Monsters on Best Books of the Year (and other important stuff)

Monsters of Men was just named one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Children's Books of the Year in America.  Which is great news!  They say really nice things about it, too:  "Few books in recent memory have addressed issues of warfare, racism, misogyny, and human nature with such power."  I'm happy with that, eh?

I've also been getting lots of messages asking about the FREE Chaos Walking short story The New World on Kindle, and where to get it if you don't have a Kindle.  Not to worry!  You can download a free Kindle reader for your PC and then download the story, which would also allow you to download other Kindle titles.  OR, if that doesn't work, you can also download a (slightly less fancy but still free) pdf here.  My main goal is that everyone get it for free if you want it.

Tomorrow night is the big ceremony for the Galaxy National Book Awards, where Monsters of Men is shortlisted in the Children's Book Category.  It's being recorded for TV and will be shown on more4 on Saturday 13 November at 7.30pm.  I've got my tux, wish me luck!