Book Award 2022

Browse through these submissions for the Page Turner Book Award 2022. This is an international writing contest for published authors to showcase their books.

A rat with a red pencil and glasses just scribbled the word "animal" above the printed word "lab."
"Animal Lab" by zeidman Zeidman
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

One day, the animals at a research lab wake up with the abilities of rational thought and communication. And the humans are gone. They realize they must organize into a society with rules, rights, and responsibilities. They create a democratic republic. But can they keep it?

watercolor depiction of the face of a Black Female
"Cute For A Black Girl" by Amy Watkins
Genre: Christian

When the only Black female in high school ends up comatose in the ER, a diverse group of acquaintances must come together to find out what happened to her.

Book cover - Home Before You by Pamela Shaw
"Home Before You" by Pamela Shaw
Genre: Memoir

Plunged into single parenthood after her husband's sudden disappearance and murder, Pamela Shaw grapples with loss, forgiveness and faith.

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"The Nymphetamine Girls" by Anna J Walner
Genre: Romance

The Secrets in Verdant Glen are expected. They come along with the deeds.
Is there a dark side to living a privileged life? Natalia and Lisette are perfect, or are they? What secrets are they hiding, and how can they destroy everything?

"Values First: How Knowing Your Core Beliefs Can Get You the Life and Career You Want" by thecatchgroup Eigel
Genre: Non-Fiction

Between the constant pressures of job performance and demands on your time, it's easy to lose sight of your values, letting them shift out of alignment. The Values First Framework can help you change that picture by reentering your life around what truly matters to you.

Image: sunset over over lake in West Bengal. The Duty (A not so Scottish Murder) by Harry Navinski. The 2nd DCI Suzanna McLeod Mystery. From Kincardine to Kolkata, the trail is fraught with challenges for Suzanna's team.
"The Duty" by Harry Navinski Navinski
Genre: Crime

Edinburgh’s top detective has a murder and a team member’s stabbing to deal with, taking her from the River Forth to the Ganges. Illegal immigration, slavery, and brutality surface as she tracks down the culprits and deals with her complex love life, calling on all her mental and physical talents.

Cover of the novel Winter at Medora downs, showing a young woman walking along an Outback road with her luggage.
"Winter at Medora Downs" by Anne Rouen
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

It's 1987 and Sarah, a young Sydney schoolteacher, is desperate to escape the violent control of her fiancé by moving to an Outback station to become a governess for two orphaned children. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a complex love triangle where she begins to fear for her life.

The cover depicts a feminine and ethereal view of a woman in prayer showing her heart/chest region.
"Healing Journal: The Gift of Cancer" by Cindy Scott Scott
Genre: Non-Fiction

A personal guidebook for emotional and spiritual healing from cancer.

The Healing Journal is a book of inspiration, hope and healing for women journeying through cancer treatment. It provides a special place to capture your treatment journey, so you can live fearlessly with and beyond cancer.

The book cover for "At First Light: A World War II Story of Struggles, Sacrifice, and Saving the Lipizzaners"
"At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing Horse" by Walt Larimore
Genre: Non-Fiction

An extraordinary story of the youngest and one of the most decorated front-line junior officers on the forgotten southern front in Europe. Brutal combat, tragic sacrifice, astonishing suffering, a secret mission to save the world-famous Lipizzaners, gripping aftermath, and an astonishing ending.

An illustration of a green and turquoise sky with a golden sun.
"Waking up the West: Return to Dreamtime" by Stephanie Dawn… Hrehirchuk
Genre: Memoir

This 3rd book in the Awakening series shares Stephanie's story of entering the dance with the Dreamer, how it led to lessons with Albert Einstein on her front step and later as a compass to navigate pain and grief. Equally creative and cryptic, Dreamtime just may be the gateway to a harmonious life.

A woman stands near a medicine wheel holding a sunflower with mountains in the distance.
"The Awakening Series" by Stephanie Dawn… Hrehirchuk
Genre: Memoir

From motherhood to meditation, friendship and family to chakras and visions, Stephanie's story is rich with relatability and peppered with humour. Discover the language of nature, the magic of community and the wisdom of Dreamtime in this Canadian mom's memoir trilogy.

The John Diaries by Mark le Claire
"The John Diaries" by Mark le Claire
Genre: Memoir

Written by "Vapour Trails in the Blue" novelist, Mark le Claire, these diaries draw on his unexpected friendship with John, an eccentric person derided by the world, to chart his life as an artist and writer from the pre-internet and mobile phone era year of 1984, to pre-pandemic 2018.

Cover of the novel Winter at Medora downs, showing a young woman walking along an Outback road with her luggage.
"Winter at Medora Downs" by Anne Rouen
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

It's 1987 and Sarah, a young Sydney schoolteacher, is desperate to escape the violent control of her fiancé by moving to an Outback station to become a governess for two orphaned children. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a complex love triangle where she begins to fear for her life.

Cover of the novel Winter at Medora downs, showing a young woman walking along an Outback road with her luggage.
"Winter at Medora Downs" by Anne Rouen
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

It's 1987 and Sarah, a young Sydney schoolteacher, is desperate to escape the violent control of her fiancé by moving to an Outback station to become a governess for two orphaned children. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a complex love triangle where she begins to fear for her life.

Cover of the novel Winter at Medora downs, showing a young woman walking along an Outback road with her luggage.
"Winter at Medora Downs" by Anne Rouen
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

It's 1987 and Sarah, a young Sydney schoolteacher, is desperate to escape the violent control of her fiancé by moving to an Outback Queensland station to become a governess for two orphaned children. She soon finds herself enmeshed in a complex love triangle where she begins to fear for her life.

"To Kill A Conman" by KevinBerry Berry
Genre: Crime

Everyone falls prey to the conman. One victim seeks revenge.
Stuart Baker makes a lot of dough from conning people. Broke and desperate, P.I. Danny Ashford thinks his life can’t get any worse. Then Baker is found murdered, and Danny becomes the main suspect.

The Endangered Earthlings' Handbook features the eyes of a wolf, a quickly disappearing species.
"The Endangered Earthlings' Handbook" by Paul Hollis
Genre: Non-Fiction

Our planet is in the midst of climate change, mass species extinction, pollution and more. The Endangered Earthlings' Handbook lays out the environmental issues facing our planet today and offers viable solutions for the average person, exhibiting a new social paradigm for the Gaia Generation.

Two hands conjoined, one hand and arm drawn with charcoal and encompassed by a tangle of scribble lines, the other colored with an array of warm colors.
"Touch" by Rebecca L. Miller Miller
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

A story of two teens searching: one for their place in the world, the other for a reason to survive.

Two hands conjoined, one hand and arm drawn with charcoal and encompassed by a tangle of scribble lines, the other colored with an array of warm colors.
"Touch" by Rebecca L. Miller Miller
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

A story of two teens searching: one for their place in the world, the other for a reason to survive.