Children's books podcast: Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffries on their picture book, Imaginary Fred

Eoin Colfer, author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl novels, and award-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers have paired up to create a book about imaginary friends, Imaginary Fred. Find out how they met by chance, collaborated across continents by skype, and, of course, whether they have their own imaginary friends

Buy Imaginary Fred at the Guardian bookshop

We have five SIGNED copies of Imaginary Fred to give away. To be in with a chance of getting your sticky mitts on one of these marvellous books, email childrens.books@theguardian.com with the subject line 'IMAGINARY FRED' by midnight on Friday 20 November 2015. Please include your name, age, and postal address; if you are under 16 you must also include the name, contact telephone number and email address of your parent or guardian. Good luck!

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