A novelist from Schererville won the Gold Medal for Best Mystery of the Year in the Feathered Quill Book Awards.
Mark Edward Langley s Death Waits in the Dark, the second installment of the Arthur Nakai mystery series, took home top honors in the mystery genre at the Feathered Quill Book Awards, which recognizes excellence in publishing in various genres from both large and independent presses.
âWe were positively overwhelmed by the volume and caliber of entries in this yearâs Feathered Quill Book Awards. Since the programâs inception, we have experienced a 20% increase in entries each year. This year, however, we saw a nearly 80% increase in entries, said Ellen Feld, founder of Feathered Quill Book Reviews. Our judges were faced with the arduous task of finding winners among a tremendous group of excellent contenders. The competition among mystery novels was especially close this year, as we had a number of outstanding reads vying for top honors. Ultimatel
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NELSONVILLE The February session of the Spoken & Heard series hosted by Kari Gunter-Seymour, Poet Laureate of Ohio, will be held 7 p.m. Thursday at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville.
Spoken & Heard is a seasonal series of literary events featuring award-winning authors, poets and singer/songwriters from across the country.
February’s event will feature poet Allison Joseph and author Wesley Browne. To register go to stuartsoperahouse.org.
Joseph lives, writes and teaches in Carbondale, Ill., where she is on the faculty at Southern Illinois University.
Her poetry collection, “Confessions of a Barefaced Woman” (Red Hen Press) was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Poetry and won the Feathered Quill Book Award.