Cool things!

Hey, all.  I had a great day today, talking to Year 9 at The Hemel Hempstead School.  Got asked some of the most interesting questions I've ever had.  Nice stuff!

I found out today I've been shortlisted twice for the extremely prestigious Jugendliteratur Prize, the top literary prize in Germay and one of the top literary prizes in the world.  It's a tremendous honour, and if you're German-speaking, check out the German A Monster Calls.  It's called Sieben Minuten Nach Mitternacht.

A Monster Calls has also been shortlisted for the also very cool UKLA award, which is also a huge honour.  So a good week!

In the meantime, don't forget I'm at the Oxford Literature Festival next Saturday, greetings to all the new commenters, and just to say I went to the premiere of The Hunger Games movie last night.  Fans are going to love it...