Our Shadow Man Asian Literary Prize Jury gets a mention at the Shortlist Press Conference! (Held simultaneously at the Man Group offices in Hong Kong and London on January 10 2012).
I’m delighted that your Shadow Jury efforts have been officially recognized — you and your fellow jurors certainly deserve it. I have been following your thoughts with much interest (although I’ve made very few comments) and will be getting to a couple of the short-listed books eventually. Many thanks to all of the Shadow Jury.
I have been following the comments and reviews as well and have been astounded at the incredible amount of hard work that you have all put in. There seems little doubt that some of the books have proved challenging to review. It was very interesting to listing to this Q&A and wonderful to finish on such a high note with the mention of the Shadow Jury. Well done!
Hi Kevin – our Shadow team was all your idea! I’ll be sure to mention that again when we do the wrap-up at the end of our deliberations. (Not long to go now, deadline for all team members to have their rankings ready is very soon, and then let the argy-bargy begin!)
Karen, what I liked most about this mention at the press conference (apart from *self-deprecating grin* international fame for our little team LOL) was the Chairman’s obvious delight about what we have done. He seemed genuinely pleased that this fledgling prize competing for recognition in the literary world had reached out in this way.
Shadow! Very dark! Love it. It’s great that they appreciate what we are doing rather than seeing us as upstarts! Thanks for suggesting it Lisa (and Matt).
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I’m delighted that your Shadow Jury efforts have been officially recognized — you and your fellow jurors certainly deserve it. I have been following your thoughts with much interest (although I’ve made very few comments) and will be getting to a couple of the short-listed books eventually. Many thanks to all of the Shadow Jury.
By: KevinfromCanada on February 11, 2012
at 2:59 am
I have been following the comments and reviews as well and have been astounded at the incredible amount of hard work that you have all put in. There seems little doubt that some of the books have proved challenging to review. It was very interesting to listing to this Q&A and wonderful to finish on such a high note with the mention of the Shadow Jury. Well done!
By: karenlee thompson on February 11, 2012
at 7:23 am
Hi Kevin – our Shadow team was all your idea! I’ll be sure to mention that again when we do the wrap-up at the end of our deliberations. (Not long to go now, deadline for all team members to have their rankings ready is very soon, and then let the argy-bargy begin!)
Karen, what I liked most about this mention at the press conference (apart from *self-deprecating grin* international fame for our little team LOL) was the Chairman’s obvious delight about what we have done. He seemed genuinely pleased that this fledgling prize competing for recognition in the literary world had reached out in this way.
By: Lisa Hill on February 11, 2012
at 8:45 am
WE’RE FAMOUS!! Time to crack open the champagne!
By: Matthew Todd on February 11, 2012
at 11:45 am
I feel like some sort of literary guerrilla.
By: markbooks on February 11, 2012
at 8:36 pm
That might come in handy if there’s warfare over our choices LOL
By: Lisa Hill on February 12, 2012
at 12:13 am
great news lovewly to see it mentioned ,all the best stu
By: winstonsdad on February 12, 2012
at 8:52 am
Well done everyone – well deserved :)
By: Tony on February 12, 2012
at 10:44 pm
This is very similar to the comments I had from the local bookshop, Lisa. Well done!
By: mccardey on February 13, 2012
at 11:21 pm
Shadow! Very dark! Love it. It’s great that they appreciate what we are doing rather than seeing us as upstarts! Thanks for suggesting it Lisa (and Matt).
By: whisperinggums on February 29, 2012
at 1:29 am
Upstarts?! It never occurred to me that they would think that! We are helping to promote their prize!
By: Lisa Hill on February 29, 2012
at 8:13 pm
Oh, you know me, always a little self-conscious and not sure whether others will see things the same way! But, you’re right.
By: whisperinggums on February 29, 2012
at 9:44 pm
I’m very proud of our team, and I bet the authors whose books we’ve been promoting are pleased too.
By: Lisa Hill on February 29, 2012
at 10:06 pm