October 2009 Archives

I'll be presenting the 2009 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize to the deserved winner on Thursday 8 October (I won it last year and you can only win it once, so very cool to be presenting it).

I'll be signing at the Preston branch of Borders Books on Tuesday, 13 October, at 5pm.  Call 01772 703856 for info. 

And I'll also be signing at 3.30pm Wednesday 14th October at Waterstones, 1-5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GR. Tel 0115 948 4499 for more details.  Hope to see you at one or the other!

I'll be at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Saturday, 24 October, 1.30pm.

I'll be attending the awards ceremony for the Booktrust Teenage Prize on 18 November.  (I also won this one last year and am extremely surprised and chuffed to be shortlisted this year for The Ask and the Answer).

Plus, I'll be teaching a course at the Arvon Foundation next year, but I don't think details are available for that just yet. 

And I'll be in Australia Feb/March 2010, so more details as they become available, too!