LAPA Publishers (South Africa) and Catalyst Press (USA) are thrilled to announce that Martin Steyn’s English-fiction debut, Dark Traces, has been awarded a Kirkus Star Review. Read the review here.
The Kirkus Star is one of the most prestigious recognitions in the book industry, and certainly the dream of any author and publisher with dealings in the USA.
Kirkus is known for its blunt, honest reviews since 1933 and the Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature. Books that have earned the Kirkus Star are automatically nominated for the Kirkus Prize. Steyn’s book will qualify for the 2018 prize. The prize is awarded by a panel composed of respected writers and highly regarded booksellers, librarians and Kirkus critics throughout the USA.
The reviewer makes special mention of Steyn’s use of Afrikaans words like klagtebakkie and oom, with a glossary explaining these terms to a US audience.
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The managing director of the ATKV, Deidre Le Hanie, sent a bilingual message of congratulations once the review went live:
Beste Kollegas en LAPA span,
Dit is absoluut wonderlik. Baie geluk aan almal wat bygedra het tot die proses en erkenning.
Dit is ʼn besonderse eer en welverdiend!
Dear Colleagues and LAPA Team,
What a wonderful and well-deserved acknowledgement!
This is such an honour and much deserved!
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LAPA Uitgewers en Catalyst Press (in die VSA) kondig met trots aan dat Martin Steyn se Engelstalige fiksiedebuut, Dark Traces (sy eie vertaling van sy debuutroman Donker spoor), met ’n Kirkus-ster vereer is. Dit is ’n enorme eer, komende van ’n tydskrif wat bekend is vir vlymskerp kritiek sedert 1933.
Kirkus ken jaarliks ’n baie groot prys van US$50 000 toe. Boeke, soos Steyn s’n wat ’n ster kry, kom outomaties in aanmerking vir hierdie prys, wat beteken Dark Traces ding nou mee om die Kirkus-prys vir 2018.
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TITLE: Dark Traces
AUTHOR: Martin Steyn
CATEGORY: Crime thriller
FORMAT: Trade Paperback
SA ISBN: 9780799383591
SA PRICE: R270,00