Un-embargoed news I
Red Spikes is the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers!
And Shaun's The Arrival is picture book of the year - well, of course it is!
And Shaun's The Arrival is picture book of the year - well, of course it is!
posted by Among Amid While at 9:16 pm
9 Comments:
Yay for Margo!! Had my fingers crossed for you. Your acceptance speech was wonderful too.
Shaun Tan had to win, there was never any doubt. I was also really happy for David Cornish getting an honour book mention - he seems like a super nice guy.
Thanks, Jonathan - yes, I was sitting next to David; I can verify that he IS a super nice guy! And I'm glad you liked the speech - I had a couple of goes at it before I managed a tone I liked.
Hey Margo,
From Town Hall Station to the winners circle! So very happy for you—and now I want to read your speech.
More congratulations than I can express.
Judy x
Yay Margo!
I had a phone call today from a friend (who's the YA librarian at Mosman Library) to tell me the good news and ask me to pass on her congrats too.
(Up late editing DE Block 1 procedures - still!)
Way to go Margo. Congrats! CW seems so far in the past now, doesn't it? Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy here.
-DAN
Yippeeee!! Congratulations!
Please, please post your acceptance speech here...
Jane
Margo,
Congrats on a well-deserved win. Wow, a book of short stories winning the CBC - it gives some of us hope...
James Roy
Hi Judy: Embargoed news is the most uncomfortable thing to carry around (on top of all Steven's art supplies and Harry's sushi!
Thanks, Kate: My sympathies - DE again? I thought they were done and dusted. Ian is making noises about getting me back to TULO in September; I'm strenuously thinking up schemes to keep going as a full-time writer... Thanks, and thank your friend at Mosman, too!
Dan, that decade-iversary is looking awfully close. You should get Red Spikes in Canada pretty soon - it's due for North American release on 9 October.
Thanks, Jane. Next blog entry will be the speech, I promise.
And Jim - yes, go short stories! Perfect YA reading - pretty good for growed-ups, too. May they (the stories, not the grown-ups) never die.
Congrats from across the pond! Rock on, sistah!
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