{"id":27010,"date":"2024-03-13T09:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T09:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksfortopics.com\/?p=27010"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:00:06","slug":"news-shortlists-announced-for-yoto-carnegie-awards-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booksfortopics.com\/news-shortlists-announced-for-yoto-carnegie-awards-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Shortlists Announced for Yoto Carnegie Awards 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yoto Carnegies 2024 Shortlists Announced\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The UK\u2019s longest-running book awards for children and young people, the Yoto Carnegies<\/strong>, have announced their 2024 shortlists at the London Book Fair today. Judged solely by children’s and youth librarians, these annual awards<\/span>celebrate outstanding achievement in children\u2019s writing and illustration.<\/p>\n

16 books <\/b>have been shortlisted in total, with eight in each category <\/b>for the Carnegie Medal for Writing <\/b>and Carnegie Medal for Illustration.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Notably, the 2024 shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing<\/strong> is dominated by poetry,with three novels written in verse <\/b>\u2013 two by former shortlistees, Waterstones Children\u2019s Laureate Joseph Coelho<\/b>, and New York Times <\/i>bestselling author Kwame Alexander<\/b>, and one debut, Tia Fisher <\/b>\u2013 alongside a poetry collection by prolific children\u2019s writer Nicola Davies<\/b>. The list is heavily weighted towards YA readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, p<\/strong>icture books <\/b>prevail on the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration <\/b>shortlist, which includes previous winner Catherine Rayner <\/b>and three-time shortlisted <\/b>illustrator Poonam Mistry<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Journeys<\/b>, literal and metaphorical, are a common theme across both lists, with books encouraging empathy and hope <\/b>and promoting an understanding of historical and contemporary global issues<\/b>, including the environment.<\/p>\n

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The Chair of Judges for 2024 Yoto Carnegies said:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span><\/span>These are books to empower young readers, and for some will provide validation and refuge; stories of courage, of characters thriving to find themselves and their place in the world, often in difficult or dangerous situations. The books shortlisted for the writing medal exemplify immersive and compelling writing with the power to inspire and move readers across a range of forms. The illustration shortlist is entirely comprised of picture books, with a strong theme of the environment, underlining the way picture books can speak to all ages, and showing how nature and illustrated books can heal and empower.”<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The shortlisted books are available to buy online<\/u><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The shortlist for the <\/span>Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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