So I didn't win the Carnegie Medal, but really, Bog Child is a really good book by a really, really wonderful writer who died way too soon.  No complaints from me.

Especially as it seems I've been voted favourite book by the groups on the Shadowing Scheme (this is 3800 different young reading groups in schools and libraries, so way cool to be picked by them).

And finally, you might want to have a look at the Guardian book site starting Friday for what should be some exciting news for Chaos Walking fans...