Congratulations Janey Bennett
The Pale Surface of Things

The Pale Surface of Things by Janey Bennett 978-0-9734007-2-4 $21.95 CDN/US Publication Date: June 2007 Pale Surface's website  |  Buy/Order (Individual)  |  Order (Booksellers)

♦ Grand Prize Second Place for All Fiction, Next Generation Indie Book Award
♦ Gold Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction USA BookNews BEST BOOK Award
♦ Gold Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction Indie Excellence Book Award
♦ Gold Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction Next Generation Indie Book Award
♦ Gold Medal Winner, Best Use of Environmental Materials, PubWest Book Design Award
♦ Silver Medal Winner, Multicultural Fiction & Non-Fiction, Nautilus Book Awards
♦ Honorable Mention, Multicultural Fiction, Beach Book Festival Awards

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Janey Bennett grew up in San Diego, the daughter of an English professor whose love of literature shaped Janey’s early life. She graduated from UCLA and has enjoyed colorful and varied careers, from radio announcer to horse trainer and drama critic. She spent five winters teaching English to Buddhist nuns in Thailand. Her writings on architecture have been published in the United States and Finland, where she held a Fulbright research fellowship. She has been writing fiction for eight years.

THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS is Bennett’s first novel, leading her into the study of classical Greek, Byzantine icon painting, geology, botany, the vernacular architecture and sociology of Greek villages, Minoan culture and art, the science of archaeology, World War II on Crete, and criminal law in Greece. A cellist, freelance editor, and author, Bennett divides her time between Bellingham, WA and Hornby Island, BC.

Announcing:

Wednesday, May 14 2008 @ 01:59 PM PDT

Author wins on two fronts
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Comox Valley Record - May 09, 2008

Hornby Island author Janey Bennett is winning awards for both the content and the packaging of her first novel A Pale Surface of Things.

This week, it was announced the Publishers Association of the West had awarded the book and its independent publisher Hopeace Press the gold medal for best use of environmental materials.

“It makes me feel slightly less guilty for all the trees and water I’ve used in my life,” said Bennett, who lives part-time on Hornby Island, laughingly about the award. “It pleased me … it pleased me a lot.”

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Hopeace Press
Books in Print

The Pale Surface of Things by Janey Bennett 978-0-9734007-2-4 $21.95 CDN/USD Publication Date: June 2007

Sperm version 1.6 by Keith Moen 978-0-9734007-3-1 $20 CDN Paperback

Friday, December 07 2007 @ 09:53 AM PST

Pale Surface- Comox Valley Record Review
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Wednesday August 22, 2007

WONDERFUL STORY IS FASCINATING FOR ITS IDEAS

Janey Bennett’s first novel has it all: adventure and suspense in an exotic location, a full cast of interesting characters, and thoughtfully rendered philosophical ideas...

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Sunday, March 04 2007 @ 07:26 AM PST

Amazon Review- Grady Harp
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What the critics are saying about The Pale Surface of Things:

"Janey Bennett makes a startlingly fine debut as a novelist with THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS. …. Bennett creates a propulsive novel that is a most satisfying read on many levels.

"Crete, in so many ways, is the main character in the novel, and Bennett knows her way around her stage as well as anyone who writes. THE PALE SURFACE OF THINGS is a solid, intoxicating novel that gently reminds the reader of the importance of philosophical issues and the way they mold lives. It is a smart, entertaining, superb novel!"
— Grady Harp
Top 10 Reviewer, Amazon.com
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