📚 Be part of history, become a Carnegie Awards Judge! We are recruiting for regional judges to join the 2027 & 2028 panel. If you live or work in these regions and share our passion for children's books and reading, we'd love to hear from you.📝 Apply by 10 October at buff.ly/6vnxFEY

📚 The 26th September deadline is fast approaching @cilip.bsky.social members, so do join us in nominating your favourite children's and young adult books for the 2026 Carnegie Medals. Each CILIP member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 Submit yours here: carnegies.co.uk/nominations

📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! Do you know of a children's book you would like to see win a Carnegie Medal? If so, then join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegie Awards. 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations

We’re seeking a Chair of Judges to support and guide the panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Chair the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people! Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply by 10 October: informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chair-o...

Be part of history and become a Carnegie Awards Judge! We are recruiting for librarian judges to represent South West, South East, London, West Midlands, North East and Yorkshire and Humber in 2027 & 2028. 📝 Apply by 10 October at informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/regiona...

📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! It's that exciting time once more! Join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegies. Each member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations

My students loved NL’s books. I’m hopeful that they took some positive lessons from reading them.

💫"Toxic masculinity is on the rise and it affects young people across every single demographic and the empathy that is learnt through books can be a powerful antidote." Nathanael Lessore, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 🏆 #Carnegies2025

🎨 "The right book at the right time can stay with you long after you turn the last page." Theo Parish, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Medal Shadowers' Choice Award for Illustration. 🏆 #Carnegies2025

Nathanael Lessore has chosen St Joseph's RC to receive a £500 donation made by the @engmediacentre.bsky.social as part of his prize as winner of the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award for Writing 📚✨ Thank you @engmediacentre.bsky.social!🌟 #Carnegies2025

📚 "I wouldn't be an author without the absolutely vital support and encouragement that teachers and librarians offer the world." Margaret McDonald, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing. 🏆 #Carnegies2025 @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

At this year’s Carnegies ceremony, a very special message was shared 💌 Her Majesty The Queen sent her warmest wishes to everyone involved in #Carnegies2025, recognising the impact of @cilip.bsky.social's work and the joy that books and illustration bring to children across the UK 📚✨

“Artists make images, ideas that show us ourselves, but also make spaces for empathy - radical, active empathy.” Olivia Lomenech Gill quoting Toni Morrison during her winner speech for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration Award 🏆 #Carnegies2025

ICYMI: The 2024 Yoto Carnegies won Best Development of an Existing Awards Event at the 2025 #AwardsAwards 🏆 Judges praised the “vibrant, youth-powered reinvention” as “massively scaled, emotionally resonant, and culturally important.” We’re honoured! Read more 👉:

Getting ready for some summer reads? How about making your way through the #YLGSE Regional Shortlist for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 26 Discussion Day ! Which will take place on Wed 17 Sep at Crawley Library. Full info & to book your place, please visit the link www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

We ended our weekly #CILIP staff meeting with a watch of the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Awards ceremony at the Cambridge Theatre. What a joyful celebration of books and reading with this year’s winning authors, illustrators and over 700 school children. Share the joy: vimeo.com/1103156760

A fantastic event that inspired young people up and down the country. We were proud to sponsor for another year, and had a blast attending! 💫

Join us to hear about the books each committee member is championing for @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #carnegies2026 nominations ❤️📚 #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlitnews

The #Carnegies2025 highlights reel is here – a joyful celebration at the Cambridge Theatre with 700+ shadowers, and powerful words from this year’s winners. Relive the magic 👇 vimeo.com/1103156760

🎉 Relive the magic of the #Carnegies2025 ceremony! Watch the full stream + explore the photo gallery 📸🏆 Unmissable moments, inspiring speeches & all the celebration 👇 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st... 📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger

Want to get a free 2026 shortlist pack? 🎁 We invite group leaders to give us your feedback from shadowing the #Carnegies2025 by 21 July, for a chance to win! 🎉 🗒️ Our 5-10 minute Shadowing Survey is a great help to improve the Carnegie Awards. Complete it now 👉 fs3.formsite.com/cilip/Shadow...

Here’s your reminder that you can watch back the Carnegie Awards ceremony on our website! 🎉 Catch up on the unforgettable moments and inspiring speeches 🏆 #Carnegies2025 📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger Find the recording and the photo gallery here 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...

📣 Calling all Shadowing group leaders! Complete our Shadowing Survey by 21 July for a chance to win a 2026 shortlist pack! 📚✨ ✍️ It takes 5-10 minutes, and your feedback is crucial to improve the Carnegies programme. Share your feedback today 👉 fs3.formsite.com/cilip/Shadow...

