{"id":3558,"date":"2020-08-23T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T05:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2020-08-23T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T05:08:55","slug":"ruby-award-for-the-clothiers-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/ruby-award-for-the-clothiers-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"RuBY award for The Clothier&#8217;s Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year awards were announced last night, and I&#8217;m over the moon that <em>The Clothier&#8217;s Daughter<\/em> won the Historical Romance category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Romantic Book of the Year Historical Romance Winner - Bronwyn Parry, The Cothier's Daughter\" class=\"wp-image-3559\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RuBY-winner.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The awards are usually announced at a gala dinner at the Romance Writers of Australia national conference, but like so many other events in this year of Covid it had to move online, and so the awards were announced on YouTube. No sparkly party dress for me as it was so cold, but I did find a sparkly tiara to wear with my woolly jumper and jeans while watching the awards!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3561\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-165x220.jpg 165w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bronwynparry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ruby-tiara-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, the finalists were all asked to video a short acceptance speech in case we won, with each of the category winner&#8217;s speeches included in the awards presentations. It was rather weird to record as if I&#8217;d won when the winners weren&#8217;t announced until last night but here is my little speech:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bronwyn Parry Romantic Book of the Year (Historical)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzaVm2RVddk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The full list of winners is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Novella &#8211; Georgia Tingley, <em>Whistler Wonderland<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speculative Fiction &#8211; Anna Hackett, <em>Heart of Eon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romantic Suspense &#8211; Leah Ashton, <em>Outrun the Night<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RomanticElements &#8211; Rachael Johns, <em>Just One Wish<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historical &#8211; Bronwyn Parry, <em>The Clothier&#8217;s Daughter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contemporary Romance &#8211; Fiona Macarthur, <em>The Desert Midwife<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romance Writers of Australia Romantic Book of the Year awards were announced last night, and I&#8217;m over the moon that The Clothier&#8217;s Daughter won the Historical Romance category. 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