Media & Reviews
IPPY AWARD WINNER
An IPPY is the colloquial acronym for the Independent Publishers Book Awards (International), and in 2018 Monte picked up two separate gongs – one for Struberville: Consequences of Isolation in the True Crime Category; and one for The Egg Collector in the Literary Fiction category.
The picture above was taken at the Awards Ceremony held at the Copacabana Club in New York, where the Australia and New Zealand table distinguished itself by being the noisiest in the room.
COWLEY LITERARY AWARD WINNER
The Cowley Literary Award (not to be confused with the New Zealand author Joy Cowley Childrens’ Book Award) is a Short Story Competition named in honour of Mrs Jennifer Cowley OAM, designed to promote Australian writers and their work.
Monte won Best Non-fiction award in 2013 for “In Praise of Older Women” from his book The Nomads at Large.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
QUENTIN
“Just read your book Struberville : Consequences of Isolation. Can honestly say I didn’t put it down it was a fantastic read, as my wife will attest, she hasn’t heard a word out of me for 6 hrs.”
GRAEME + KAREN
“I sucked myself into buying your collection of books when you visited the Big Top shopping centre in Maroochydore late last year, but hadn’t got around to reading any of them.
With no better choice on my bookshelf I thought I might as well start. I have just read The Egg Collector and must say I really loved it, it’s a classic.”
SUE
"I’m sitting in my Brissie unit watching a very muddy swollen Brisbane River flow by carrying the remnants of Cyclone Alfred. I am reading Through A Crooked Lens. I bought all of your books at your pop-up store in Toowong Village. I have loved all your books. They make me want to buy a Claude and hit the road. I love your free-wheeling writing style. Keep up the good work for the sake of my sanity."
MARY
"I enjoyed [Water Wars] immensely and looked forward to picking it back up every time I had to put it down. What a great story. It was exciting and a little bit sad to realise the truth and greed associated with one of our national treasures."