Waddle Forward Named Best Independent Self-Help Book Series 2026
A Series About Not Coping, Recognised as a Series
The Waddle Forward books have been named Best Independent Self-Help Book Series 2026 at the Small Business Awards 2026.
I wrote the first one as a gift for a mate who needed a boundaries book that did not read like a workshop handout. Now there is a shelf of them, a duck on every cover, and a very long award name I refuse to shorten.
About the Award
Corporate Vision will announce the winners online in November 2026.
The Books Behind the Win
✔ Hold My Ducks: for when you are carrying everyone else’s emergencies.
✔ What the Duck Am I Doing With My Life?: for when you cannot remember which way is up.
✔ Duck Yeah!: for when the worst part is past and the long part starts.
✔ The Strong One Is Tired: for the one everybody calls.
✔ The Waddle Forward Collection: books one to three in one volume.
What This Win Really Means
The books still will not fix you. They were never meant to. They are short, they are honest, and they sit in the mess with you while the kettle boils. Somebody looked at that and put a name on it, and I will take it.
Thank you to every reader who left a review, bought one for a tired friend, or read one in a car park before going inside.