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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2023

The 2023 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Saving Soyra: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 13 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Rossource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Saving Soyra: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdungsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetyssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Medusa by Jessie Burtonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Needle by Patrice Lawrencesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finchsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Light in Everything by Katya Balensource (opens in a new tab)
  6. When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmacharisource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Alte Zachen: Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor and Benjamin Phillipssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rescuing Titanic by Flora Delargysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Comet by Joe Todd-Stantonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Visible Sounds by Yin Jianling and Yu Rong, translated by Filip Seluckysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold and Levi Pinfoldsource (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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