Bushtribe novel shortlisted for World Book Day Award
Released on: December 12, 2007, 8:32 am
Press Release Author: Legend Press
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Press Release Summary: Creative Writing tutor Candi Miller has recently been shortlisted for the 2008 World Book Day Award for her Africa-set novel Salt & Honey. The novel was chosen by the World Book Day panel to be in the top 100 'Books to Talk About' as part of their new nationwide 'Spread the Word' campaign.
Press Release Body: Creative Writing tutor Candi Miller has recently been shortlisted for the 2008 World Book Day Award for her Africa-set novel Salt & Honey. The novel was chosen by the World Book Day panel to be in the top 100 'Books to Talk About' as part of their new nationwide 'Spread the Word' campaign.
Miller, who grew up in South Africa but now lives and teaches in the UK, wrote the striking debut novel after ten years of research, including an expedition to the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa where she temporarily lived with one of the San tribes. The book was published in July 2006 by young independent publishing company Legend Press.
Book lovers are being encouraged to vote en masse around the country for their favourite titles and the ten books which receive the highest number of votes will be promoted in chain bookshops and libraries in the run up to World Book Day in March. The author of the overall winning book will receive a £5000 cash prize. To help Salt & Honey make the top ten, book fans can cast their votes via the publisher's website www.legendpress.co.uk
Salt & Honey has received countless rave reviews and is described as 'unique, moving and beautifully-written'. It is set in during Apartheid and features a bushgirl displaced from her Kalahari desert-tribe. Through it, Miller offers the reader a rare and unique glimpse into an endangered culture and, as well as continuing to receive great acclaim in the UK, the book has huge international appeal having been sold so far into seven editions worldwide.
Tom Chalmers, MD of Legend Press said: 'This recent shortlisting for the World Book Day Award just proves what a special book Salt & Honey is. I've got a feeling that it's not the kind of book that will ever stop being read or talked about.'
Copies of the book are available at all good bookshops and online outlets, and also direct from the publisher at www.legendpress.co.uk
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Note to editors: Candi Miller is available for interview and comment. Please contact Legend Press for details. Legend Press is the youngest-run trade fiction publisher in the UK. For more information see www.legendpress.co.uk, www.myspace.com/legendpress, or email info@legendpress.co.uk. Founder and Managing Director Tom Chalmers can be contacted on 0207 249 6901 or by emailing tomchalmers@legendpress.co.uk. Tom was shortlisted for the UK Young Publisher of the Year Award 2007. Legend Press also offers an online shop for its publications, regularly updated news pages and a free monthly e-bulletin packed with news, reviews and comment. To sign-up, simply email info@legendpress.co.uk stating your name and email address. Full details about World Book Day and the 'Books to Talk About' campaign can be found on their website: www.worldbookday/spreadtheword
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