Released on: August 18, 2008, 1:54 am

Press Release Author: Indiaplaza

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards' is an annual award
powered by Indiaplaza.in, to be conferred to an Indian author domiciled in India.
The award is for an original full length novel or work of fiction in English or a
translation into English of an original full length novel or work of fiction of any
Indian language published in India in the previous calendar year. The award also
actively promotes these authors and their books.

Press Release Body: 11 August, 2008
Online shopping company Indiaplaza.in (formerly Fabmall.com) has announced
the shortlisted books for the inaugural Indiaplaza Golden Quill Awards, an
annual award to honour Indian author of fiction. The winners are expected to
be announced in the last week of August 2008.
The books that have made it to the shortlist are Above Average by Amitabha
Bagchi, A Girl And A River by Usha K R, If God Was A Banker by Ravi
Subramanian, Naked In The Wind by Brinda Charry and The Sugar Baron'S
Daughter by Lovelee Kacker.
The shortlisted books will now be evaluated by a jury consisting of Mark Tully,
Anita Nair and Shanta Gokhale to determine the Critics' Choice Award. Apart
from this, there will also be a Reader's Choice Award determined by book
lovers who can register their choice through online voting that will end on
August 20, 2008.

Web Site: http://www.indiaplaza.in/Goldenquillaward/

Contact Details: Fabmall House
#673, 10th Main, 7th Cross,
HAL IInd Stage,
Indiranagar
Bangalore - 560 008. India