Evening course lecturer wins award for third year on the trot

Thursday 12th November 2026

One of Forth Valley College’s mainstay evening course lecturers has just won a top publishing award for the third year in succession.

‘Writing For Publication’ evening course lecturer Dr Tom Christie (pictured centre) – who runs the Extremis Publishing Ltd with his sister Julie Christie – were recently awarded the Innovation and Excellence Award for Independent Publishing Company of the Year at the awards night hosted by the Fenice Media Group.

Tom and Julie, said: “It was presented at the Village Hotel in Edinburgh by the Prestige Awards manager, Chris Bather (pictured right). This is the third consecutive year that we've won this award. We are thrilled. A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible: our authors, whose talent, creativity and trust in us are the heart of everything we publish; our readers around the world, whose passion for our books keeps us going, and the Fenice Media Group and the Innovation and Excellence Awards team, for a wonderful event and for recognising independent publishing.

“As we've won the award on three successive years, we're now in their Awards Hall of Fame! Here's to many more books, stories and adventures ahead!”

Author of more than 20 books in his own right, Dr Christie currently teaches at Forth Valley College’s Stirling Campus, and has developed a popular course which has attracted attendees from right across the country.

For more information on his course visit https://www.forthvalley.ac.uk/courses/media-film/writing-for-publication-evening

For more information and to view all the books the firm has published visit https://www.extremispublishing.com/firm

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