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Bertram's Emporium of Things People Say

In the madness of contemporary culture wars, the Emporium serves no ideology. It serves up iconoclasm. From hillbilly erotic philosophy to a cancel rag that declares the Sun triggering, from The Pronoun Simulator to The Abortion Avatar, from neocon unicorn princess to Antifa blackshirt, no extreme of the ideological spectrum is too self-absurd to spare. On one end, the far-right’s demands for freedom from sweeping government powers evaporate the moment their own sacred cows of religious education and fetuses are at stake. On the other, militant gender identity ideology undermines the rights of the very people it patronizingly claims to protect, with dangerous implications for women, trans people, and detransitioners. On the whole, the absurdity of those ideologies is on plain display to those residing between the extremes who long for a more reasoned approach. Bertram’s Emporium delivers one in the guise of humorist social commentary vignettes. It also delivers purely comedic pieces at a time when everybody can use a laugh.
*Finalist of The Wishing Shelf Book Awards and Semi-Finalist of the Chanticleer International Book Awards in Humor and Satire
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THE WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS 2015
WINNERS
www.thewsa.co.uk
Below is a list of the 2015 WINNERS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The CHILDREN'S BOOKS were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the ADULT BOOKS by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children’s books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:

Category 1 Pre-School Picture Books
GOLD
Space Cop Zack, Protector of the Galaxy, Don Winn
SILVER
How It Happened in Hotterly Hollow, Tracey L Coutts, Colleen Holub
Feeding Time at the Zoo, Kevin Price
BRONZE
My Mummy is an Engineer, Kerrine Bryan, Jason Bryan
Do You Dream of Dinosaurs? Sally Alce
The Pirate Train, Nicole Plyler Fisk

Category 2 Books for 6 – 8 Year Olds
GOLD
Do Not Feed the Troll! Ryan Cartwright
SILVER
A Knock at the Door, Helen Yeomans
The Mouse Who Howled at the Moon, Sarah Hindmarsh
BRONZE
The Forever Tree, Hilary Hawkes
Nickerbacher, The Funniest Dragon, Terry John Barto
Horace Burp, Lizard Boy, Chris Tennent

Category 3 Books for 9 – 12 Year Olds
GOLD
Hieroglyph, Wendy Scott
SILVER
Bees in my Bananas, Lots of Fun Poems, Neal Zetter
The Sound Catcher, Graham Garrity
BRONZE
The Amazing Brain of O C Longbotham, Barbara Spencer
The Extraordinary Book of Doors, Anne Nydam
Frankie Dupont and the Lemon Festival Fiasco, Julie Grasso

Category 4 Books for Teenagers
GOLD
Community 17, James Cardona
SILVER
H.A.L.F. The Deep Beneath, Natalie Wright
Alex Finch: Monster Hunter (The Monster Files Book 1), Cate Dean
BRONZE
Escape from B-Movie Hell, M T McGuire
Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor, Matt Pike
Echo Across Time, Book 1 in the Echo Saga, Skye Genaro

Category 5 Books for Adults (fiction)
GOLD
The Piltdown Picasso, Robin Richards
SILVER
The Porter’s Wife, Lisa Brown
Orphans, Assassins and the Existential Eggplant, J.T. Gillett
BRONZE
Three Little Birds, Carol Wyer
Anonymous, Christine Benedict
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman, Robin Gregory

Category 6 Books for Adults (non-fiction)
GOLD
Inside the Crocodile, The Papua New Guinea Journals, Trish Nicholson
SILVER
Spices and Seasons: Simple, Sustainable Indian Flavors, Rinku Bhattacharya
Woody Allen, Reel to Real, Alex Sheremet
BRONZE
London’s Firefighters, David Pike
Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time, Ellisa Rolle
The Secrets of Islay: A tale of golf, marathons, and single malt, Robert Kroeger