The SWW Book Awards were announced in the Historic State Library at a packed Literary Luncheon on Wednesday.
I am thrilled to announce Fire on Water has won the Highly Commended Award in the Society of Women Writers Biennial Poetry Award 2018. Thank you to the SWW of NSW Inc. for running this Competition . It is very affirming to be acknowledged and i felt very proud to be standing on the podium with a group of talented poets and writers. Congratulations especially to Susan Fealty for her book Flute of Milk that was the 2018 Winner and to the other runners up, my friend Beverley George for her Tanka collection Only in Silence and Kathryn Fry for Green Point Bearings.
Thanks to the acclaimed poetry and children’s author Judge Libby Hathorn, and especially thank-you to Stephen Matthews and Ginninderra Press, who must be very affirmed by Ginninderra’s achievements in this Competition. Thanks to Family and friends who have wished me the best for Fire on Water and all who are buying this well Awarded book through Ginninderra Press.
