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.

Book Cover to Haelend's Ballad
"Haelend's Ballad" by Ian Conrey
Genre: Fantasy

A young orphan who has drowned and come back to life in a foreign land where he will be the death of everyone he meets. Hælend’s Ballad is a grimdark fantasy/steampunk tale about what happens when men and women from two colliding cultures realize they may not be on the right side.

Phoebe's Heart of Stone by James J. Hill III
"Phoebe's Heart of Stone" by James.Hill.Author Hill III
Genre: Historical Fiction

Carl and Phoebe Bradway are simple people from Northeast Ohio, just trying to create a life for their children and each other. Unfortunately a black cloud seems to loom over them incessantly and the loss becomes so great, that the most difficult of decisions need to be made just to survive.

When the Dandelions Sing by James J.Hill III
"When the Dandelions Sing" by James.Hill.Author Hill III
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Ronnie, AKA Jasper to his Grammy, is a young boy who is searching for his purpose in life, and discovers that he can find that by learning from the simplest of things, and from those that seemingly have nothing left to give to this world.

Contemporary London on a cold winters day
"Twisted Thread" by Emmy Gray-Winter Colgrave
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

A woman wakes up in a psychiatric hospital and has not idea who she is or how she got there.

Finding Love in the Snow, A Sweet Romance by C.S. Kjar
"Finding Love in the Snow" by CSKjar Kjar
Genre: Romance

Jared Williams rescued a woman caught in an avalanche. He didn't know Marissa Williams was sent to destroy his business. Would be regret saving her?

Finding Love in the Snow, A Sweet Romance by C.S. Kjar
"Finding Love in the Snow" by CSKjar Kjar
Genre: Romance

Jared Sullivan rescues a woman caught in an avalanche. He doesn't know Marissa Williams was sent to destroy his business. Will be wish he'd never saved her?

A dark-haired women lies on her back and blows marijuana smoke into the air against a black background.
"House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties" by Donna Conrad Conrad
Genre: Memoir

From encounters with Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and other legends of rock 'n roll, to loaded shotguns at home, sexual violence, and flying high on drugs just to get by - this fast-paced memoir brings to life one teens quest to change the world - only to find herself changed by the times.

Book cover of The Girl in the Maze
"The Girl in the Maze " by Cathy Hayward
Genre: Historical Fiction

Traversing three generations of women torn apart by family trauma, The Girl in the Maze explores the complex relationship and challenges involved in both mothering and being mothered.

Blades of Angels
"Blades Of Angels" by amiriello Miriello
Genre: Fantasy

It is the early age of mankind and a magnificent sword made to protect becomes a mighty weapon of war.
Fallen angels leave their heavenly abode for the natural world to corrupt the seed of men and lead them into wicked ways.
Faithful men fight with courage to protect their friends and families.

The cover displays a man seeking the light of justice. The helicopter plays a role at the end of the book.
"Seeking the Light of Justice" by babe1962 Nadel
Genre: Suspense & Thriller

Seeking the Light of Justice is book 1 of the Hoshiyan Chronicles. It is a hybridization for a thriller, adventure story, Sci-Fi/fantasy and spirituality.
This book introduces you to the main characters and their struggle with terrorists and a secret war with the Vatican.

Half finished sketch of girl by 18th century painter Jean A D Ingres. The incompleteness of the image reflects how women were not fully visible at that time.
"The Watsons" by Rose Servitova Servitova
Genre: Historical Fiction

The Watsons by Jane Austen & Rose Servitova is the tale of four sisters as they seek security, love and happiness in a world where the most important decisions affecting their lives, are not always theirs to make.

Death as a video game character
"Noobs" by Simon carr
Genre: Comedy & Humour

IF YOU THINK LIFE IS A GAME, WAIT UNTIL YOU PLAY DEATH!

singer on stage in front of crowd
"Killer in the Crowd " by
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Live music is in her blood, but as the death threats arrive, she fears there’s a killer in the crowd. Can teacher Cath take her mother’s place, and front her mum’s old band to inspire four ageing woman punks to catch a killer, and solve the mystery of what really happened to her missing mother?

A picture of the book as an envelope addressed to the main character
"Frances Creighton: Found and lost" by KirbyPorter Porter
Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Unable to cope with the death of his girlfriend, Michael Roberts tries to find comfort in memories of another time and another place when he was in love for the first time. But that first time was as a schoolboy in Belfast, at the start of The Troubles in the late 1960s, and in a culture dominated

Vince Discovers the Golden Triangle - Book Cover
"The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Discovers the Golden Triangle" by Heidi Bryant Bryant
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

A journey to ‘Incredible India’. This story is a cultural adventure where children will experience and learn about some of the most famous and beautiful places in this amazing country. Sampling the local cuisine and meeting endangered animals, a colourful Hindu festival, plays elephant polo, and

Vince Goes to Paris - Book Cover
"The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Goes to Paris" by Heidi Bryant Bryant
Genre: Childrens Picture Books

Vince Goes to Paris, is the first in a series of books to inspire children to learn new languages. The story subtly introduces children to the wonderful French language. Basic words and phrases are included within the story as well as more complex sentence structures introducing different verb

singer on stage with audience behind
"Killer in the Crowd " by
Genre: Mystery & Cozy Mystery

Live music is in her blood, but as the death threats arrive, she fears there’s a killer in the crowd. Can teacher Cath take her mother’s place, and front her mum’s old band to inspire four ageing woman punks to catch a killer, and solve the mystery of what really happened to her missing mother?

Cover in the style of an 1830 news pamphlet entitled The Gay Street Chronicles
"Belle Nash and the Bath Souffle" by William Keeling Keeling
Genre: Comedy & Humour

A true tale of how a sunken soufflé came to reveal a festering quagmire of corruption and bigotry in genteel Bath in 1831. Mr Belle Nash of Gay Street, bachelor and dandy extraordinaire, campaign for justice – and what started out as a culinary catastrophe quickly becomes a matter of life and death