Ally Kennen’s debut novel BEAST has been shortlisted for the highly-prestigious 70th annual CLIP Carnegie Medal. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the British Library London on Thursday 21 June 2007. The shortlist pits established writers such as two-time former Medal winner Anne Fine, and the previously shortlisted Kevin Brooks and Marcus Sedgwick, against newer writers such as Meg Rosoff, Siobhan Dowd and PFD’s Ally Kennen. Continue reading ‘BERSERK ABOUT THE BEAST’
Archive for April, 2007
After the terrible experiences of the 2006 London Book Fair at ExCel in Docklands where nothing seemed to go right at all it was a joy to return to West London for what many attendees agree was the best fair ever. In a new home at Earls Court (having previously been at Olympia in 2005 - a site which the fair’s increasing international reputation soon outgrew) the London International Book Fair saw record attendances and a huge volume of business being generated. Continue reading ‘CHILD 44 SCOOPS THE POOL’
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