New Policeman captures record win for Thompson

CHILDREN’S author Kate Thompson has clinched, for a record fourth time, the top prize in the Bisto Book of the Year awards.

The Galway-based author, who picked up the gong for her work The New Policeman, was presented with the trophy and a cheque for €6,000 from Education Minister Mary Hanafin and the chairman of the judging panel, Damien Kiberd.

In recognition of the internationally-acclaimed author’s achievement, the awards’ sponsors have decided to retire the perpetual Bistro trophy by presenting it to Ms Thompson.