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THE RITE OF WANDS named 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of Year Awards Finalist
March 22, 2018 – BHC Press is pleased to announce THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr has been recognized as a finalist in the 20th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers (and authors), independent media company Foreword Magazine, Inc. hosts its annual awards program each year. Finalists represent the best books published in 2017. After more than 2,000 individual titles spread across 65 genres were submitted for consideration, the list of finalists was determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners will be decided by an expert team of booksellers and librarians—representing Foreword’s readership—from across the country.
The complete list of finalists can be found at: https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
“Choosing finalists for the INDIES is always the highlight of our year, but the job is very difficult due to the high quality of submissions,” said Victoria Sutherland, founder/publisher of Foreword Reviews. “Each new book award season proves again how independent publishers are the real innovators in the industry.”
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers (and authors), independent media company Foreword Magazine, Inc. hosts its annual awards program each year. Finalists represent the best books published in 2017. After more than 2,000 individual titles spread across 65 genres were submitted for consideration, the list of finalists was determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners will be decided by an expert team of booksellers and librarians—representing Foreword’s readership—from across the country.
The complete list of finalists can be found at: https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
“Choosing finalists for the INDIES is always the highlight of our year, but the job is very difficult due to the high quality of submissions,” said Victoria Sutherland, founder/publisher of Foreword Reviews. “Each new book award season proves again how independent publishers are the real innovators in the industry.”
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr Wins Fantasy Finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards
BHC Press is pleased to announce THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr has won the Fantasy Finalist award in the 9th annual International Book Awards (IBA) sponsored by American Book Fest.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded over 2,000 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results. “The 2018 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the world. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of IBA, this year’s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the summer season.”
Keen adds, “IBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”\
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded over 2,000 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results. “The 2018 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the world. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of IBA, this year’s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the summer season.”
Keen adds, “IBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”\
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr named 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner
BHC Press is pleased to announce THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr has been named a winner in the 20th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.
Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. The INDIES recognize the best books published in 2017 from small, indie, and university presses.
For a list of all winners, visit: https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
“Awarding the INDIES is an intense months long judging process and our editorial team and librarian/bookseller judges grow a bit emotional as the announcement date nears,” said Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews’ editor-in-chief. “Everyone involved finds it a great honor to recognize all these great books because so many of them have been overlooked by mainstream publications due to the low profile of their publishers and authors. While they don’t have major PR machine or corporate budgets, these indie publishers are passionate about what they do, take chances, and produce a wide range of thought-provoking books.”
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. The INDIES recognize the best books published in 2017 from small, indie, and university presses.
For a list of all winners, visit: https://www.forewordreviews.com/award...
“Awarding the INDIES is an intense months long judging process and our editorial team and librarian/bookseller judges grow a bit emotional as the announcement date nears,” said Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews’ editor-in-chief. “Everyone involved finds it a great honor to recognize all these great books because so many of them have been overlooked by mainstream publications due to the low profile of their publishers and authors. While they don’t have major PR machine or corporate budgets, these indie publishers are passionate about what they do, take chances, and produce a wide range of thought-provoking books.”
https://bhcpresspublishing.com/2018/0...
Join The Rite of Wands Audiobook Blog Tour!
Audiobookworm Promotions is organizing an audiobook blog tour for The Rite of Wands, a Young Adult Fantasy Novel novel.
The tour will run from Nov. 27th to Dec. 3rd and have a maximum of 11 stops.
The Rite of Wands is narrated by Chris Walker-Thomson and is 6 hours and 57 minutes in length.
Reviewers will receive complementary digital copies of the audiobook via Author's Direct.
Review copies will be distributed by Oct. 27th. Reviews must be of at least 3.5 stars.
Post options for this tour include: Reviews, Spotlights, Audio Excerpts, Author Interviews, Dream Casts, Music Playlists, Character Interviews, Character Profiles, and a giveaway.
Signups end on Nov. 21st.
Join the tour!
The tour will run from Nov. 27th to Dec. 3rd and have a maximum of 11 stops.
The Rite of Wands is narrated by Chris Walker-Thomson and is 6 hours and 57 minutes in length.
