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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2015

The 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Shackleton's Journey by William Grill (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landmansource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Shackleton's Journey by William Grillsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardingesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. More Than This by Patrick Nesssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Lairdsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Middle of Nowhere by Geraldine McCaughreansource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Tinder by Sally Gardnersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghansource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Dark Satanic Mills by Marcus Sedgwick, Julian Sedgwick, John Higgins and Marc Oliventsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddellsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban and Alexis Deaconsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Rules of Summer by Shaun Tansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Smelly Louie by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Promise by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlinsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Tinder by Sally Gardner and David Robertssource (opens in a new tab)

About the CILIP Carnegie Medals

Shortlists and winners of the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal (Carnegie Medal for Illustration since 2023), kept as two categories. Year is the award year as CILIP labels it. Before 2007 CILIP labelled medals by publication year, so the medal presented in 2006 is CILIP's "2005" award and no award carries the 2006 label (count 0). 2007-2009 shortlists come from the archived carnegiegreenaway.org.uk site (Wayback Machine), whose pages also gave the ISBNs; 2010-2025 from carnegies.co.uk shortlist archives. Longlists and nomination lists are not included. Author names the writer, then the illustrator when different.

Organization: CILIP, the Library and Information Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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