News from the Carnegie Awards, year-by-year.
The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest children’s book awards, are announced today at a ceremony at The British Library in London hosted by presenter and author June Sarpong.
True stories and timely issues inspire books across both Medal shortlists, from Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give – inspired by Black Lives Matter – to Debi Gliori’s exploration of depression in Night Shift.
Poetry collection goes head-to-head with novels by giants of children’s fiction in the 20-strong longlists for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. With debut works from Angie Thomas, Júlia Sardà and Sam Winston up against Carnegie and Kate Greenaway alumni including David Almond, Geraldine McCaughrean, Patrick Ness, Philip Reeve, Lane Smith, Levi Pinfold, Jim Kay and Jon Klassen.
A record-breaking 121 books have been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and 116 for the Kate Greenaway medal. In total 237 books have been nominated for 2018.