New Sharkey and Jeffers Book Tokens!

My own Sharkey credit card at last! And it's one for buying books...so perfect! Delighted that Mavis and Marge are featured on the new electronic book tokens. There in good company too with Oliver Jeffer's Boy and Penguin. Many thanks to Bob at The Gutter Bookshop for the photo!

Chris Haughton wins The Bisto!!!!

WOWSERS!!!! The Bisto Book of the Year Award goes to Chris Haughton’s A Bit Lost! And the Eilís Dillon award for a first children’s book goes to Chris too!!!! Huge congratulations to Chris, he is such an nice fella and its a wonderful book.

What a year for Picture Books! The Honour Award for Illustration went to Caitríona Hastings and Andrew Whitson’s Mac Rí Éireann. And The Special Judges Award to Oliver Jeffers’ Heart and the Bottle.

The Children’s Choice Award went to the lovely Sheena Wilkinson for Taking Flight.

David Maybury has all the scoop here on the new INIS site. And can I say what a delicious site it is too :)

Essential Autumn reading...

Busy weekend so I forgot to post my review of John Boyne's new book, Noah Barleywater Runs Away.

If you missed it read it on The Irish Times site.