Angela Dawson Reports on Promotional Activities

Author of Red, Angela Dawson reports on her recent promotional activities and opportunities:

ABC Radio Melbourne:  Angela Dawson publishes her novel Red - ABC 

Plus, as well as Readings bookstores, I managed to get books into Dymocks, Camberwell after being part of a panel of authors presenting to a packed audience at Rivoli Cinemas, Camberwell, for their 'First Tuesday Book Club'.  Catherine Deveny was one of them!  Fun, but quite nerve racking!  I got to speak for 15 mins, and afterwards we all sat in the foyer for book signings, like real authors!

 I've entered lots of competitions, and so far have managed to get short listed in the Santa Fe Writers Project 2022 Literary Awards (27 selected out of 2000!)  

This was their feedback:

Thank you for participating in the 2022 Literary Awards Program and, again, congrats on making it into the finalist lists! You beat out nearly 2000 manuscripts to get where you are. 
While you did not make the winners' circle, your manuscript showed strong promise and shined through a rigorous judging process. Congratulations!

I'm still waiting for a few more comp results, some of which come out at the end of the year. 

I have a few things I want to pursue - I've joined this FB page, which might help with getting some online traffic:

I even wrote a short blog today, after a massive hiatus!

There are definitely some great opportunities out there for writers to get their work critiqued. I found a few legitimate sites, including an American one which frequently has competitions with no entry fees - usually for short essays, poems.  I'm on their monthly list for the newsletter.  Their site states they are, 'One of the Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers'.

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Angela and her book on ABC Radio

Radio is an excellent medium for authors promoting their work — there is a significant overlap between readers and listeners (and a perfect overlap when it comes to audiobooks). Author Angela Dawson conducted a ten minute discussion with ABC presenter Jacinta Parsons.

During the depths of the pandemic Afternoons listener Angela J Dawson rang the talkback line and told Jacinta Parsons about the novel she was working on. Now the book, Red, is finished and published. Angela dropped into the studio for a chat about her humorous tale of a Top Gun obsessed pilot, and how she published it.

Jenny Wellington on ABC Radio

Jenny Wellington, author of the very entertaining novel Damengin, was interviewed on ABC Sunshine Coast — audio below.

“Damengin is a country town in Queensland weighed down by the worst drought in living memory and its inhabitants are all desperately waiting for government drought relief.

The bad news is that the funds have been sent and spent by Council's Shire Clerk Shifty Grey and his corrupt cohorts.

This is a rollicking fast-moving story about political skulduggery, greed, love and lust. It features outrageous characters, blossoming romances, pathos and importantly, has an incredibly happy ending.”

“A lovely Aussie story that everyone can relate to. Loved reading the book right from the start. I could hear the author reading the story to me at the start and as I got further into the book, wrapped into the characters of the story, I couldn’t put the book down as I sat in on the edge of my chair wondering what was going to happen next.”

— Christine, Queensland