Jon Blake's Blog - Posts Tagged "lollies"

Thimble Monkey Superstar has been shortlisted for the 2017 Lollies (Laugh Out Loud awards). This is quite achievement for a book published by small Cardiff publishers Firefly Press, and for a writer who many people seem to have forgotten! One reason this has happened is that there was a period of several years when I hardly wrote anything while raising my young son Jordi, who has cerebral palsy. Now an outstanding young writer in his own right, Jordi is the model for Jams, hero of the book. I'm not sure if Thimble is the first chidren's book with a CP narrator to be shortlisted for a major award, but hopefully he won't be the last! We do need votes however - the Lollies are decided by popular vote, and (not unusually in this day and age) I am up against celebs! For more about the book, and links to where you can vote, go to my website at www.jonblake.co.uk.