Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration

In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing.

Graham was longlisted for The Concrete Garden (Walker Books), which was among several Australian works nominated for this year’s Carnegie Medals.

The books longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration are:

• The Tree and the River (Aaron Becker, Walker Books)
• Wolves in Helicopters (illus by Paddy Donnelly, written by Sarah Tagholm, Andersen Press)
• April’s Garden (illus by Catalina Echeverri, written by Isla McGuckin, Graffeg)
• The Concrete Garden (Bob Graham, Walker Books)
• Deep (Stephen Hogtun, Bloomsbury)
• Lost (Mariajo Ilustrajo, Quarto)
• Colours, Colours Everywhere (illus by Sharon King-Chai, written by Julia Donaldson, Two Hoots)
• The Skull (Jon Klassen, Walker Books)
• The Wilderness (Steve McCarthy, Walker Books)
• Tyger (illus by Dave McKean, written by S F Said, David Fickling Books)
• To the Other Side (Erika Meza, Hodder Children’s Books)
• The Midnight Panther (Poonam Mistry, Bonnier)
• The Bowerbird (illus by Catherine Rayner, written by Julia Donaldson, Macmillan Children’s Books)
• Global (illus by Giovanni Rigano, written by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin, Hodder Children’s Books)
• The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish (Chloe Savage, Walker Books)
• My Baba’s Garden (illus by Sydney Smith, written by Jordan Scott, Walker Books)
• The Boy Who Lost His Spark (illus by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, written by Maggie O’Farrell, Walker Books)
• What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking (illus by Aleksandra Zając, written by Tina Oziewicz, Pushkin Children’s).

The books longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing are:

• The Door of No Return (Kwame Alexander, Andersen Press)
• The Song Walker (Zillah Bethell, Usborne)
• Away with Words (Sophie Cameron, Little Tiger)
• The Little Match Girl Strikes Back (Emma Carroll, illus by Lauren Child, S&S)
• The Boy Lost in the Maze (Joseph Coelho, illus by Kate Milner, Otter-Barry Books)
• Choose Love (Nicola Davies, illus by Petr Horáček, Graffeg)
• Electric Life (Rachel Delahaye, Troika Books)
• Until the Road Ends (Phil Earle, Andersen Press)
• Digging for Victory (Cathy Faulkner, Firefly Press)
• Crossing the Line (Tia Fisher, Hotkey)
• Wild Song (Candy Gourlay, David Fickling Books)
• Boy Like Me (Simon James Green, Scholastic)
• Safiyyah’s War (Hiba Noor Khan, Andersen Press)
• Steady for This (Nathanael Lessore, Bonnier)
• The Swifts (Beth Lincoln, illus by Claire Powell, Puffin)
• Dogs of the Deadland (Anthony McGowan, illus by Keith Robinson, Oneworld)
• Tyger (S F Said, illus by Dave McKean, David Fickling Books)
• Ravencave (Marcus Sedgwick, Barrington Stoke)
• Greenwild: The world behind the door (Pari Thomson, illus by Elisa Paganelli, Macmillan Children’s Books).

The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing is awarded to a book written in English for children and young people that sparks an outstanding reading experience. The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration celebrates an outstanding reading experience through illustration.

The shortlists for the 2024 Carnegies will be announced at a panel event at London Book Fair on Wednesday 13 March. The winners’ ceremony will then be held on 20 June. The winners will each receive a specially commissioned golden medal and a £5000 (A$9755) cash prize.

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