RNA Joan Hessayon Award For New Writers 2023 – Eight Contenders Announced

...RNA events and participate in members-only activities and networking opportunities. Melissa Oliver, the RNA Joan Hessayon Award organiser (and winner of the award in 2020), commented, ‘Many congratulations to the...

RNA Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Katy Turner – Let’s Just Be Friends

...not writing, she’s jogging (slowly), gardening, and dreaming of foreign holidays. She commented, ‘I am beyond excited to be a contender for the RNA Joan Hessayon Award. The RNA’s New...

RNA JOAN HESSAYON AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS 2024 – SIX CONTENDERS ANNOUNCED

...(and winner of the award in 2020), commented, ‘Many congratulations to the 2024 contenders of the prestigious RNA Joan Hessayon Award. The authors who have graduated from the brilliant New...

Boldwood Books – Finalist In The Publisher And/or Editor Of The Year Category

...of the Year at the 2022 Independent Publishing Awards. Amanda Ridout, CEO and founder of Boldwood Books, commented, ‘Being named RNA Publisher of the Year in 2021 was the greatest...

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Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...and daughter of a Spitalfields silk weaver, but she’s come down in the world to work in the kitchens of a disgraced aristocrat. In his house of mysteries, she uncovers...

For readers

...Love & Murder with Sue Moorcroft 3rd Oct 24 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm Desborough Community Library, High St, Desborough, Northamptonshire, NN14 2QS, United Kingdom Author Talk at Wetherby Library...

The Popular Romantic Fiction Award – Winner

...near Norwich in Norfolk. She commented, ‘I’m absolutely delighted and completely overwhelmed to have been awarded the 2023 Popular Fiction Award. 2022 was a milestone year for me and receiving...

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Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 3

...fitter has run off and taken everything, including the kitchen sink! So, Ruby takes luck and fate into her own hands with an unusual resolution – she’ll enter ten competitions...