Congratulations to Hilary Mantel and her novel Wolf Hall, which scooped the Booker gong last night. Despite not having read this yet, I really am delighted that she won. I’m really looking forward to reading this: historical fiction is very much up my street, and I’ve only been encouraged by all the reviews I’ve read.

Also, I implore you all to hie thee and read her previous novel, Beyond Black, which was one of my favourite novels of 2006. And with an honour like that, who needs the Booker…?