Finding A Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball  earned second place in the narrative nonfiction category of the Independent Publishers of New England’s (IPNE)  book awards, announced at its annual conference this past weekend!

Earlier this year, the book was a silver award winner in the sports category of the Forward Reviews/INDIEFAB awards contest for independently published books in 2015.

More information about Finding a Way To Play can be found here. The book is available on this website, at local independent bookstores in Maine and New Hampshire, and via Amazon.com. It is also available at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame gift shop in Knoxville, TN. It will soon be available at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. It also will soon be listed on Baker and Taylor, as well as on the Barnes and Noble website. Plans are in the works for a second edition, which will include a chapter on women who have played internationally. The e-book version of Finding a Way to Play is scheduled for publication in 2017.

For more information, contact the author, Joanne Lannin, at jolannin@maine.rr.com