I felt very honoured to be nominated for two Australia Day awards in my local area, the Citizen of the Year and the Cultural Award. Another very deserving lady received the Citizen of the Year but I was thrilled to be presented with the Cultural Award.
This was awarded for my involvment in my local writers’ group, my assistance in compiling a local history and a non-fiction anthology, and of course, for writing and publishing my own novels.
I also received this award in 2004 so I feel it is a particular honour to be presented with it twice.
Heather Garside 
I’m very happy for you Heather. This is a really special award. Congratulations!
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Thank you, Noelle, and thanks for taking the time to comment. It is nice to be recognised as often a lot of work is done behind the scenes that the general public doesn’t know about.
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Heather, I am so pleased that such a worthy person and lovely lady received it.
Congratulations. Hope you get several more over the years.
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Thank you Suzi. I am sure there are many others in the writing community who haven’t been recognised but who are equally deserving.
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Well done Heather. Lovely to see a writer recognised for their work.
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Thank you, Janni. Lovely to hear from you.
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Congratulations Heather – I’m sure it was well deserved! (And yes, I was also the local recipient of the Senior Cultural Award for our area too!)
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Thank you, Imogen, and congratulations on your award, too! It is nice to see us writers recognised.
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It is! 🙂
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