Bottle of Life by Truth Thomas
published by Flipped Eye Publishing
IISBN 978-0981858425
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TPBP Winner
Spring 2011
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Truth Thomas is a singer and poet.
He is the author of two collections
of poetry – Bottle of Life, A Day of
Presence – and the acclaimed
pamphlet, Party of Black. His poem,
Harriet Tubman’s Email 2 Master, is
included in The 100 Best African
American Poems edited by Nikki
Giovanni |
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The Somnambulist by Essie Fox
published by Orion Books
ISBN 978 1 4091 2331 6 TPBP
Winner Spring
2011 |
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Essie Fox divides her time between
Windsor and Bow in the East End of
London. She is the author of The
Virtual Victorian:
www.virtualvictorian.blogspot.com . |
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Play with Strangers by Annie
Hardcare published by Snowflake
Books Ltd
ISBN
9780956545763 TPBP Winner
Spring 2011
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Annie Hardacre is the pen-name of a
retired university tutor who grew up
in the English countryside in the
1950s and who now likes to explore
the remoter regions of Scotland and
France whenever time permits. |
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Lost Books by Adrienne J.
Odasso published by Flipped Eye
Publishers SBN 9781905233274 – TPBP
Winner Winter
2010 |
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Adrienne J. Odasso left a music
degree programme to study English.
She has an impressive array of
publication credits on both sides of
the Atlantic, including Sybil’s
Garage, The Liberal, Mythic
Delirium, Jabberwocky, Midnight
Echo, and Goblin Fruit. Adrienne was
recently incorporated in the Other
Voices International Poetry Project
as part of Volume 44. Lost Books is
her first full collection. |
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The Woman Before Me by Ruth
Dugdall published by Legend Press
ISBN 9781907461156 – TPBP Winner
Winter 2010 |
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Ruth studied English and Theatre at
Warwick University, and then an MA
in Social Work at UEA. She worked as
a Probation Officer for a decade,
working in prisons with numerous
high-risk criminals. Her writing is
informed by her experiences. The
novel was the winner of the CWA
Debut Dagger Award in 2005 for an
unpublished work. |
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Cold Enough to Freeze Cows by
Lorraine Jenkin published by Honno
Press
ISBN 9781907203060 – TPBP Winner
Winter 2010 |
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Originally from Lyme Regis Lorraine
Jenkin lives in Wales with her
partner and three young daughters
and wrote her first novel walking
around South America with a tent and
a toothbrush. "I don't write
traditional Chicklit - my characters
tend not to be chicks, but
wellywearing, ruddy-cheeked folks
who have adventures!" |
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War On The Margins by Libby Cone
published by Duckworth Publishers
ISBN 9780715639726 – TPBP Winner
Autumn 2010 |
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Libby Cone earned an MA in Jewish
Studies in 2006, and War on the
Margins grew from her thesis. She
lives in Philadelphia. |
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer by Andy
Rivers published by Byker Books
ISBN 978-0-9560788-6-5 – TPBP Winner
Autumn 2010 |
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Andy Rivers has been a Butlins
barman, Spanish construction site
labourer, coach rep, sandwich
salesman and traffic cone washer to
name but a few of his eclectic
'career' choices. This is his first
novel and with the royalties he
plans on buying a Ferrari and having
a proper mid-life crisis! |
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Its Just the Beating of My Heart
by Richard Aronowitz published by
Flambard Press Ltd
ISBN 9781906601133 – TPBP Winner
Autumn 2010 |
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Richard
Aronowitz's debut novel, the
acclaimed Five Amber Beads, was
published in 2006. He grew up in
Gloucestershire, studied at Durham,
Heidelberg and London and works at
Sotheby's. |
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Chewing the Scenery by Davina
Elliott published by Puck Books
ISBN 978-0-9560960-0-5
- Winner TPBP
Summer
2010 |
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Davina Elliott is well-qualified to
write the book, having worked on
over 80 theatre productions in jobs
from dresser to PA to small time
producer. She has worked for the
National, the RSC, on numerous West
End productions and in theatres from
Aberdeen to Southsea. She currently
works on Wicked. |
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Thin Blue Smoke by Doug Worgul
published by Macmillan New Writing ISBN
ISBN 978-0-230-73708-2
- Winner TPBP
Summer
2010 |
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Doug Worgul was born into a family
of preachers, teachers and writers,
in the state of Michigan. He now
resides in Kansas City, where
barbecue and the blues are a way of
life. He has been a newspaper
journalist and editor of regional
and national magazines. He is
married, with four daughters, and is
a nationally recognized authority on
the history and cultural
significance of American barbecue
traditions. |
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Making Shore by Sara Allerton
published by Saraband
ISBN
9781887354745
- Winner TPBP
Summer 2010 |
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Sara Allerton lives in Suffolk with
her husband and three children. This
is her first novel |
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