I went to the Costa Book Awards Ceremony last night, which was great good fun.  The Ask and the Answer won the Children's Book Award, and the very nice Christopher Reid, from the Poetry Category, won Book of the Year.  Saw lots of celebrities and went home with a big cheque!  Can't complain.  And ended up, too, with a surprisingly good photo of myself in a suit.  A rare sighting indeed.

Don't forget I'm answering your questions on Waterstones Twitter @Waterstones on Monday, 1 February at 5pm.  You can come on live or twitter your questions in advance with the tag #patrickness.

And hello to the new commenters:  Cambria (great picture!), Megan, Ingrid, Ashley, Alicia, Lauren and Ian.