...wrote just the nicest review of The Knife of Never Letting Go in Saturday's Guardian.  Even better, because I've never even met him.  He also had a few choice words to say about the way Young Adult fiction is marketed, an opinion which has got him a surprisingly strong response from the blogosphere. 

Ever noticed how blogging has ruined discourse?  It used to be, "Well, I must say I disagree with Mr Cottrell-Boyce" and now it's "What an asshole!  Burn everything he's ever written!"  Hmmm.  I thought he was being quite sensible, though I suppose my opinion doesn't count because it was all in a great review of my own book.

Still, you should definitely check out his excellent new book Cosmic, also longlisted for the very same Guardian Prize as me.  He also wrote 24-Hour Party People, so you should pretty much buy anything he publishes.

In other (rather big) news, Knife is now part of a promotion at Starbucks!  No kidding.  As part of their National Literacy Campaign, they're giving away samplers of three books, including the first three chapters of mine.  Check it out.