Tag: Association of Catholic Publishers

PURE ACT Receives Excellence in Publishing Award in Biography

Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax has won a 2016 Excellence in Publishing Award from the Association of Catholic Publishers.  It received second prize in the Biography category.  First prize went to Flannery O’Connor: Fiction Fired By Faith by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, who played a crucial role in bringing Pure Act to Fordham University Press.

You can read the ACP Awards press release here.

PURE ACT Chosen as Finalist for the 2016 Association of Catholic Publishers’ Excellence in Publishing Award in Biography

From last Friday’s press release from the Association of Catholic Publishers:
BALTIMORE, MD – The Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP) is pleased to announce the finalists for the Excellence in Publishing Awards. The goal of these awards is to recognize the best in Catholic publishing.
Biography:
A Still and Quiet Conscience (Orbis Books); Elizabeth Ann Seton (Pauline Books and Media); Flannery O’Connor (Liturgical Press); Fly While You Still Have Wings (Ave Maria Press); Joan Chittister: Her Journey from Certainty to Faith (Orbis Books); Oscar Romero: Prophet of Hope (Pauline Books and Media); Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax (Fordham University Press)
First, second and third place winners will be announced in June.