tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post3926379301660424682..comments2023-01-08T13:48:58.890-08:00Comments on The Sound of Butterflies: The winners.Rachael Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-84973425645238350222009-07-27T23:07:42.348-07:002009-07-27T23:07:42.348-07:00You're right about the UK awards, Mary - but I...You're right about the UK awards, Mary - but I wasn't aware there were no prizes for popular fiction in NZ. Actually, NZ writers awards are an underdeveloped area of my research...I follow your posts with interest Rachael.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-6000974954169915232009-07-27T21:49:12.155-07:002009-07-27T21:49:12.155-07:00Yes - good thoughts, Rachael. It would also be gre...Yes - good thoughts, Rachael. It would also be great to see a prize with genre, popular books etc in mind - as they do in the UK. The Booker in the UK is clearly literary and then there are the British Book Awards with such as the marvellous Sainsbury Prize for Popular Fiction. The Costa Prize is about readability too I think.Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-3106813879916398312009-07-27T20:54:21.410-07:002009-07-27T20:54:21.410-07:00I'm going to have to bump Novel about My Wife ...I'm going to have to bump Novel about My Wife up my bedside table reading pile. I've tried to start it but life intervened - will have to prioritise it now.<br /><br />Agree with you on the comments about the Montana's. Jenny Pattrick would have romped home on a reader's choice award if she'd been eligible for being included when she'd published books.Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.com