Highly recommend this, even if you don’t have children/grandchildren. 👇🏻

Relive the magic of the 2025 Carnegie Awards💫 You can now watch back the ceremony on our website! Don’t miss the heartwarming moments and powerful speeches 🏅🎥 #Carnegies2025 📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger Find the full recording and photo gallery: carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...

We’re over the moon that the 2024 Yoto Carnegies have been named Best Development of an Existing Awards Event at the #AwardsAwards🏆 It’s such a joy to work with the teams at @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social and Agile on the UK’s best-loved book awards for children & young people📚

🎧 Missed Nathanael Lessore on BBC Radio London last week? He’s back - this time as a #Carnegies2025 winner! 🙌 He chats to Kim Davis about what the win means, emotional moments with young readers, and never writing about plug sockets again. 🎙️ From 2:19:52: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📻 Carnegie 2025 Writing winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social joined BBC Front Row last night to discuss Glasgow Boys, writing in Scots dialect, and read a moving extract from the book. Listen here at 29:35 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great write-up from Helen Cleaves on our 2025 ceremony... "And this year’s winners most definitely exemplify the importance of diverse stories particularly in challenging times. It was striking that, for these winners, their work is most definitely not just their work..." Read more 👇

Don't miss the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Writing winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Front Row this evening, as she talks about her success, and her 'life changing and emotional' debut – #GlasgowBoys 🏅 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Tune in from 7:15pm 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📚 Gareth Evans, our Social Media & Web Officer, shares his reflections on this year’s inspiring #CarnegieBookAwards at the Cambridge Theatre in London🎭 A true celebration of children’s literature! @cilip.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social

#kidlituk www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

📚 “One kid at a time, one school at a time” – books that explore male friendship are sparking change, tackling the rise of toxic influences like the "manosphere" Celebrate the #Carnegies2025 winners, and how they offer boys richer, more emotional stories www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Fabulous news yesterday, my ex students were thrilled. Shadowers Award always holds more weight imo. After all these are the people who the authors are writing for! 👏🏻

Congratulations to Nathanael Lessore for winning the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing for his novel King of Nothing. Check out our podcast episode where Nathanael discusses how to write authentically for a younger audience: www.buzzsprout.com/536413/episo...

"There’s a lot of pressure on them, but I think young men are awesome and I hope my books celebrate that." Thank you to @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shortlisted author Luke Palmer for answering our questions on his new book LIVE @fireflypress.bsky.social #KidLitUK

Indeed you can! Watch from 10:43 below

Scotland is ready to declare a national holiday to celebrate this incredible news! The hugest of huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social on this incredible achievement.

Congratulations to Everyone involved in today's @carnegiemedals.bsky.social. A joy to attend, celebrating our talented authors and illustrators on stage plus the thoughtful young readers in the audience. Thanks to them, their teachers and librarians. The future shines bright. @cilip.bsky.social.

I love that the Carnegie do this. I will forever treasure the memories of being 15 and *super* into books and being taken seriously for that by cool adults like Anne Fine and Melvyn Burgess as a shadower with my school. A brilliant, brilliant scheme.

Absolutely overjoyed for @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social - this tender, devastating and redemptive story is probably the best YA novel I have ever read, and one that every teenager and adult should read. My Year 11 students have loved it so it is such a worthy winner!

Love it when a plan comes together. Final @carnegiemedals.bsky.social show just so happens to feature Shadowers' Choice winner Nathanael Lessore and Medal for Writing Winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/873426...

📖✨Get free access to Glasgow Boys, the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Writing winner! 👥 Read the digital title with your group for a two-week period, with no waitlists! It will be available on Sora or @libbyapp.com from 20 June to 4 July.📱💡 Find out how to take part here 👉 carnegies.co.uk/together-we-...

A huge thank you to the Awards Team, to @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social and to all our judges, led by Ros Harding! Their dedication makes the Carnegie Awards possible 👏

Special thanks to our #Carnegies2025 partners: Pen&inc., @theclpe.bsky.social, @engmediacentre.bsky.social, @rnib.bsky.social, @firstnews.bsky.social, @calibreaudio.bsky.social and Matilda the Musical, and to our patron Yoto!

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! ‏#Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners...

Thank you to our sponsors for all of your support for the #Carnegies2025! We want to say a massive thanks to our digital sponsor Sora, our awards sponsor @alcs.co.uk and our book supplier @scholasticuk.bsky.social!

And the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to Glasgow Boys! Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social! #Carnegies2025

King of Nothing has won the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations to Nathanael Lessore and Bonnier Books UK! #Carnegies2025

Clever Crow has won the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Olivia Lomenech Gill and @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social‬! #Carnegies2025