LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES PET THERAPY SAGA FOR TOP HONORS

LONDON_ A children’s story and activity book that uses art therapy and a moving tale to help overcome the loss of a pet is the winner of the 2023 London Book Festival,  which honors the best of international publishing.

Author Nancy Addison and illustrator Maria Renaud’s For The Love of Willy: Overcoming Sadness After Losing a Beloved Pet (Organic Healthy Lifestyle Publishing) tells the tale of a woman’s bond with an injured baby squirrel. She nurtures Willy back to good health, but eventually must leave him in a sanctuary. However, along that path, she learns to find happiness in her memories, art and expressions of love.

The book provides helpful tips for children to lift their spirits and find happiness again when they are sad about losing a pet.

Other winners in the competition:

GENERAL NON-FICTION:

WINNER: Ever Vigilant, Tales of the Vietnam War - Michael J. Hebert

RUNNERS-UP:

• Chocolate Runs Through My Veins - Connie Spenuzza, MS Ed.
• Life, I Swear - Chloe Louvouezo
• Retro Active Television - Herbie J. Pilato
• What the Fun? - Donna Bozzo

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Overcoming the Fear of Being Fabulous - Judith Sherven, PhD, and Jim Sniechowski, PhD
• The Essential Rules of Love - Phil Russotti
• The Music Therapy Studio - Rick Soshensky
• The Financial Mindset Fix - Joyce Marter
• Judicial Mayhem - David M. Dorsen
• The Empowerment Solution - Friedemann Schaub
• The Academic Revolution - Justin Louis-Jean, Pierce Mortensen
• The Stress Book - D. Terrence Foster, MD
• My Gay Church Days - George Azar
• The World is Your Studio - Deborah McMahon Osterholtz
• The Cost of Freedom - Lilyam Martino
• Fighting for Justice - Paulette J. Buchanan
• Brainwashed - Kashonia Carnegie, PhD
• Midpoint: A Memoir - Patricia Angeles

UNPUBLISHED:

WINNER: I Want to Play College Golf - Angelina & Cameron Huang

 

BUSINESS:

WINNER: The Value Equation - Christopher Volk

RUNNERS-UP:

• The Review Cycle - Matt R. Vance
• Grow: The Essential guide to Getting Promoted - Hayley Ornstein and Randy Ornstein
   

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Reject Self-Serving Power - James Michael Matthew
• The Discerning Investor - Julie Jason
•  Science of Getting Rich for Women - Muse Literary

GENERAL FICTION:

WINNER: The Same Story - Keith Meredith

RUNNERS-UP:

• The Outcast - Eve Riley
• Once in a Lifetime - Suzanne Mattaboni
• Retreat at St. Jerome’s - Elaine Ruggieri

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Bobby Truax - Denise Cassino
• Pericles and Aspasia - Yvonne Korshak
• Dolly Considine’s Hotel - Eamon Somers
• he Placeholder - Lynda Wolters
• When Angels Die - James Sniechowski
• The Harpsichordist - Celeste Plowden
•  I Shot the Sheriff - Regina Jeffers
• A Forbidden Love for Fire - Margaret A. Dyer
• Elizabeth Bennet’s Gallant Suitor - Regina Jeffers
• Everything Here Belongs to You - Saborna Roychowdhury
• Links on a Chain - Jon Kofas
• The Woes of Camillus Staunton - Eamon Somers
• Canary Amongst The Covey - Emory Moon
• The File - Gary Born
• Nad of Nadide - Wagih Abu-Rish
• The Collector’s Protege - Glenn Rehder
• Margaret Anne: Child of the West Wind - Ronan James Cassidy
• Arms Wide Asunder - S. Jay Bose
• Victim or the Crime - Paul Sanders
• For Position Only - Adele Royce
• A Darker Shade of Giemsa - A.J. Donovan
• God’s Gift Woman - Freddie Floyd Jr.
• The Methuselah Gene - Michael S. Mauer
• Dog on Fire - Terese Svoboda
• Free Nina: The College Years - Edward “E.J” Mulraine
• Load Them Down - RoseMarie Rocchino
• A Book in Time - Mark Stibbe

PHOTOGRAPHY/ART:

WINNER: Desiderata: Ultra Violent - Norville Parchment


YOUNG ADULT

WINNER: Hierarchy of Blood - Jennifer Haskin

RUNNERS-UP:

