The UK's Carnegie Medals awarded Olivia Lomenech Gill & others for outstanding children's literature & illustration, judged by librarians & young people. Themes include identity, self-discovery & diverse voices.
Legal challenges against arts funding cuts, censorship incidents (book burning, author's exile), and AI-generated content raise concerns about freedom of speech and the future of libraries & literature.
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Key events in book publishing, libraries & copyright: conference, NEA grants rescinded, IMLS defense, curator termination, book burning. Facing copyright, AI & political issues.
Federal museums, libraries and copyright protections faced challenges in May 2025. Actions by the Trump administration included firings, budget cuts and executive orders. Court rulings provided some pushback.
“I feel completely honoured that it is librarians who have deemed The Boy Lost in the Maze as worthy of a Carnegie medal and will forever be grateful to the team at Otter-Barry Books, illustrator Kate Milner and my agent Caroline Sheldon for helping me bring this story to bookshelves and into the hands of readers.”
