I've won the Carnegie Medal for Monsters of Men, which is just unbelievably brilliant!  You should check out both the people who award it and the brilliant Shadowing Scheme that accompanies it.

I gave an acceptance speech, which included a defence of both libraries and young readers, and it's kind of taken off, unexpectedly.  You can read the whole speech here, and there's further coverage on the BBC, the Guardian, the Evening Standard, and the Bookseller.

There's also a really nice (and lengthy!) profile of me in today's Independent, though I do have to say I'm not actually 40 just yet. Inevitably, though.  And I was also on Front Row on Radio 4 (at about 22 minutes, after Barry Manilow!).

Thanks so much to all the congrats from the new commenters.  Busy days!