The Lindsay de Feliz New Writer of Expat Memoir Award

Lindsay de Feliz, one of our most treasured authors, was cruelly murdered in December 2019 near her home in the Dominican Republic. Lindsay wrote about her extraordinary life in her witty and candid best-selling memoirs What About Your Saucepans and Life After My Saucepans. 

​To honour Lindsay, Summertime Publishing and Springtime Books have introduced the 2020 Lindsay de Feliz New Writer of Expat Memoir Award. The lucky winner will receive a bursary to cover the full cost of our publishing package – big picture edit, proofread, design, production and distribution for worldwide sale.

And the winner is...

Sarah Kobrus

Her memoir, Count Only Sunny Hours, will be published by us in 2022

A huge thank you to our sponsors

In no particular order:

Julia Simens, author of Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child​
Nikki Cornfield, co-author of Insights and Interviews from the 2018 FIGT Conference
Laura J Stephens, author of An Inconvenient Posting
Cristina Bertarelli, co-author of Insights and Interviews from the 2014 FIGT Conference
Robin Pascoe, author of A Broad Abroad and many others
​Valérie Besanceney, author of B At Home, and others
Jo Parfitt, author of Sunshine Soup and many others
Jack Scott, author of Perking the Pansies and others
Deborah Fletcher, author of Bitten by Spain
Colleen Reichrath-Smith, co-author of A Career in Your Suitcase
Terry Ann Wilson, co-author of Monday Morning Emails
Tanya Arler, co-author of Unpack
Rhoda Bangerter, author of Holding the Fort Abroad
Christopher O'Shaughnessy, author of Arrivals, Departures and the Adventures In-between
Paddy Hartnett, proofreader at paddyhartnett.com
Cath Brew, author of Living Elsewhere
Olivia Allinne-Ward author of Benjamin's Bedtime Journey