentions awarded to: Gramma & Ginga, Sisters in the Kitchen Pyramids of Fire by David Ritchey – History Cauliflower Heart: Wrestling With…

Headline Titles Win Indie Book Awards!

Calgary, Alberta—The 2016 Indie Book Awards announce winners and finalists and four titles published by Headline Books garnered awards. Life’s Choices by Paul Turk was named a Finalist in two categories, Best Religious Fiction and Finalist in Best Christian Fiction. Paul lives in Florida and his book has won many national awards. Cauliflower Heart: A Romantic Wrestler by Diana Hart was named a Finalist for Best Romance novel. Diana lives in Canada and her book…

Lean & Luscious Meatless Vol 4 Takes Win in London for Best Cookbook

London– The London Book Festival announces awards and Headline titles garner 13 awards this year. The Advance Man by Rick Robinson wins Runner Up for Best Fiction Cauliflower Heart by Diana Hart wins Runner Up for Best Romance Honorable Mentions go to: Venus Rising: A Concise History of the Second Planet by Raymond A. Keller, Ph.D. -Wildcard Mountain Mysts edited by P. Ray Lewis and Danny Kuhn –General Fiction I Have MS: What’s Your Super…

“ALLIGATOR ALLEY” NOVEL WINS FLORIDA BOOK FESTIVAL TOP HONORS

ORLANDO –A novel set in the Everglades and examining a man’s struggle with his destiny has won top honors at the 2016 Florida Book Festival. Rick Robinson’s “Alligator Alley” (Headline Books) is the story of James Conrad, who is spending his 50th birthday alone in South Florida. When he decides to head into the Everglades to conjure some memories of his uncle, he confronts the notion that the small town definition of success may all…

Illustrator Ashley Teets Visits Children’s Hospital

Morgantown WV–Award winning illustrator, Ashley Teets of Davinci & Dessert, visits Children’s Hospital in Morgantown to help children paint panels for Children’s Hospital Mural Project.

Headline Titles Garner Awards at the Southern California Book Festival

Los Angeles–The Southern California Book Festival announced awards today. The judging panels considers general excellence and the author’s passion for telling a good story and the potential for the work to reach a larger audience. Award reception for all recipients will be later this month in Los Angeles. Headline awards include: From Aardvarks to Zyzzyvas by David Ritchey named as Winner for Best How-To book. Honorable Mentions for Best Fiction go to The Advance Man by…

Waddling Dead takes Runner Up at the Halloween Book Festival

Los Angeles–The Halloween Book Festival announces the best books of the Fall Season Judged on excellence and potential to reach a wide audience, the judging panel was overwhelmed with zombies, ghosts, and other things that go ‘bump in the night!’ Headline title, The Waddling Dead: Megachomp D.D.S. by Joan Spilman and illustrated by Ashley Teets took Runner Up for Best Children’s book. Inky, Oglebee & the Witches by award winning author, Don Stansberry, won an…