Reviewers will receive complementary digital copies of the audiobook via Author's Direct.
Review copies will be distributed by Oct. 27th. Reviews must be of at least 3.5 stars.
Post options for this tour include: Reviews, Spotlights, Audio Excerpts, Author Interviews, Dream Casts, Music Playlists, Character Interviews, Character Profiles, and a giveaway.
Signups end on Nov. 21st.
Join the tour!
BHC Press authors Caytlyn Brooke and Mackenzie Flohr Win Three Gold Medals in the 2018 Children's Literary Classics Book Awards
BHC Press is excited to announce that WIRED by Caytlyn Brooke and THE RITE OF WANDS by Mackenzie Flohr have both earned Gold Medals in the 2018 Children's Literary Classics Book Awards.
Mackenzie Flohr took top honors for Best Young Adult Fantasy for her debut novel, THE RITE OF WANDS and Caytlyn Brooke earned two Gold Medals for her new novel, WIRED. One for Best New Adult Fantasy as well as Best New Adult Science Fiction. This is Mackenzie's third award for WANDS and the first two for Caytlyn for WIRED. Ms. Brooke won three awards for her debut novel, DARK FLOWERS.
Congratulations to Mackenzie and Caytlyn!
Mackenzie and Caytlyn will be traveling to Rapid City in 2019 to accept the awards and meet the other winners as well.
Mackenzie Flohr took top honors for Best Young Adult Fantasy for her debut novel, THE RITE OF WANDS and Caytlyn Brooke earned two Gold Medals for her new novel, WIRED. One for Best New Adult Fantasy as well as Best New Adult Science Fiction. This is Mackenzie's third award for WANDS and the first two for Caytlyn for WIRED. Ms. Brooke won three awards for her debut novel, DARK FLOWERS.
Congratulations to Mackenzie and Caytlyn!
Mackenzie and Caytlyn will be traveling to Rapid City in 2019 to accept the awards and meet the other winners as well.
Mackenzie Flohr's Book, "The Rite of Wands," Nominated for Global Award
The Rite of Wands, written by Mount Morris resident, Mackenzie Flohr, has been nominated for a 2019 Author Academy Award, an honor bestowed for literary merit and publishing excellence in the writing and publishing industry.
Mackenzie's book is up for an award in the Fantasy category, which tells the tale of Mierta McKinnon, a young wizard.
"Hundreds of books from authors throughout the world are up for an Author Academy Award," said Kary Oberbrunner, founder of Author Academy Elite and the Author Academy Awards. "Our goal is to help further connect this global community of authors, maintain excellence and integrity of the book publishing industry, and raise awareness that the stories being told and the authors who write them are worth our attention."
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Mackenzie's book is up for an award in the Fantasy category, which tells the tale of Mierta McKinnon, a young wizard.
"Hundreds of books from authors throughout the world are up for an Author Academy Award," said Kary Oberbrunner, founder of Author Academy Elite and the Author Academy Awards. "Our goal is to help further connect this global community of authors, maintain excellence and integrity of the book publishing industry, and raise awareness that the stories being told and the authors who write them are worth our attention."
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The Innovative Publisher Riverdale Avenue Books Kicks Off New Series with a Doctor Who Themed Book
New York, NY – October 2nd, 2019 – Riverdale Avenue Books will launch the first book in the new series The Binge Watchers Guide. The new line of books is dedicated to pop culture phenomenon from movies to TV shows. Fans will now be able to keep up with their latest shows and learn about the details behind them.
The first book in the series, The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Doctor Who, Season 11 by Mackenzie Flohr, will take readers on a journey through time and space, showing how Doctor Who became the longest running show on television by weaving through its history, starting with the current incarnation of the Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. The book will examine the impact of having the first female Doctor in the show’s five decade-long history among fans and critics.
Riverdale Avenue Books will kick off their new line with a Kickstarter campaign that will begin on Wednesday, October 2 and run for 30 days. The levels of support vary from ebooks, trade paperback, signed hardcovers to stretch goals that include a tea party in a Doctor Who restaurant to a Doctor Who Time Travel Cosplay Party in NYC as well as having the author v-logging about meeting various actors from the series.
