ta…da!

Okay, here it is…The Big News…

“Porcupine has been shortlisted for the 2008 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. One of the BC Book Awards, this prize is awarded to the author of novels, including chapter books, aimed at juveniles and young adults, as well as non-fiction books for children (including biography) which have not been highly illustrated.“

And in case there is any confusion…That’s MY PORCUPINE!  I’ve been shortlisted.  Woohooo! 

Congratulations to the other shortlisted authors.  John Wilson, author of The Alchemist’s Dream, David Jones for Baboon: A Novel, Polly Horvath, author of The Corps f the Bare-Boned Plane, and Gayle Friesen, author of For Now. 

Isn’t this fantastic?!  And we get to go on a road trip all over British Columbia.  It’s going to be so much fun.  Polly Horvath read right before me at Word On The Street, and she seemed like she would be a very nice, down-to-earth, jolly sort of road trip companion.  (She also wrote, the award winning book, Everything on a Waffle, that my sister Suzanne sent to me.) 

Tra..la..la…la…LA!  I’m shortlisted for the Shelia A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize.  I never thought I’d ever get shortlisted for anything.

Oh, hey, and I googled Shelia A. Egoff last night after I got the very exciting news, and this woman was amazing.  She accomplished so much in her life, which makes the whole thing feel even more special.

Posted by Meg Tilly on Thursday, March 06, 2008 in Chewing the Fat