Podiobook author wins $10,000 humor award

Just over a month ago, we told you that Terry Fallis’ book The Best Laid Plans (of course, it’s available here as a serialized free audiobook) was shortlisted for the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. This is a Very Big Deal in Canadian literary circles, as Terry was suddenly thrust up against some heavy hitters in the field.

Shortlist, smortlist. Terry won the award!

Canada’s premier newspaper, The Globe and Mail, said:

A debut novel, self-published by its author after he couldn’t interest an agent or a Canadian publisher, has won the $10,000 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.

Fallis beat four other finalists, all of whose books were released last year by “official” publishers. The books were Douglas Coupland’s The Gum Thief (Random House), Spanish Fly by two-time Leacock winner Will Ferguson (Penguin), Scott Gardiner’s King John of Canada (McClelland & Stewart) and Ron Wood’s And God Created Manyberries (Frontenac House).

So… do you like apples? Well how do you like them apples? Go Terry! And go everyone else who’s had gatekeepers say “thanks, but no thanks”. I’m going to be bouncing around with a smile on my face for days.





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8 Responses to “Podiobook author wins $10,000 humor award”

  1. Gail Says:
    May 3rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    I agree: Go Terry! It’s a well-deserved award.

    I’m proud of all “our” authors.

  2. edward Says:
    May 3rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    thats awesome!

  3. DC Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    That’s fantastic news. Podiobooks.com is giving authors a great way to be heard, as well as providing enjoyment to the thousands of listeners.

  4. Terry Fallis Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Thanks Evo and fellow Podiobookers. It was quite a shock and the view from up here on cloud 9 is wonderful. I’m grateful to Evo and the growing legion of listeners for such great support.

    Ter

  5. Joe Cottonwood Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Congratulations Terry!

  6. Seth Says:
    May 4th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Terry, that’s awesome!! Way to show em what you got!!
    Big time congrats for a job well done!

  7. osmia Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Congratulations Terry! *craning my neck to look all the way up to Cloud 9 to give you 2 thumbs up!*

  8. Keikomushi Says:
    May 8th, 2008 at 2:21 am

    Terry has been awarded for a job well-done. He is another person that proves that podiobooks is a great marketing tool for authors.

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