Publishers honour distinguished writers (10/11/08)

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THE Ghana Book Publishers Association at the weekend held an awards dinner/dance to honour Ghanaian authors and publishers as part of efforts to inculcate the habit of writing and reading in Ghanaians.
The awards were categorised into four parts: The Picture Story Book for Children, Junior Fiction, Adult Fiction and General Book of the Year.
Mr Meshack Asare won the Picture Story Book for Children award with his book, Tawiah Goes to Sea, published by Sub Saharan Publishers, while Nana Ama Afua Osae’s, The Storyteller, published by Sam Woode Limited, won the Junior Fiction award.
Mr Alex Darko’s Not without flowers, published by Sub Saharan Publishers, won the Adult Fiction prize, with Professor Noah Komla Dzobo’s African Proverbs, published by Woeli Publishing Services, winning the General Book of the Year award.
For their prizes, the winners were presented with certificates, cash and plaques.
Three other personalities in the industry were honoured for contributing to make the industry successful.
They were Professor Atukwei Okai, Mr Sam Woode and Mr F.K. Segbawu, while 14 other authors and publishers received certificates for having been nominated for the awards.
Addressing the gathering, the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Tawiah III, urged Ghanaians to make reading a habit in order to progress in life.
“A nation that does not read does not progress,” he said.
He noted that “reading refreshes the memory, gives us food for thought, informs and tells us how to plan our future and become winners”.
King Tackie Tawiah, therefore, entreated all Ghanaians to take a particular interest in reading.