Thanks all the children who voted and took part organising the Bookfest. There were 600 children at the ceremony,it was quite a "do"!I can't actually believe that the kids voted for Tom Gates as the shortlist was top notch, so just be in with the other authors was pretty bleedin brilliant.
I Met Fiona Dunbar (Divine Freaks) and Rose Impey (The Get Rich Quick Club.)who were both lovely and great company too.
Here are some pictures from the day.
Did that really just happen? Wow...
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| Rose Impey and Fiona Dunbar |
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| Me saying "thank you" (very much!) |
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| The lovely LARGE B&B. |
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| Gorgeous stream and pond in the garden. |
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| Hannah from Scholastic and Marcus who compared the event and wrote and performed poems about all the books. |
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| Dinner with the organisers and authors. |
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| On stage with Marcus asking questions. |
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| Children all performed extracts from ALL the books. |
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| Giving a sort of speech. |
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| Which book is the winner? |
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| Dinner with everyone the night before. |
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| The BIG theatre. |
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| Breakfast in the B&B. |
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| Children's artwork for a book cover COMPETITION. The standard was VERY high. |
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| Grumpy Tom by Joe Jones |
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| How good is this? |
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| I'm checking... but I think this is the Mayor!? |
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| The other authors books. |
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| I got a lovely plate! |
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| YEAH! |
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| Rose and Sophie Peach who organised the event along with her team and did a FABULOUS job. Thanks Sophie. |
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| Signing stickers on the train home. |
