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South Wales Guardian
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Carmarthenshire author Helga Jensen shortlisted for award
Helga Jensen's novel, A Christmas in Prague, is in the running for the Popular Romantic Fiction Award at the Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) Romantic Novel Awards 2025. The awards celebrate excellence in romantic fiction. Ms Jensen is a British-Danish best-selling author and journalist. Her debut novel won the 2017 Montegrappa First Fiction competition at Dubai's Emirates Literary Festival. She was also a contender for the 2021 Joan Hessayon Award for new writers. Her best-selling novel, Fly Me to Paris, was a finalist for the 2024 Popular Romantic Fiction Award. Ms Jensen said: "To be shortlisted for the award last year was a dream come true. "To be shortlisted again this year is unbelievable. "I am absolutely over the moon and want to thank all those who nominated A Christmas in Prague for such a coveted award. "I am very much looking forward to the award ceremony in London." The chair of the RNA, Seána Talbot, said: "This year's shortlist is a tremendous testament to romantic fiction's diversity and strength. "We are proud to celebrate these outstanding books and this exciting mix of new and established writers. "They make a vital contribution to this popular, much-loved genre." The awards, which began in 1960, celebrate the very best of romantic fiction and are highly respected within the UK publishing industry. Over the past 64 years, winners have included bestselling authors Santa Montefiore, Joe Heap, Julie Cohen and Milly Johnson. The winners will be announced during the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year Awards ceremony, which is held this year at the Leonardo Royal London City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper's Row, London EC3N 2BQ on May 19 at 6.30pm. Tickets for the event can be purchased on the Romantic Novelists' Association website.
BBC News
01-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Sandi Toksvig joins Cambridge University chancellor nominations
A presenter and broadcaster has joined the list of nominees for the chancellorship of her former Toksvig is the sixth candidate to be nominated for the University of Cambridge position, the student newspaper Varsity has British-Danish broadcaster, who hosted The Great British Bake Off and QI and co-founded the Women's Equality Party, has been endorsed by Simon McDonald, a Master of Christ's will be the first time that voting for the position of chancellor can take place online and in person. The elected chancellor will become the university's formal and ceremonial head. They have no executive responsibilities, but will be a vital part of public-facing activities, fundraising, and advising senior members of the Sainsbury of Turville, who replaced the Duke of Edinburgh in the position, announced he intended to step down from the role last Cambridge University student newspaper, Varsity, first reported a list of the current candidates vying for the included Cambridge astrophysicist Wyn Evans, former BP chief executive Lord Browne, business owner and activist Gina Miller, education professor Tony Booth and Queens' College president Mohamed person voting will take place in person either 12 July or 16 July with online votes being cast on 9 July and 18 July. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
