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November 04, 2006

One for a rainy afternoon!

Sophie and the Albino Camel is going into a second printing, following its Glen Dimplex success the other night. So if you want a first edition, you might want to get one quick!

Here is a photo of Klaus Flugge (director of Andersen Press) accepting the award on my behalf, flanked by electrical-heating tycoons Sean O’Driscoll (Chief Executive of Glen Dimplex) and Martin Naughton (Chairman of Glen Dimplex).

And here are the winners in the other categories. Congratulations especially to Alice Hogge (left), who won the overall Glen Dimplex New Writer of the Year 2006 award for her book God’s Secret Agents.

Carlo Gébler, one of the judges in the Children’s category, had some nice things to say about Sophie:

‘Of the many books entered for the best first book for children, a few were woeful; many were good; five were excellent; and one was outstanding. ‘Sophie and the Albino Camel’ had a charismatic and inventive central character; the story telling was beautifully clear and unpretentious; and, most importantly of all, it passed the rainy afternoon test. On any afternoon of rain this was a book, we believed, that you could give to any child secure in the knowledge that he or she would enjoy it.’

Here is a Press Release about the Presentation Ceremony.

Posted by sahelsteve at November 4, 2006 09:55 AM