#CarnegieMedals
📚 Calling teachers! A great opportunity from our friends at The Carnegies.
Register for the @CarnegieMedals Shadowing Programme and empower young people to read, review, and vote on the best books in children’s and YA literature.
Free publicity packs available: register by 7 February!
February 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
5. CYP Programme
For our Over 12’s we are *growing* our creative expression & social clubs through new creative sessions/monthly meet ups.

We’re always 👀 new links with local youth clubs/schools & @CarnegieMedals Shadowing Groups to give ownership of their library & #EngagetheTeenage so ✉️ me!
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We’re thrilled to share that #TheSummerPuppy has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Illustration! Illustrated by @cathyfisherart and written by @jackiemorrisartist 🐋

Congratulations @cathyfisherart and @jackiemorrisartist 🤩

#Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re thrilled to share that #ASymphonyofStories has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Illustration! Written and illustrated by @mrjamesmayhew 🐋

Congratulations @mrjamesmayhew 🤩

#carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’re excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Writing! Written @mattgoodfellowpoet and illustrated @joetoddstanton 🐋

Congratulations @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 🤩

#Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So many cool #books nominated for the @CarnegieMedals this year, I'm especially excited to see The Book of Secrets by @alexdunnewrites.bsky.social on this list, congratulations!!
#booksworthreading #readingforpleasure #greatschoollibraries #librarian #education #reading
November 6, 2023 at 3:51 PM
We're so excited to announce that we have three books nominated for this year's @CarnegieMedals for Illustration! Huge congratulations to illustrators Billy Partridge, Neetols and Wenjia Tang!

#Carnegies2026 #MedalForIllustration #GraphicNovels #IllustratedNonFiction
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
@carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 📚Plucky orphan Tom
enters a world of secrets
when he takes a chance

to escape hardship
by accepting an offer
that will change his life.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Celebrating @carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #TraumaLand by #JoshSilver @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social Vulnerable teen
impulsively follows a
rabbit while trying

to recall feelings
and to remember the past,
falling into a
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM

#BookHaiku a day Totally Gothic
a chilly mist crawls across
a lake of secrets

Beside a spooky
school with creepy staff,
fragile memories

trapped, set new pupil
Rosella on Edge ,
eerie Black Roses #CarnegieMedals
#Gothic
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This was one of my top five reads this year shimmering with magic, imagination & ❤️ for the environment. Cannot wait to read the sequel #CarnegieMedals #UKKidLit
December 24, 2024 at 10:57 AM
#BookElves2024 are celebrating favourites from around the globe today. #carnegiemedals
Emotive & stunning pic bks-To the Other Side by Erika Meza, Visible Sounds by Yu Rong & Saving Sorya by TN & JZ #InternationalBookDay @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 13
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#Illustrations
#Books
#BearConservation
#Rainforests
#Geography
December 2, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Choose 7 illustrations that have made you look & look again & post for 7 days. No explanations, no reviews, just images.
Day 7
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
#CarnegieMedals
#Illustration
November 28, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Inspired by
@mattfoxwriter.bsky.social
Repost with your 5 favourite reads of this year.

Little Bang

The Instrumentalist

Steady For This

Greenwild:
The World Behind the Door
#carnegiemedals

Birdie @jprosewriter.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Choose 7 illustrations that have made you look & look again & post for 7 days. No explanations, no reviews, just images.
Day 6
Choose Love- Illustrated
by Petr Horacek #CarnegieMedals #UKKidLit
November 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Share your favourite twisty psychological thrillers full of secrets & lies #carnegiemedals #books #psychologicalthrillers #YA #horror #historicalfiction @spookypurcell.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
The Far Pavilions by M.M Kaye
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#BookSky
#Books
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#BookSky
#Books
November 26, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6
The Hypnotist @laurenceanholt.bsky.social
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 25, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Share a book you’re currently reading.
📚#CarnegieMedals #Books #Poetry #Empathy
November 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 24, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4
When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari
💙📚
#CarnegieMedals
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM