This article is from page 13 of the 2006-06-06 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 13 JPG
The Eilis Dillon award went to Snake’s Elbows by Deirdre MadA BOOK based on the folklore of
den, who was presented with a glass Clare has won a children’s author
sculpture and a cheque for €3,000. the €6,000 Bisto Book of the Year
Bisto Honour Awards were preAward for a record fourth time.
sented to Oliver Jeffers for Lost and Kate Thompson collected the gong
Found , Kevin Kiely for A Horse for her book, The New Policeman,
Called El Dorado and Eileen O’Hely and the sponsors of the competition
and Nicky Phelan, author and illushave decided to retire the perpetual
trator of Penny the Pencil . trophy by presenting it to her.
Also short-listed for this year’s The New Policeman tells the sto-
awards were Eoin Colfer for ry of a teenage boy, JJ, making the
, Gillian crossing into the fairy world to try
Lobel and Adrienne Geoghegan, auto buy time for his busy mother and
thor and illustrator of Fancy That , the judging panel said it manages to
Oisin McGann for Under Fragile “raise many complex issues about
Stone as well as Dairne Ni Dhonnchu the past and present but in a seem-
and Maria Murray, the author and ilingly effortless way.”
lustrator of Briona ag BrionngloideThe young hero hails from a long
ach along with John Quinn for Bill line of traditional fiddlers and is on
and Fred . a mission to get his mother some ex-
Almost 165 primary and secondtra time for her birthday. But as he
ary schools took part in a reading progresses on his quest, he discovers
scheme where they choose the overa disturbing family secret.
all winner. The action is divided between East
“It has been a privilege to partner Clare, Kinvara and Tir na nOg.
with Children’s Books Ireland since Galway-based Thompson was pre-
the inception of the awards and now sented with the trophy and a cheque
as we retire the perpetual trophy to for €6,000 by Education Minister,
Kate Thompson, we are looking Mary Hanafin and the chairman of
forward to working together on the the judging panel, Damien Kiberd.
further development of the awards,” Sponsors of the competition, RHM,
said RHM Ireland marketing mansaid a new trophy will be commis-
ager, Paul MacGabhann. sioned for next year. She previously won the award for her books, The Beguilers The Alchemists Apprentice and Annan Water .