Announced today is the very pleasing news that The Knife of Never Letting Go has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.  It's an extremely prestigious prize, and I'm very honoured to be on the list.

And it's not just that, Carnegie administer the most fantastic shadowing scheme where schools read the books and discuss them in book groups (and with other schools), often even deciding on their own winner.  It's a brilliant thing all around, getting thousands of kids to read.  Really great stuff and an honour to be a part of.