And The Winner Is . . . .

Wow!

What a night! the glamorous award ceremony for the book of the year was held last night at the beautiful Guildhall in Leicester. A fantastic location for a fantastic award ceremony. Everyone had a great time! We had speeches from Councillor Connolly and The Lord Mayor and some really impressive presentations from 3 schools involved in the award – a film about the award created by Rushey Mead, short plays on each book from Moat and a reflection on their experiences of the award from St Pauls Catholic School. Congratulations guys, you were all brilliant! We were all very impressed, especially the authors! WOW!

We also got to hear from all four authors who attended ; Bali Rai, Ally Kennen, Sam Enthoven and Kevin Brooks. (Sarah Dessen, understandably couldn’t make it as she lives in California!) Many probing questions were asked by the audience. Well done on those guys!

Then we got on to the presentation of the award itself . . . . .

The Lord Mayor stood up on stage and was handed the golden envelope . . . . everyone held their breath . . i struggled to contain my excitement as i even i didn’t know who had won at that point . . . . . and finally she announced, “And the winner is . . . . . Ally Kennen for Berserk!!!!”

Thank you so much to everyone who made the awards night what it was – an awesome, awesome evening!!

We hope you’re all involved again next year and wish all the authors every success with their new books! Cheers guys!

CRGW

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