Amanda Ridings' Pause For Breath Wins Silver Nautilus Award

May 31, 2012 - PRLog -- Recognition Is the First for Author and New Publisher Live It Publishing

Amanda Ridings, author of PAUSE FOR BREATH, has won a Silver Nautilus Book Award in the category of Conscious Business/Leadership. This tremendous achievement is the first such award for both author and partnership publisher Live It Publishing.

Responding to the news, Murielle Maupoint, Founder and Publisher of Live It Publishing, says: “We are absolutely thrilled. We set up Live It Publishing with the intention of finding and supporting new writing talent whose wisdom and insights have the potential to help people live a better life. To have one of our earliest books recognised for such a prestigious award is a great triumph for both Amanda and ourselves.”

PAUSE FOR BREATH (£24.99; paperback, ISBN: 978-1-906954-23-9) brings the practices of mindfulness and dialogue to leadership conversations. An executive coach, Ridings says she was inspired by her clients to write a practical resource for “leaders, coaches and practitioners who are intrigued by their contribution to, and impact in, conversations, and who are committed to cultivating an authentic presence and voice.”
Ridings adds, “Like all the Live It Publishing authors, I really believe in the material in my book. We are each deeply involved in publication through the partnership publishing process and so the struggle for our work to be recognised by books-sellers feels personal. I hope that this accolade will generate interest in my book and in all Live It Publishing’s books. The Nautilus Awards recognise ‘literary and heartfelt writing’ and this touches me –  for my heart and soul went into writing ‘Pause for Breath’”.

The Nautilus Book Awards, currently in their twelfth year, were conceived to recognise and reward world-changing books and audio books “that promote spiritual growth, conscious living & positive social change, while at the same time they stimulate the ‘imagination’ and offer the reader ‘new possibilities’ for a better life and a better world.”  The winners are chosen by librarians, booksellers, authors and leaders in the publishing industry. During an intensive three-tiered judging system, the judges look for “distinguished literary and heartfelt contributions to spiritual growth, conscious living, high-level wellness, green values, responsible leadership and positive social change...”
Previous winners of Nautilus Book Awards include Deepak Chopra, Barbara Kingsolver, Eckhart Tolle, Rhonda Byrne, Dave Pelzer, Andrew Weil, M.D., and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

PAUSE FOR BREATH is currently available from all good bookshops, Amazon and the Live It Publishing Shop at http://www.liveitshop.com.

For more information on the Nautilus Book Awards, visit http://www.nautilusbookawards.com.

For further information or comment, please visit www.liveitpublishing.com or contact:
Murielle Maupoint, Murielle@liveit.com / 0845 388 1128