☀️Discover their favourite new reads this summer!☀️Read the new issue of #CILIP’s Pen&inc. mag with fresh insights & features from the world of representative & inclusive children’s book titles. Free to access this National Year of Reading. Read & share: https://ow.ly/ofb350ZuEP8

📚Facet Publishing's summer sale is now on! Use the discount code SUMMER40 on their website to find the next non-fiction summer read to unlock your professional development. Expires 15 August. Shop here: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/

Calling all UK librarians 📚 Join the nationwide #BannedBooksRelay2026. On 7 October, we are inviting UK libraries to spotlight books that have been banned, challenged or removed from shelves. Learn more and register your interest: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/bann... #BannedBooksRelay2026

When did you last check your #CILIP member benefits? Whether you're in a public library, school, hospital, university, corporate or somewhere else entirely, we're THE professional home for people like you who make information & data work for everyone else. https://www.cilip.org.uk/membership/

Read our response to the House of Commons Education Cttee’s Reading for Pleasure report. It’s clear: school and public libraries run by trained library staff are essential to build a reading nation. CILIP is ready to work with Govt to turn these recommendations into action. https://ow.ly/Bpif50ZpWx9

📢CILIP members, explore the latest Information Professional issue packed with insights on intellectual freedom, AI, and open access. Essential reading for everyone working across libraries, information and knowledge management. Read the new edition https://ow.ly/Rgkq50ZqFPl

Worldwide, books are being removed from libraries, schools and bookshops. In the UK, our investigation uncovered a school that targeted more than 200 titles. Become a member and support our work defending access to literature and the freedom to read.⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/memberships/

Banned Books Week UK is back! Join us in celebrating the freedom to read from 4-10 October. Get involved: 📚Read a banned book 📖Visit your local library or bookshop 🎙️Host an event 📱Share on social media Find out more ⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

📚 Discover their favourite new reads. The latest issue of #CILIP’s Pen&inc. magazine is out now - fresh insights & features from the world of representative & inclusive children’s book publishing. Free to access in the National Year of Reading. Read & share: https://ow.ly/WIyP50ZiySZ

Read Andrew Shenton discuss the challenges young people face when trying to understand library classifications, and explore some innovative methods to familiarise these classifications at a young age. Available here: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/article-detail/start-them-young/

Andrew Shenton Blog Start Them Young

Andrew Shenton discusses methods to teach young children how to use library services, and compares finding books in a library to other primary school activities.

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Have you started planning for #GreenLibraries Week yet? Now's the time to get the ball rolling and think about what you want to run this October. Our case studies can help inspire you if you're stuck on where to start! https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/GreenLibrariesWeek

📚 New guest blog from Rachel Glibbery of St Bede's Inter-Church School, Cambridge. Rachel shares how the school's Carnegie Shadowing Group, the Narrative Navigators, engaged with the Carnegie Awards 2026. 🔗 cilipslg.com/2026/07/14/t... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social

SAVE THE DATE! YLG London: The Carnegie Awards 2027 Nomination Evening Wednesday 2nd September 2026 6.30pm to 8.00pm London (Venue:TBC) Join committee members as they champion their favourite books for nomination for the Carnegie Awards 2027. Book your place at www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Hey UK-based Teachers and School Librarians Check out this offer from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚📜 FAO: @cilipslg.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social @ylglondon.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/06/25/p...

Pushkin Supports Primaries Competition

Every child deserves a classroom of books. In celebration of the National Year of Reading 2026, Pushkin Children’s is helping to make that happen.  Pushkin is gifting 500 books – 50 to 10 stat…

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🏆 Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel has won the 2026 Shadower's Choice Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Aimée de Jongh, Faber Books and Faber Children's! #Carnegies2026

🥇And the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Illustration goes to Wiggling Words! Congratulations Kate Rolfe and Two Hoots! #Carnegies2026

🎉Wolf Siren scores a double win, taking both the 2026 Carnegie Medal and the Shadower's Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations to Beth O' Brien and HarperCollinsUK! #Carnegies2026

🏆👏 Congratulations to the 2026 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadower's Choice Medals: Beth O' Brien, Kate Rolfe and Aimée de Jongh! ‏#Carnegies2026 Read the press release here: https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-winners-announced/

We’re hugely grateful to our sponsors for supporting #Carnegies2026! Thank you to our digital sponsor Sora, our awards sponsor ALCS and our book supplier Scholastic UK for making it all possible!

✨ Our #Carnegies2026 partners play a vital role in bringing the awards to life. A special thank you to First News , CLPE, English and Media Centre, RNIB, @calibreaudio.bsky.social, Yoto, Matilda the Musical, #NationalYearofReading2026, and Pen and Inc Books!

✨ Celebrating the people behind #Carnegies2026 👏 Thank you to the Awards Team, to Youth Libraries Group and to all our 2026 Carnegies judges, led by Stella Hine, for the care, time and dedication they bring 👏

The Carnegie Awards 2026 will be announced TODAY AT 12 NOON! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social They are the only children's book awards judged by UK librarians. Watch the ceremony via the live stream at carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...

SLG Book of the Week 📚 Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms by Yoshino Koyoka A fast-paced, action-packed manga with stunning full-colour illustrations. Set in a world where humans bond with powerful mechanical arms, it’s an exciting four-volume series perfect for engaging readers. #SchoolLibraries #Manga

The power of school libraries goes beyond books 📚 Staff reading communities help build connection, support wellbeing, and strengthen a whole-school reading culture 💬 Find out how to get involved: ourfp.org/schools-teac... & teachersreadingchallenge.org.uk @cilip.bsky.social

The Carnegie Awards 2026 for Writing and Illustration will be announced in 4 DAYS! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social The Carnegies are the only children’s book awards judged by UK librarians. Read insights into the award from our very own judge, Karerina Karavapori, at: mailchi.mp/1016b7d925b9...

Blending anecdote, theory and practice in essays by award-winning librarians from across the globe, International School Librarianship's diverse range of perspectives and experience provides a crucial intl contribution to information studies: https://ow.ly/tPKC50Ze5ZC

📚 What can theatre teach us about book banning? Dr Alison Hicks reflects on a workshop that used Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to explore censorship, power, and the challenges facing school librarians. Read more: cilipslg.com/2026/06/15/s... #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead @cilip.bsky.social

Staging The Silence: A Workshop On Banned Books

Written by Dr Alison Hicks (Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies at University College London) What links paper masks, a copy of Making a Baby, and day-glo stickers?  No, these ob…

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📚 SLG Book of the Week A powerful collection of personal stories from disabled writers, sharing the realities of growing up disabled with honesty, humour and insight. An inspiring read that promotes empathy, understanding and inclusion through authentic lived experiences. @cilip.bsky.social

🎉 Join us live for the #Carnegies2026 awards ceremony! Group leaders have shared why the ceremony is such a highlight. Now you can be part of it! Join us on 23 June at 12pm to celebrate this year’s winners! 👉 Find out how to watch: https://carnegies.co.uk/take-part/live-stream-instructions/

A Salford school used an AI-generated list to ban 200 books, overriding their own librarian’s expertise. Many were LGBTQ+ titles. This tactic mirrors US campaigns using automated bias to censor LGBTQ+ stories. Read our #InformationProfessional article: https://ow.ly/SkKN50Z6LCn