Monday 26 September 2011

Festival of Romance and Shortlist for Awards

The website, Festival of Romance, celebrates International Romantic Fiction bringing together authors and readers.


There is a convention happening on 21st and 22nd October 2011 at Hunton Park, Nr Watford, Herts, UK


Some of the highlights scheduled are



Carole Matthews celebrity author interview
Book fair, panels, debates and reading group
Meet authors and fans from around the world
Competitions and quizzes
Writing workshop with Sue Moorcroft
Learn from the experts how to write romance
Chocolate tasting with Choc Lit
Meet the Mills and Boon editors
Win a publishing contract with Xcite Books
Fashion show, Book Awards and Ball
New Talent Award for unpublished writers
Judges: Donna Condon, senior editor at Piatkus 
and Jane Judd, literary agent


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The shortlist for their awards have just announced today!


Shortlists for Brand New Romantic Fiction Awards Announced

26 September 2011. The Festival of Romance is delighted to announce the shortlists for the inaugural Romance Reader Awards. Some seven publishers are represented on the shortlists, with a hat trick for independent publisher Choc Lit.

For the Total-E-Bound Best Romantic Read Award:
Juliet Archer - Persuade Me (Choc Lit)
Fiona Harper - Swept off her Stilettos (Mills & Boon, Riva)
Carole Matthews - Wrapped up in You (Sphere)
Sue Moorcroft - Love and Freedom (Choc Lit)
Talli Roland - The Hating Game (Prospera Publishing)

For the Choc Lit Best Historical Read Award:
Charlotte Betts - The Apothecary's Daughter (Piatkus)
Annie Burrows - Captain Corcoran's Hoyden Bride (Mills & Boon, Historical Regency)
Christina Courtenay - The Scarlet Kimono (Choc Lit)
Jean Fullerton - Perhaps Tomorrow (Orion)
Jan Jones - The Kydd Inheritance (Robert Hale)







  Check out the website and find out more details   at   Festival of Romance


DizzyC

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