Meet our Eastern Judge for #Carnegies2026, Emily Jacques! Emily believes in Libraries being places that can change lives. She wants all children and YA to have the opportunity to become a reader and to be able to submerse themselves in language, poetry, art and music. ✨

Meet our South West Judge for #Carnegies2026, Kelly Blake! Kelly is a stock librarian in Swindon and re-discovered her love of children’s books when her eldest child was born. During the school holiday, Kelly would go to the library every day - to Kelly, reading is everything ✨

Meet the West Midlands Judge for #Carnegies2026, Keri Yearwood! Keri has been working in Birmingham Libraries for over 20 years and is passionate about bringing art and stories to children and young people and connecting readers with the perfect book!✨

📢 More info about the new all-ages shadowing opportunity for 2026 is up on our site: carnegies.co.uk/take-part/ 🔗 And you can sign up now to take part: carnegies.co.uk/register/

Huge thanks to our wonderful sponsor @alcs.co.uk ✨

One last thing before the holidays… 🎁📚 Pre-order this year’s Carnegie longlist & shortlist sets from Scholastic UK and start the new year ready for great reads! https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegies

Meet our Chair Elect for #Carnegies2026 Alison King! Alison is the Chair of the Youth Libraries Group Wales, librarian at Kings Monkton School since 2015 and believes it’s librarians that make a library. When Alison isn’t lost in a book you’ll find her penning poems by the sea.📚

Meet our Chair of Judges for #Carnegies2026, Stella Hine! Stella became a librarian in 1985, and since 2018 has been living her dream as a librarian in Further Education. Stella encourages others to also hold on to and pursue their dreams. ✨

Scholastic UK are the official book supplier for the #Carnegies2026. Check out their blog about all things Carnegies and find out how you can receive your longlist and shortlist packs on announcement day with a 35% discount: https://www.scholastic.co.uk/blog/55808

Shadowers talk about their experience shadowing the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing. If you have a reading group that would love the chance to follow along with the official judging process of the Carnegies, register here 👉 carnegies.co.uk/register/ vimeo.com/1092748185

Christmas has come early! The wonderful new audiobook of the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing winner, Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald is available for free for shadowing schools on Sora, the reading app for schools: https://company.overdrive.com/carnegies/

We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://ow.ly/k3I250XwXKR#CILIP Apply now!

While waiting for shadowing to begin, school shadowing groups can register with Sora, our digital reading partner, to access the 2025 shortlisted books for free, and enjoy free access to the 2026 shortlists once announced. 👉https://company.overdrive.com/carnegies/

The Carnegies are introducing an age-inclusive longlist shadowing offer, so reading groups of all ages can join in. This will run alongside our regular shortlist shadowing, giving even more ways to take part — full details coming soon!

We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message. Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!

You can now pre-order your longlist and shortlist packs for the #Carnegies2026 from our official book supplier Scholastic UK Why wait? Order here 👇 https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegies

So, did your favourites make the list? The 2026 Carnegie Medals nominations are here: carnegies.co.uk Congratulations to all the authors and illustrators nominated. We're especially delighted for our ambassador Sita Brahmachari! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026 #KidLit

The 2026 Carnegies Shadowing Scheme is now OPEN! Teachers and librarians, this is your chance to bring the world’s best book club to your young readers! Sign up a shadowing group to read the shortlisted books, write reviews and cast votes. Register here https://carnegies.co.uk/take-part/register/

Nominations have been announced for the 2026 Carnegie Medals @carnegiemedals.bsky.social. This year 62 books are in contention for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and 65 for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Are your favourites here? #Carnegies2026 #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/nominations-...

Congratulations to all the #Carnegies2026 nominees! Why not search out these books and authors in your local public #Library?

The nominations for the 2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social have been announced! 📚We're delighted to sponsor these fantastic awards that recognise outstanding authors and illustrators for children and young people.

There are roughly 10,000 children’s books published in the UK each year, so if you’ve been nominated for the @CarnegieMedals, be very proud and dance like nobody’s watching. 🥳

The 2026 Carnegies nominations are live! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the exceptional storytelling and illustration recognised this year. 🏆 Get ready for an inspiring awards season! Congrats to all nominees! 📖❤️ https://carnegies.co.uk/nominations-announced-2026 #Carnegies2026

A new chapter begins Monday — the Carnegie Nominations are coming. 👻📚🕯️ #Carnegies2026

Great to see a number of @carnegiemedals.bsky.social books cited by Ann, including this one ⤵️ The Blue Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros - winner in 2023

🎉 The 2025 Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Winner for Illustration, Theo Parish, has chosen Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library to receive a £500 donation from @cilip.bsky.social as part of their prize! 📚✨ @norfolklibrariesuk.bsky.social

Last chance to apply to chair the 2028 Carnegies! We’re seeking a Chair of Judges to support and guide the 2028 panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply now: informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chair-o...

Chair the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people! We’re seeking a 2028 Chair of Judges to support and guide the panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply by 10 October: informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chair-o...

We are recruiting for librarian judges to represent South West, South East, London, West Midlands, North East and Yorkshire and Humber in 2027 & 2028. 📅Deadline 10 October.📝 Last chance to apply: informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/regiona...

📚 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...