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Press release: Readers Decide The Best Romantic Reads 2011 In Inaugural Romance Reader Awards

The inaugural Romance Reader Awards were presented at a gala ball on 22 October attended by authors and publishing executives in the romantic surroundings of Hunton Park in Hertfordshire.

The Romance Reader Awards winners were presented with trophies from sponsors Total-E-Bound and Choc Lit. The winners were:

Best Romantic Read – Love and Freedom, Sue Moorcroft (Choc Lit)

Best Historical Read – Perhaps Tomorrow, Jean Fullerton (Orion)

Jane Judd presented the New Talent Award for a promising unpublished writer. The winner and runners-up were:

New Talent Award – winner: Henriette Gyland; runners-up: Sarah Callejo, Rosemary Dun, Debbie White

Two special Hall of Fame Awards were also presented to recognise outstanding contributions to romantic fiction. These winners were:

Romance Reader Hall of Fame (author) – Carole Matthews

Romance Reader Hall of Fame (publisher) – Harlequin Mills and Boon

The ball and awards closed the Festival of Romance, two days of festivities celebrating romantic fiction in all its forms. The Festival of Romance took place 21st to 22nd October 2011 at Hunton Park in Hertfordshire. Website: www.festivalofromance.co.uk

Photos: (c) Ian Cundell

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Comment by Julie on October 27, 2011 at 9:10: Huge congratulations to all the winners and nominees. Having read most of the books shortlisted, I must admit that the judges had quite a tough choice to make.

Comment by Francine Howarth on October 27, 2011 at 9:03: Hi Kate,

Oooh, congrats to all.

Lovely to see happy smiling faces!

I'm so gutted I missed out on all the fun. Which Romantic hero turned up? Come on, spill...

best

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Comment by Hywela Lyn on October 25, 2011 at 23:29: Congratulations to all the winners!

Comment by Carol Wright on October 25, 2011 at 14:09: congrats to the winners.

Have read and reviewed both Sue and Jean's books.

In process of reviewing Carole Matthews' latest book.

Have blogged about the results here

http://dizzycslittlebookblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/festival-of-roman...

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