Instilling the love of reading FRANCIS RACINE francis.racine@eap.on.ca
As he opens the front door of his house, it’s apparent that Troy Kent Guindon is quite a cultured man. Harboring a smile, hemakes his way towards a big and sturdy wooden table, his two books neatly set upon it. Yet the Long Sault citizen has reasons to celebrate. His first book, titled The Reading Promise , has garneredmuch praise, having been bestowed with five prestigious awards. “I just opened my emails and there it was, a message saying congratulations,” said an
excited Guindon. His initial book recently won a USA Best Book Award. He can now place the prestigious USA Best Book Award seal on the book, along with those from four other awards: a 2015 National Indie Excellence Award, a 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, a 2015Mom’s Choice Gold and a 2015 BookChoice4U Award. Like a whirlwind, four of the awards have come in the last three weeks.
“I never thought this would happen,” he confided. “It nearly didn’t even happen.” Guindon had quite a hard time finding a publisher in the area. So much so, that he now deals with a publishing house in Virginia. “I got somany rejection letters before I got mymanuscript accepted,” he added, taking a hold of his glasses. Although his books have been quite popular in the United States and in England, he admits that he’s having quite
a hard time piercing the Canadian market. Winning books in the five awards Guindon received are selected following an intensive review by a panel of judges. Entries are evaluated based on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Judges are especially interested in books that help families grow emotionally, physically and spiritually, aremorally sound and promote
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