Link to Kickstarter
The first book in the series, The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Doctor Who, Season 11 by Mackenzie Flohr, will take readers on a journey through time and space, showing how Doctor Who became the longest running show on television by weaving through its history, starting with the current incarnation of the Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. The book will examine the impact of having the first female Doctor in the show’s five decade-long history among fans and critics.
Riverdale Avenue Books will kick off their new line with a Kickstarter campaign that will begin on Wednesday, October 2 and run for 30 days. The levels of support vary from ebooks, trade paperback, signed hardcovers to stretch goals that include a tea party in a Doctor Who restaurant to a Doctor Who Time Travel Cosplay Party in NYC as well as having the author v-logging about meeting various actors from the series.
Link to Kickstarter
“The Binge Watchers Guide” Book Series Launches with Doctor Who Title to Tie in to Season 12 Premier
New York, NY – December 31, 2019 – Riverdale Avenue Books pubbed the first book in the new series The Binge Watchers Guide to Doctor Who, featuring Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor, just in time for the international premiere of the new season on January 1.
The new line of books is dedicated to pop culture phenomenon from movies to TV shows and will include titles on the films of Harry Potter, Friends, Golden Girls, The Handmaid’s Tale, Riverdale, American Horror Story, Black Mirror, etc.
The first book in the series, The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Doctor Who, by Mackenzie Flohr, will take readers on a journey through time and space, showing how Doctor Who became the longest-running show on television by weaving through its history, starting with the current incarnation of the Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. The book will examine the impact of having the first female Doctor in the show’s five-decade-long history among fans and critics, as well as include exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with Wendy Abrahams, Beth Axford, Christian Basel, Will Brooks, Ken Deep, Stephen Hatcher, Krystal Moore, David Solomons, and Alisa Stern.
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The new line of books is dedicated to pop culture phenomenon from movies to TV shows and will include titles on the films of Harry Potter, Friends, Golden Girls, The Handmaid’s Tale, Riverdale, American Horror Story, Black Mirror, etc.
The first book in the series, The Binge Watcher’s Guide to Doctor Who, by Mackenzie Flohr, will take readers on a journey through time and space, showing how Doctor Who became the longest-running show on television by weaving through its history, starting with the current incarnation of the Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. The book will examine the impact of having the first female Doctor in the show’s five-decade-long history among fans and critics, as well as include exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with Wendy Abrahams, Beth Axford, Christian Basel, Will Brooks, Ken Deep, Stephen Hatcher, Krystal Moore, David Solomons, and Alisa Stern.
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Pre-Order The Rite of Abnegation
The long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed #YA #fantasy #TheRiteofWands is now available for pre-order!
When Lochlann becomes nervous about his upcoming Rite of Wands ceremony, his older brother, Mierta McKinnon, reassures him everything will be okay. But when Lochlann staggers out of his ceremony and refuses to use magic, Mierta is determined to find out why.
Meanwhile, the kingdom of Vandolay is under attack by a dangerous, unidentified creature, and Mierta’s father, Mortain McKinnon, requests his son’s assistance to help aid the injured.
But the people of Vandolay aren’t the only ones Mierta must save when someone he holds dear comes face-to-face with the creature and their life hangs in the balance.
Now Mierta must draw upon his strength and his newly acquired magic skills to defeat a dangerous foe and save everyone from death.
Pre-Order Today
When Lochlann becomes nervous about his upcoming Rite of Wands ceremony, his older brother, Mierta McKinnon, reassures him everything will be okay. But when Lochlann staggers out of his ceremony and refuses to use magic, Mierta is determined to find out why.
Meanwhile, the kingdom of Vandolay is under attack by a dangerous, unidentified creature, and Mierta’s father, Mortain McKinnon, requests his son’s assistance to help aid the injured.
But the people of Vandolay aren’t the only ones Mierta must save when someone he holds dear comes face-to-face with the creature and their life hangs in the balance.
Now Mierta must draw upon his strength and his newly acquired magic skills to defeat a dangerous foe and save everyone from death.
Pre-Order Today
