I am proud to announce that my book made it into the 2023 Chaucer Awards Finalist round. The Chaucer Book Awards recognizes the best of the best in Historical Fiction featuring the Pre-1750s Historical Fiction. The Chaucer Awards is the first Historical Fiction division created at Chanticleer.
This is from the Chanticleer Website
Chanticleer Book Reviews is seeking for the best books featuring Pre-1750s Historical Fiction, including pre-history, ancient history, Classical, world history (non-western culture), Dark Ages and Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, 1600s, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them.
This is the path that a Chanticleer Finalist had to trod to make it the finals.
I am surprised and very proud to have made it this far.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer, anyway?
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is considered one of the greatest works in the English language. It was among the first non-secular books written in Middle English to be printed.
From the Chanticleer website used with permission
born c. 1342/43 probably in London. He died on October 25, 1400
his father was a London vintner
His family’s finances depended upon wine and leather
Chaucer spoke Middle English and was fluent in French, Latin, and Italian
He guided diplomatic missions across the continent of Europe for ten years where he discovered the works of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio whose The Decameron had a profound influence on Chaucer’s later works
From the Drop of Heaven scheduled to be produced as an audiobook!
I am pleased to announce From the Drop of Heaven will soon be produced by Beacon Audiobooks to be available on Audible and other streaming venues.
This production company from New York City specializes in the narration and distribution of audiobooks throughout the world. Their productions are distributed to all major retail outlets including public libraries, universities, colleges, high schools, and more.
An industry team of seasoned veterans will narrate, market, and promote each audiobook and deliver it to the marketplace. They specialize in providing your favorite books with cutting edge technology to bring you top shelf audio books for your enjoyment.
Today was the Festa Italia event on Main Street in a nearby town.
Frankie Valli and Dean Martin on the loudspeaker and this guy playing the accordian.
What else would there be at Festa Italia?
(The required Dollar General Store in the background. LOL)
I took the opportunity to check out the local independent bookstore. The Book Nook. Have you ever heard such a clever name for a bookstore?
And look what I found with the display of the other local authors. It is so exciting to see my book in a physical bookstore.
All the copies are signed and for the time being, it is on sale for 20% off. So support your local bookstore and your local authors, and read an award-winning novel about the ancestors of many of your neighbors.
Or click this link and download it on your Kindle for only $4.99.
