Book News: Joy Cowley a Finalist in 2019 Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards
Joy Cowley a Finalist in 2019 Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards
One of New Zealand’s best-loved writers, Dame Joy
Cowley is a finalist in this year’s Ashton Wylie Mind Body Spirit
Literary Awards’ Book category for her non-fiction work
Veil Over Light.
She joins four other authors from all over the
country writing about issues as wide-ranging as global ethics, living
cooperatively, mystical and shamanic practise and Māori healing wisdom.
The Awards’ convenor of judges Joan Rosier-Jones says this year’s Book category entrants were particularly strong.
“It was a difficult decision deciding on a shortlist of five from 42 book entries, many from household name writers.
“This year’s finalists were selected for their
understanding of the Mind Body Spirit genre, the compelling and
accessible way they each convey their stories and their books’ excellent
production values. Each of these books are worthy
winners and hold much wisdom for our world,” says Ms Rosier-Jones.
The 2019 Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards Book category finalists are:
Veil Over Light: Selected Spiritual Writings by
Joy Cowley (FitzBeck Publishing)
Standing Upright Here: Global Ethics for the 21st Century by
Gwen S Francis (Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd)
The Infinite Game by Niki Harré (Auckland University Press)
Into the World: A Handbook for Mystical and Shamanic Practise by
Leila Lees (Lasavia Publishing Ltd)
He Atua Wahine at the Source of Ancient Māori Healing Wisdom in Aotearoa, New Zealand by
Charlotte Mildon (Tamariki Ora Books Ltd)
A record number of 57 entries were received in this year’s Unpublished Manuscript category.
“This year’s manuscript entries were tremendously
broad in their subject matter, scope and genre. We received poetry
collections, memoirs, novels and academic non-fiction works. In the end
the five selected works pulled us in from the
start.
“Each of the five manuscript finalists are from
writers that hold great promise and we sincerely hope they are published
and received by a wide audience.”
The 2019 Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards Unpublished Manuscript category finalists are:
The Time Lizard’s Archaeologist by Trisha Hanifin
The Language of Yin by
Gabrielle Harris
You Are Loved by Anca Sarah Joicey
Deva: The Song at the Heart of the Matter by Jacquelyn E Lane
The Love Path by
Averil Nichole Richardson
The Book category winner and the Unpublished Manuscript category winner each receive a $10,000 prize.
The awards are unique in the country for their
encouragement of writing in the Mind, Body, Spirit genre. The awards
were established in 1999 thanks to a bequest from the late businessman,
Ashton Wylie.
The
winners will be announced at a ceremony at Royal New Zealand Yacht
Squadron, Westhaven Marina, in Auckland on Friday 16 August, 2019.
For Book category finalist images:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lszpfls9frr0ezs/AAAfrabpFqKGlnfpvm6c6Vuqa?dl=0
For Unpublished Manuscript category finalist images:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2pzxiynivl5m5z6/AADUa3I0FZ5zw7ZXxcw-ddYwa?dl=0
For finalist interviews or for more information, please contact:
Penny Hartill, director hPR, 021 721 424,
penny@hartillpr.co.nz
Editor’s Notes
ABOUT THE ASHTON WYLIE CHARITABLE TRUST
The
late Auckland businessman Ashton Wylie was a philanthropist with a wide
range of interests, particularly in the area of personal development
and positive relationships. The Ashton Wylie
Charitable Trust was set up at Ashton's request and was named after
him.
Ashton
Wylie believed that if one wanted to change the world, one had to first
change oneself. Changes are then made by example as ultimately, one
can change for the better others that reside
within one’s sphere of influence.
The
Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust was set up following Ashton Wylie’s death
in 1999 with the mandate of having human relationships as its focus,
and its main intent being to promote more
loving relationships.
For further information visit:
www.awct.org.nz
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