The COVR Visionary Awards, given to books, jewelry, music, electronic media, and products in the Mind Body Spirit industry that represent the best from the previous three years, were celebrated last month during the International New Age Trade Show (INATS) in Denver, Colo.
The book of the year was Rock and Water: The Power of Thought--The Peace of Letting Go by Scott Cooper (DeVorss and Company). For a full list of winners, including the winners in the many book categories, click here.
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The Crook's Corner Book Prize Foundation has announced the longlist for the $5,000 Crook's Corner Book Prize, honoring the best debut novels set in the American South. The shortlist will be announced in the fall, and the prize will be presented in January 2019. The longlist is:
Maranatha Road by Heather Bell Adams (Vandalia Press)
The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst (Algonquin Books)
Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith (Hub City Press)
The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard (Melville House)
Panorama by Steve Kistulentz (Little, Brown)
Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (Grove Atlantic)
Shadow of the Lions by Christopher Swann (Algonquin Books)
How to Survive a Summer by Nick White (Blue Rider Press)
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Counterpoint Press)