Uk Carnegie Medals: Celebrating Young People’s Literature &

The victors of the UK’s longest-running book awards for youngsters and young people were introduced on Thursday 19th June. The victor of the Carnegie Medal for Illustration was granted to Olivia Lomenech Gill for Clever Crow, written by Chris Butterworth.

Olivia Lomenech Gill Wins Carnegie Medal

Lomenech Gill was formerly shortlisted for the honor for Where My Wellies Take Me, created by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, and plans to use her cash prize on a job to sustain colleges, education and learning and libraries in Palestine.

The Shadowers’ Selection Medal for Picture was awarded to Homebody by author-illustrator Theo Church, described as an “empowering” visuals unique checking out identification, self-discovery and the value of living authentically.

Shadowers’ Selection Medal Awarded

Yearly, countless analysis teams in institutions and collections in the UK and worldwide likewise obtain involved in the awards, with young people “trailing” the judging process, disputing and selecting their very own champions from the shortlist.

The Carnegies celebrates achievement in youngsters’s composing and picture and is special in being judged by an expert panel of kids’s and young people curators, consisting of 14 librarians from the Chartered Institute of Library and Info Professionals (CILIP).

The occasion happened at the Cambridge Theater, home of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed Matilda The Music, where the actress behind Matilda’s beloved curator, Mrs Phelps, invited the target market of more than 600 youngsters.

McDonald’s Acceptance Speech

McDonald stated: “I’m utterly delighted to be the recipient of this year’s Carnegie Medal for Composing. With Glasgow Boys, it was my objective to bring right into the light points that are commonly overlooked as a working-class, impaired and first-generation university student, yet mainly the troubles of making your way through a globe that is essentially not constructed for you. We don’t usually mention these unseen obstacles but browse them no matter.”

Lomenech Gill said: “I have actually always had an enormous regard for curators and the important work they do, so I can not think of a higher honour than being chosen for this honor, and I am very thankful to the courts for choosing me as this year’s winner. Working With Clever Crow was an excellent possibility to learn more regarding these extremely brilliant and friendly birds, and I wish that the book may motivate visitors to consider crows from a various viewpoint than the rather negative stereotype as portrayed in fairy tales, horror films and Hitchcock!”

She included: “Congratulations to the 2025 winning writers and illustrators and a massive thanks to the evaluating panel that quit so much energy and time for these honors. Thanks also to all the young readers who took part in the stalking programme and to the teachers and librarians that support them in uncovering the absolute best of writing and image for young people.”

Nathanael Lessore Wins Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal

The prize for the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Composing went to the King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore, a YA unique discovering styles of masculinity concerning a bully whose brand-new relationship with an undesirable classmate proves a driver for change.

McDonald said: “I’m absolutely happy to be the recipient of this year’s Carnegie Medal for Writing. Ros Harding, chair of judges for the Carnegies 2025, said: “Glasgow Boys is an immersive and visceral read that completely attracts the reader right into the present and previous lives of Finlay and Banjo. Brilliant Crow is full of magnificent, in-depth and ingenious pictures that elevate this interesting non-fiction publication right into something even much more special that needs checking out over and over again.”

Ros Harding, chair of judges for the Carnegies 2025, said: “Glasgow Boys is an immersive and visceral read that entirely attracts the visitor into the present and past lives of Finlay and Banjo. It is a publication that will stay in the minds of the reader long after completing it. Brilliant Crow contains sensational, innovative and thorough images that boost this fascinating non-fiction publication into something even more unique that needs reviewing over and over once again.”

She added: “It was something that was deeply essential for me to display the stamina, the neighborhood, the humour and the love of the people within Glasgow Boys, consisting of yet not special to care-experienced people, healthcare workers, hospitality team, queer individuals, immigrants and the working course.”