2017 LONGLISTS FOR PRESTIGIOUS CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED
The 20-strong longlist for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, now in its 80th year, sees the late Mal Peet’s final novel Beck (completed by Meg Rosoff) competing against debut authors M.G. Leonard and Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock and previous Carnegie Medal winners Philip Reeve and Frank Cottrell Boyce. In its 60th anniversary year, the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal longlist, sees Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell in the running to win the Medal for the fourth time!