Jessie Burton’s Medusa has made the Yoto Carnegie Prize longlist!
MEDUSA by Jessie Burton has been longlisted for two Yoto Carnegie Medals in the writing and illustration categories. A total of 31 books have been recognised, with 15 books selected for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing longlist, and 18 books for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration.
In a recent piece, The Bookseller have recognised the presence of 13 independent publishers on the longlist, including Bloomsbury Children’s Books. The longlists were chosen from 125 nominations, which includes 12 children’s and youth librarians from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals’ (CILIP) Youth Libraries Group.
Janet Noble, chair of judges for the Yoto Carnegies 2023, said: “It is a great honour to be chairing the judging panel during another outstanding year for children’s publishing. We were taken on amazing reading journeys by haunting prose and powerful poetry and found delight in the evocative worlds of stunning illustration, and were able to explore an incredible variety of themes including belonging, friendship and the climate crisis. I commend all the authors and illustrators on their wonderful work, which will bring young readers so much joy and hope in these challenging times.”
The shortlists for the 2023 Yoto Carnegies will be announced on Friday 17th March. The winners’ ceremony will be hosted live and streamed from the Barbican on Wednesday 21st June.
The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing longlist is as follows:
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Natalie Sirett (Little Tiger)
Medusa by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott (Andersen Press)
Running with Horses by Jason Cockcroft (Andersen Press)
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch (Little Island)
The Worlds We Leave Behind by A F Harrold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
Green Rising by Lauren James (Walker Books)
When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
Needle by Patrice Lawrence (Barrington Stoke)
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston (Orion Children’s Books)
Wrath by Marcus Sedgwick (Barrington Stoke)
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Hodder Children’s Books)
The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani (Hot Key Books)
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros (Firefly Press)