The Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year awards were announced last night, and I’m over the moon that The Clothier’s Daughter won the Historical Romance category.
The awards are usually announced at a gala dinner at the Romance Writers of Australia national conference, but like so many other events in this year of Covid it had to move online, and so the awards were announced on YouTube. No sparkly party dress for me as it was so cold, but I did find a sparkly tiara to wear with my woolly jumper and jeans while watching the awards!
A couple of weeks ago, the finalists were all asked to video a short acceptance speech in case we won, with each of the category winner’s speeches included in the awards presentations. It was rather weird to record as if I’d won when the winners weren’t announced until last night but here is my little speech:
The full list of winners is:
Novella – Georgia Tingley, Whistler Wonderland
Speculative Fiction – Anna Hackett, Heart of Eon
Romantic Suspense – Leah Ashton, Outrun the Night
RomanticElements – Rachael Johns, Just One Wish
Historical – Bronwyn Parry, The Clothier’s Daughter
Contemporary Romance – Fiona Macarthur, The Desert Midwife
Congratulations to all the winners!
