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Cilka’s Journey Longlisted for the 2021 DUBLIN Literary Award!
Cilka’s Journey is one of 49 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2021 DUBLIN Literary Award, sponsored by Dublin City Council. Now in its 26th year, this Award is the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English. All the longlisted works have been nominated by libraries from 30 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, the US & Canada, South America and Australia & New Zealand. Cilka’s Journey was nominated by the State Library of Victoria, as the winner of the state-wide public librarian vote process undertaken to decide Victoria’s nominee for the Awards. The Awards take place on Thursday, 20th May…
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Cilka’s Journey Shortlisted for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards!
We are thrilled to announce that “Cilka’s Journey” has been shortlisted in the General Fiction Book of the Year category at the 2020 ABIAs! Here is the full shortlist: General Fiction Book of the Year – proudly sponsored by Booktopia Bruny, Heather Rose (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin) Cilka’s Journey, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing) Good Girl, Bad Girl, Michael Robotham (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia) Silver, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin) The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers) Congratulations to all the shortlisted works and authors! More information: https://abiawards.com.au/abia-2020-shortlist-announce/
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Cilka’s Journey shortlisted at the British Book Awards!
Featuring both winners of the Booker Prize and four shortlisted books focusing on issues from a mass identity crisis to “fake news”, the British Book Awards (also known as the “Nibbies”) Fiction Book of The Year shortlist showcases the most successful fiction books in 2019. The full list for “Fiction Book of the Year” is as follows: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (Chatto) The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman (David Fickling Books and PRH) The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (MJ) Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (Hamish Hamilton) Lies, Lies, Lies by Adele Parks (HQ) Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris (Bonnier Books UK) For more information about the Awards, visit here: https://www.thebookseller.com/awards/book-of-the-year
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Cilka’s Journey named in the ABIAs 2020 Longlist
The Australian Publishers Association announced their longlist for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), and we are delighted to share that Heather’s second novel, “Cilka’s Journey” has made the list in the General Fiction Book of the Year category! Selected by and voted on by the ABIA Academy — a group of more than 250 publishers, booksellers, agents, media and industry representatives — the books that have made the longlist were all published in 2019, across 12 categories. For more information: https://abiawards.com.au/abias-2020-longlist/
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Cilka’s Journey Nominated for Best Fiction at the 2020 Audie Awards!
Founded in 1995, the Audie Awards represent the premier awards program in the United States, recognising distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. And we are delighted to announce that Heather’s second book, Cilka’s Journey, is a Finalist in the Best Fiction category for the 2020 Awards! The Audio Publishers Association has announced all the finalists in 24 categories for the 25th annual Audie Awards, which will be held at a gala, hosted by CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, at Guastavino’s in New York on March 2. Stephen King will receive a lifetime achievement award at the gala. For more information about the Awards, go here: https://www.audiopub.org/members/audies
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Tattooist of Auschwitz shortlisted for Glass Bell Award in UK
Announced at midday on Thursday 1st August in the UK, Heather and the team were delighted to learn that The Tattooist of Auschwitz has been shortlisted as one of six novels for the 2019 Goldsboro Glass Bell Award. The prize, which is judged by Goldsboro Books founder and MD David Headley and his team at the bookshop, sees the winner awarded £2,000 and a beautiful, handmade, engraved glass bell. David said: ‘I strongly feel that this is a really topical and relevant shortlist, reflecting a range of modern concerns, from property anxiety and the redemptive power of love to toxic friendships and the erosion of hard-won rights. These utterly incredible…
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Tattooist of Auschwitz shortlisted for the British Book Awards’ Debut Book of the Year
Heather is named in the British Book Awards’ Debut Book of the Year shortlist for The Tattooist of Auschwitz alongside fellow authors Imogen Hermes Gowar, Ruth Jones, A J Pearce, Leila Slimani and Stuart Turton. Find out more about all these authors and their works from The Bookseller’s books editor Alice O’Keeffe in the video below:
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz wins an Audie Award!
The 2019 Audie Awards, presented by Audio Publisher’s Association to honor excellence in audiobooks and spoken entertainment, were announced last night at the Audies Gala at Guastavino’s in New York City hosted by Queer Eye‘s Tan France, and Heather and the team were delighted to discover that the audio book, narrated by UK actor, Richard Armitage, has won the 2019 Audie Award for Best Fiction! Above: Richard Armitage records The Tattooist of Auschwitz As Heather said on her Facebook page: “THANK YOU RICHARD ARMITAGE, THANK YOU HARPERCOLLINS!” Everyone is thrilled with this result. Congratulations also to Heather’s fellow finalists in this category: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green, The Clockmaker’s Daughter by…
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