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With Michael at the launch
A year ago, I won the inaugural Saphira Prize for unpublished writing, a prize that carried with it the publication of my award-winning manuscript "Ghost Cave". I am very grateful to the Women in Publishing Society, founder of the Saphira Prize, for making a cherished dream come true.
The turnout at the book launch of Ghost Cave: a novel of Sarawak at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Central, Hong Kong on the night of March 28th 2014 was really impressive. Many of my friends and associates from different arenas of my life, past and present, came out to support, not to mention members of the Women in Publishing Society whose professional contributions in various facets and stages of book production have made the publication of this novel possible.
With Carol Dyer, my editor
The emcee and project manager of my book, Shannon Brown, gave a very gracious introduction of me, followed by a speech by Nury Vittachi, well-known Hong Kong based journalist and author, about the importance of literary prizes to writers, with special mention of the Saphira Prize in the context of the evening.
The evening also saw the launch of the pride magazine Imprint 13 published annually by the Women in Publishing Society, and the announcement of the 2013 winners in the annual WiPS Short Story Competition for Young Writers.
Book signing at the launch party