Finch Memoir Prize Winner 2013
The Finch Memoir Prize winner was selected by an esteemed judging panel comprising writer and broadcaster Richard Glover, novelist and memoirist Susan Duncan, and biographer Jacqueline Kent. Susan Duncan has described the book as 'Heartbreaking, compelling, warm and compassionate. An inspiring read.'
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Teen Stages, 2nd edition
Shock, horror - teenagers actually want to be controlled and have their parents involved in their lives.
According to leading Australian parent educators Ken and Elizabeth Mellor, parents need to stay very involved, not ‘step back’, as their children become teenagers – because teenagers in the early to middle teen years actually want to be controlled, despite what they might say!
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Finch Memoir Prize Winner announced at SWF
Finch Publishing is pleased to announce that the winner of this year's $10,000 Finch Memoir Prize for an unpublished life story will be announced on Friday 24 May 2013 at the Sydney Writers Festival (SWF). The winning entry was selected by judges Susan Duncan, Jacqueline Kent and Richard Glover. The book will be available for purchase immediately following the discussion.
Details: Sydney Dance 2, 1pm, Friday 24 May (event 109). For more information, go to www.swf.org.au.
Sun Herald examines issue of sleeping separately
Jenny Barlass's article on sleeping separately in the Sun Herald quotes Jennifer Adams, author of Sleeping Apart not Falling Apart: http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/could-sleeping-separately-save-your-relationship-20130419-2i451.html
Lisa Wilkinson interviews Jennifer Adams
Click here to watch Lisa Wilkinson's interview with Jennifer Adams on The Today Show about her book Sleeping Apart not Falling Apart: How to get a good night's sleep and keep your relationship alive. 4 April 2013. http://today.ninemsn.com.au/?videoid=c29155c6-40b0-4f26-9a54-37d67d2e9414
Steve Biddulph interview ABC1
Jane Hutcheon will interview Steve Biddulph on One Plus One today 5 April. Screening times 11:30am on ABC1 and 8:30pm on ABC24. It will repeat tomorrow, Saturday on ABC24 at 5:30pm, on Sunday at 9:3-pm and on Monday at 2:30pm. It's will also be available on the website from Friday evening www.abc.net.au/oneplusone and on iView.
Call for entries: Finch Memoir Prize 2014
Entries for the Finch Memoir Prize 2014 will open on 1 July 2013 and close at 5pm on 20 August 2013. The prize of $10,000 and publication is awarded by an independent panel of judges to the best unpublished life story or memoir submitted. The competition is open to previously published and unpublished writers as well as to agented writers. The entry form including terms and conditions is available here: http://www.finch.com.au/node/9
Upcoming author events
Jennifer Adams, author of Sleeping Apart not Falling Apart
- Avid Reader, Wednesday 10 April 2013.
- RSVP: www.avidreader.com.au
Steve Biddulph on Sunrise, Ch 7
Did you miss Steve Biddulph's chat with Mel on Sunrise this morning? No worries. Click on this link to view: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/-/watch/9ad203ba-c490-3dae-8793-2f248386e265/how-to-raise-girls/
Margaret Throsby interview with Steve Biddulph
If you missed Margaret Throsby's interview with Steve Biddulph, you missed hearing about the heart of the matter. You can listen to the podcast hear: http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2013/02/13/3685524.htm.
Mark O'Flynn, an accidental expert
Author Mark O'Flynn talks to Natasha Mitchell on Life Matters about his entertaining comedic memoir False Start: A memoir of things best forgotten: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/mark-o27flynn2c-the-accidental-expert/4428464
New Finch Publishing submission guidelines
Finch Publishing will only accept manuscript proposals each Thursday from 8.30am to 12pm AEST. All other proposals sent outside this time period will not be considered. If you miss the time period please send again the following week.
We are pleased to consider manuscript proposals on the following subjects: parenting, social issues, health, childcare and child health, memoir, family relationships, social ecology and relationships. We do not publish fiction. Our books are aimed at the general mass market audience and not solely directed at academics or professionals.
My Life in a Pea Soup
Available as an eBook from Amazon, Kobo and Apple as well as in paperback.
My Life in a Pea Soup follows one mother’s journey to reach her profoundly autistic daughter. Set against the backdrop of three countries – Sri Lanka, Bahrain and Australia – this book will appeal to anyone who has experienced heartbreak and then found a way to not only help themselves, but to help those dearest to them.
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Yes Chef!
Available as an eBook from Amazon, Kobo and Apple as well as in paperback.
Yes Chef! is an insider’s frequently funny and often frightening foray behind the swinging doors of restaurants.
It’s a wonder Phillip McMillan ever became a chef at all,given that his introduction to food as a child was of leathery meat and over-boiled vegetables. However, his world was expanded after first sighting exotic food (a humble eggplant) in his local Italian greengrocer. From that moment on he was smitten.
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