The Roots That Clutch rakes in 2 prizes in the US

The Roots That Clutch rakes in 2 prizes in the US

The Roots That Clutch, my first novel, has been named Winner Book Cover Design Non-Fiction and Distinguished Favorite in the category World Literature at the Independent Press Award 2024.

Congratulations, too, to my graphic designer Kjeld de Ruyter of Puntspatie in Amsterdam on your unforgettable design of the book's cover. 

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The laurels just keep coming

The Roots That Clutch short film keeps reeling in accolades around the world. Watch it here.

 

And the winner is....The Roots That Clutch for Best International Short

And the winner is....The Roots That Clutch for Best International Short

And the winner is......All eight The Roots That Clutch videos have won Best International Short at the  Swedish International Film Festival! Thank you, Sweden, and so proud to have been Stef Prein's and Arlo Laibowitz's producer!

View all eight here.

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And the nominees are......

And the nominees are......

And the nominees are......All eight The Roots That Clutch videos have been nominated for The Swedish International Film Festival! Thank you, Sweden, and so proud to have been Stef Prein's and Arlo Laibowitz's producer!

View all eight here.

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The Roots That Clutch videos selected for the Swedish International Film Festival

The Roots That Clutch videos selected for the Swedish International Film Festival

The Swedish International Film Festival has selected all eight The Roots That Clutch videos for the film festival. Thank you, Sweden!

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Author and attorney K S Gray's interview with me on Instagram

Catch celebrated author and attorney K S Gray's interview with my on Instagram that was broadcast live on March 12, 2023. We discuss the documentary I coproduced In the Interest of the Child and my novel The Roots That Clutch.

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Proudly coproduced an award-winning documentary that matters

Tower of Babel is proud to announce its coproduction of In the Interest of the Child, an internationally-acclaimed documentary by Voort Media.

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Audiobooks The Roots That Clutch and Lot now available on YouTube #coronacrisis

Thanks to experts Quintijn Verhoef of Studio Independent Recordings and Andries Wijnker of amimotion, the audiobooks of The Roots That Clutch and Lot are now available for free on YouTube. Click here to access:

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Interviewed at Event for Journalists

I was recently interviewed at the Dutch Association of Journalists' (Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten) Festival for the Enterprising Journalist. A great day of networking and cross pollination that literally left you refueled with inspiration.

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Lot selected for purchase by the Dutch libraries

Lot selected for purchase by the Dutch libraries

Lot, the Dutch version of The Roots That Clutch has been selected for purchase by the Dutch library system. L. Torn, critic and purchaser for the Dutch libraries, called the novel "intriguing". Metro's Boekenstrooijer, a critic for Metro who leaves his favorite books at various locations in the Netherlands and informs readers via Instagram so that they can go and look for the book, said the book was "powerfully written".

 

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