The Guardian today has a list they're calling The Best Children's Books Ever, and they've included the Chaos Walking books in the 12 & Over category, calling it "profoundly humane and utterly magnificent".  Gosh.  What do you say to that?  I feel like an egomaniac even reporting it here, but wow, golly.  Great books on the rest of the list, too, including Celia Rees, who I'll be teaching with on an Arvon Course in June. 

Also, good news in that Monsters of Men is out today in New Zealand!  Brilliant news.  Hope to hear from some kiwi readers soon...

Hello to the new commenters, scroll down for more news, and I'm off to Ireland tomorrow!