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In advance of the Hertfordshire Carnegie Greenaway Day participants were sent six novels and six picture books to read and form opinions about. On the nomination day the books were discussed in small groups with each participant introducing one title to the group. A vote was taken to select two titles to go forward as the Hertfordshire nomination for the national Carnegie and Greenaway awards.
The keynote speaker for this event was Frank Cottrell Boyce, an established screenwriter with a Bafta nomination amongst his credits. Frank claims a long-standing ambition has been to write a children's novel. Millions is the result of this ambition but it was originally written as a screen play and it wasn't until filming started that he had the daunting idea of turning it into his debut book. It was a great success and Millions won the 2004 Carnegie medal whilst his second novel Framed has been short listed for the 2005 medal. A further two novels are contracted.
And the winner of the Hertfordshire nomination for the Carnegie Medal is: The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne
And the winner of the Hertfordshire nomination for the Greenaway Medal is: The adventures of the dish and the spoon by Mini Grey

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