Debut author Michelle Harrison 29 has been named winner of the £5000 pound Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize. She wrote the first few chapters of her book, about Tayna a teenage girl who can see fairies, while at university. Waterstones Book shops said the “brilliantly imaginative” novel was set to be one of the biggest debuts of 2009. More here

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Jason Wu the dress designer whose inaugural dress Michelle Obama chose to wear gets ready to launch his 2009 collection.
With his real-life fairy tale behind him, Wu has turned to his fall inspiration. It’s fairy tales. “It’s actually so funny because I’m like, ‘Wait a minute.’ It sounds like I planned it all. I couldn’t have because if I had only started my collection now, I would have been in so much trouble.”
Fairies seem appropriate too for Malia and Sasha Obama the White House children, we shall look forward to seeing their fashion contribution to the Fairies World.