BookBrunch has in the present day introduced the winners of the Selfies E-book Awards for the very best grownup fiction, the very best kids’s ebook and the very best memoir/autobiography self-published within the UK in 2021.
The ceremony was held in particular person at Authors HQ on the London E-book Truthful for the primary time in three years – for the previous two years it has been a web-based ceremony – and was attended by indie authors, judges, sponsors and supporters.
Self-published books given centre stage
The winner of the grownup fiction class was The Different Instances of Caroline Tangent by Ivan D. Wainewright. This unique time journey narrative was “likeable, enjoyable and interesting” stated the judges, a novel that was “utterly web page turning”, whereas the “advertising [was] thorough and probing”.
The runner up on this class was Breathe by Elena Kravchenko, a novel which explored the sense of devastation within the aftermath of the tsunami. It was, stated, the judges, “fantastically written”, “actually compelling” and with an “clever and thorough advertising marketing campaign”.
Youngsters’s Books reviewed
In a various kids’s ebook class, the winner was Conker the Chameleon by Hannah Peckham, illustrated by Stephanie Jayne, “a beautiful exploration of being slightly bit totally different”. “The advertising and social media campaigns…are very spectacular, as are the gross sales”, stated the judges, whereas the “illustrations are trendy and really commercially interesting” and the ebook “has a good looking synergy between the textual content and illustration.”
The runner up was Frederick the Fox by Kim Ansell, illustrated by Lisa Learn, with “wealthy detailed illustrations and endearing characters” that utterly enchanted the judges. The ebook was praised for “a inventive advertising marketing campaign” that included “very conventional ebook occasions serving to promote a really respectable variety of copies.”
Memoirs and Autobiography additionally highlighted
The winner of the inaugural memoir/autobiography award was The Cactus Surgeon: Utilizing Nature to Repair A Defective Mind by Hannah Powell. A story of looking for out different therapies and a ‘inexperienced restoration’, praised by the judges for the “simplicity of [the] storytelling”, a canopy that was “excellent for this sort of writing”, and “built-in images enhancing the narrative and the ebook’s sense of renewal.”
A aggressive self-publishing subject
BookBrunch managing director Jo Henry stated: ‘Now we have been totally impressed by the big selection of matters lined and the professionalism of the publishing experience proven by the 25 authors on this 12 months’s shortlists.
The kids’s class goes from energy to energy, and we have been delighted not simply with the standard of the writing but additionally the great illustrations within the winner and runner-up.
The highly effective tales advised within the memoir/autobiography class made immersive studying for our judges, whereas the winner could be very a lot a ebook for our time.
Within the grownup fiction class tales ranged from the comedian to the tragic, making the eventual alternative of a twisty time-travelling story a tough alternative for the judges. But once more these books reveal that self-publishing has come of age.’
The Selfies Awards celebrating self-publishing since 2018
Launched by BookBrunch in 2018, the Selfies are sponsored by Ingram’s award-winning self-publishing platform, IngramSpark® and run in collaboration with the London E-book Truthful and Nielsen BookData.
The Selfies Awards are judged on the standard of the writing; the manufacturing values of the ebook; an attractive cowl and blurb that efficiently addresses the audience; and an efficient and inventive advertising and publicity technique that has the potential for nice gross sales.
Every winner receives £750 in money and a profile in BookBrunch, whereas all shortlisted authors obtain free entry to the 2022 London E-book Truthful Authors’ HQ, the place a collection of occasions aimed toward indie authors is programmed.
Selfie Awards Judges
Now in its fourth 12 months, the grownup fiction class was judged by Anne Williams of the Kate Hordern Literary Company, Emma Hopkin and Eleanor Pigg of Nielsen E-book.
The judges for the kids’s ebook class, now in its third 12 months, have been Vanessa Lewis of The E-book Nook in Hove, Brenda Gardner and Jennie Marlow of the London E-book Truthful.
The judges for the second 12 months of the memoir/autobiography class have been Alan Staton of the BA, Alan Samson and Ben Hughes of IngramSpark.
The Selfies E-book Award Winners in Full
The 2021 Selfies E-book Awards Grownup Fiction winner and runner up:
The Different Instances of Caroline Tangent by Ivan D Wainewright: For those who may journey again in time to see any live performance, who would you go to see? Caroline Tangent’s husband, Jon has invented a time machine to allow them to go to iconic gigs in historical past: Woodstock ’69, David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Edith Piaf in 1930’s Paris – an inexhaustible bucket-list. Till, on a visit, one in all them does one thing unthinkable which can change each their lives endlessly.
Breathe by Elena Kravchenko: December 26, 2004: The Indian Ocean tsunami has flooded nice swathes of western Thailand. Carl’s finest good friend and his spouse are lacking. He travels from London to Thailand to find what has occurred to them, solely to study there’s nothing one man can do within the devastation the wave left behind.
The 2022 Selfies E-book Awards Youngsters’s Books winner and runner up:
Conker the Chameleon by Hannah Peckham, illustrated by Stephanie Jayne: Are you able to think about what it will be like should you may inform how somebody was feeling simply by them? However typically appears might be deceiving. Poor previous Conker can’t change his color just like the others and is feeling very fed up, however then he discovers that what makes him totally different additionally makes him particular.
Frederick the Fox by Kim Ansell, illustrated by Lisa Learn: Comply with the adventures of Frederick the Fox on his journey to seek out happiness. How far does he need to go and did he ever really want to go wherever in any respect?
The 2022 Selfies E-book Awards Memoir/Autobiography winner:
The Cactus Surgeon: Utilizing Nature to Repair A Defective Mind by Hannah Powell: Dwelling in London Hannah suffered burnout and was identified with a purposeful neurological dysfunction. With no data obtainable to assist her, she discovered her personal method to get higher.
