An eagerly anticipated event on the Irish literary calendar, the CBI Bisto Book of the Year Awards are presented annually in recognition of excellence in writing and/or illustration of books for young people. The awards are administered by CBI, the national organisation for children’s books and sponsored by Bisto (Premier Foods Ireland). The Bisto Book of the Year 07/08 is The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. The Eilís Dillon Award went to Tom Kelly, for The Thing with Finn. Three Bisto Honour Awards were also presented to: FE Higgins, for The Black Book of Secrets, to Oliver Jeffers, author and illustrator of The Way Back Home, and to Roddy Doyle for Wilderness. Also shortlisted for this year’s awards were Michael Scott for The Alchemyst, Jessica O’Donnell for Discover Art, Caitríona Nic Sheáin and Andrew Whitson for Gaiscíoch na Beilte Uaine, Kate Thompson for The Last of the High Kings, and Colin Batemen for Titanic 2020.
Kate Thompson was a founding member of the North Clare Writers Workshop, and some of her writings are featured in a selection from the workshop on the library website.
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