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Bronze Medal, Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards

We were thrilled to learn that Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards has bestowed a Bronze Medal on “Toru: Wayfarer Returns” in the Fiction (Adult) category. Thank you, Billy Bob Buttons and your hardworking reading groups in the U.K. and Sweden! This award means a lot to me because “civilian” volunteer readers under Mr. Buttons’ leadership read… Read more »

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Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist! Multicultural (Adult Fiction) Category

Drumroll, please…we are proud to announce Toru: Wayfarer Returns has been named a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist, in the Multicultural (Adult Fiction) category. And there’s a nice five star review from Foreword/Clarion from last fall too! Winners will be announced during the 2017 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago on June 24, 2017…. Read more »

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B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

IndieB.R.A.G. has named “Toru: Wayfarer Returns” a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.  “Our mission is to discover talented self-published authors and help them give their work the attention and recognition it deserves. Our primary focus is fiction across a wide range of genres; however, we selectively consider non-fiction books as well…All ebooks brought to the attention of… Read more »

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Awesome Indies Approved! 5 Stars

“The Paths of Sword and Steam Cross Brilliantly” …or so claims Awesome Indies! Awesome Indies assesses self published books and offers its stamp of approval to those that meet mainstream publisher standards of quality. We are proud to announce “Toru: Wayfarer Returns” has met this test and earned Awesome Indies Approval. “Our editors award the Awesome Indies… Read more »

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Shortlisted for Science Fiction Cygnus Book Award

We just got word that “Toru: Wayfarer Returns” has been shortlisted for the Chanticleer Cygnus Award for Science Fiction Novel. Hurray! We didn’t post when we made it out of the “Slush Pile” although we were relieved to have survived the first screen. We didn’t mention it when we got word we’d made it to… Read more »