• The Lost Art of Wisdom in the Balance of Sacrifice - N. Daniel
• Emotional Mastery, Toolkit for Success - Dr. Navana Kundu
• The Portsmouth Alarm - Terri DeMitchell

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Secrets in the Wind - Rumki Chowdhury
• The Halloween Warrior - Esteban Vazquez
• A Machine Divine - Derek Paul

POETRY:

WINNER: Desiderata: Ultra Violent - Norville Parchment

RUNNER-UP: Words in Passing - E.M. Schorb

HONORABLE MENTION:

• Paris Spoken Here - Christine Candland

SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS

WINNER: An Afternoon’s Dictation - Steven Greenebaum

RUNNERS-UP:

• Carolyn CJ Jones - Opening the Gates of the Heart
• Holy Parrot - Angel A

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Something We Never Imagined - Douglas Wemple
• The Subtle Art of Suffering in the Balance of Love - N. Daniel
• The Lost Art of Wisdom in the Balance of Sacrifice - N. Daniel
• Journey of Faith with Jesus, Mary and the Saints - Lea Agnero Powell
• Beat and Leon the Warrior Dog - CY Sansum

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

WINNER: For The Love of Willy - Nancy Addison and Maria Renaud

RUNNERS-UP:

• Mommy’s Blue Stilettos - Missy Brickman
• I Would Love You Even If You Were A Coconut - Bucleigh Newton Kernodle
• Zen and Now - Dreama Denver
• Roosevelt Banks and the Attic of Doom - Laurie Caulkhoven

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Five and Ten - E.M. Schorb
• Building Our Main Street - Kristian James
• Alpaca Ranch Fun - Jack Rotifer
• Bailey Speaks! - Mary Calvert
• Adams Cape: The Missing Crew - Kaitlyn Dorroh
• Tavey’s First Hunt - Daniel Boyd
• Sadie Sasquatch Goes to School - C. James Sweeney
• Great Big Breath - DW Long
• Marky the Magnificent Fairy - Cynthia Kern O’Brien

SCIENCE FICTION:

WINNER: Vertical City - Tristan Scott

RUNNERS-UP:

• Reinception - Sarena Straus
• The Intrepid - Arnie Benn

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Mountains of the Gods - D.T. Read
• Einstein in the Attic - Dana Dargos and Said Al Bizri

WILD CARD:

WINNER: Nipper - Peter Massam

RUNNER-UP: Rise of the Warrior Leader - Claudio Chiste

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Victim or the Crime - Paul Sanders
• Her Alibi - Mary L. Schmidt

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR:

WINNER: Confessions - Nadine Condon

RUNNERS-UP:

• A Someday Courtesan - Sephe Haven
• Chocolate Runs Through My Veins - Connie Spenuzza, MS Ed.
• Under the Naga Trail - James Taing
• My Whorizontal Life: An Escort’s Tale - Sephe Haven

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Century’s Witness, The Extraordinary Life… - Mary Llewellyn McNeil
• Untethered: Faith, Failure and Finding.. - Laura Whitfield
• Maria Tunicka Conductor - James Aiello, Maria Tunica
• Dream in a Suitcase - Dominica Radulescu
• The Warmth of Ashes - N. Daniel
• In The Time of Madmen - Mark A. Prelas
• Spirit of a Hummingbird - Felicia Thai Heath
• Chronic Pain: My Journey - Don Hunter
• The University Drop-in - Calestous Juma
• Brainwashed - Kashonia Carnegie PhD
• How I Think I Should Be is B*** S*** - Eileen Marder-Mirman
• Toxic Family - Susan Gold

HOW-TO

WINNER: From Detect to Intellect - Daniel Guilfoyle

RUNNER-UP:

• Tales of the Profitable Trader - James Harris
• Wellness, Wellplayed - Jennifer Lana Buchanan

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The 7 Pillars of Successful Caregiving - Dr. Eboni Ivory Green
• The Stress Book - D. Terrence Foster

COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES:

WINNER: ESPN: One Giant Leap for Fankind - Bill Rasmussen with Donald T. Phillips

RUNNER-UP:  Wandering in Japan - Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie McAndish King

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• The Long and the Short of It - RJ Stasny

GENRE-BASED:

WINNER: Taquoma - Kevin D. Miller

RUNNER-UP: Victim or the Crime - Paul Sanders

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Eyes of Morpheus - Kevin D. Miller
• The Cup, the Madigan Chronicles, #4 - Marieke Lexmond
• Nunca Mates A Un Pibe - Gonzalo Villaruel