In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.
Maura Farrelly
@blikablika.bsky.social
School librarian. YLG National committee and conference team. Former Carnegies chair of judges. She/her
🚨 Last chance… have your Shadower's voted? There’s still time to share your group’s choices for the #Carnegies2026 Shadowers Choice Awards. Don’t miss the chance to be part of the final results! 🏆 Winner's revealed 23 June 👉 Cast your votes: https://carnegies.co.uk/take-part/vote/
Don’t miss it! Scholastic UK the official book supplier for the #Carnegies2026, is hosting a week of live virtual events with shortlisted authors and illustrators from 27 April to 1 May. 🔗 Register Here: https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegies/events
Belfast folk! Free tickets below to the launch of my third novel, Runaway Road, in No Alibis. Friday 15th May 5.30pm - 7pm. Other events in Derry, Donegal etc. suitable for adults and teens. I’ll be in conversation with the truly inspirational, Cathy Carson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/runaway-ro...?
'Runaway Road' Book launch - No Alibis, Belfast.
Join Northern Irish author, Sue Divin, to celebrate the launch of her third novel, Runaway Road. In conversation with Cathy Carson & Q&A.
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The Shortlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration is here! 💫Showcasing a diverse range of unique artistic styles, these illustrations will capture your heart. Congratulations to all the talented illustrators. 🎨 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortlists-announced/
The Shortlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing is here! 📖 With subversive storytelling, reimagined folklore, and inventive verse and chronology, this shortlist has a story for everyone. 📚 Congratulations to the talented writers. https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortlists-announced/
🎉 Today is the day! Watch this space at 3:45pm GMT 👀
The Carnegies@carnegiemedals.bsky.social · 7mo ago📣 One week to go! Join us at the London Book Fair on 10 March, 15:15 (Author HQ) as we announce the #Carnegies2026 Medals for Writing and Illustration shortlists. 🎤 With Jake Hope, Stella Hine, Nathanael Lessore & Mariajo Ilustrajo. Don’t miss it 📚✨ https://ow.ly/ro5v50Y1lrI
Fantastic free conference in Belfast for everyone with an interest in books /writing for children and teens. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...?
Conference on Children's Literature 2026
A conference on children's literature at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, hosted by the Children's Writing Fellow.
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There is a bursary up for grabs for the YLG Conference #YLGOxford26 for someone that lives &/or works in London, from @ylglondon.bsky.social (ticket price only). Deadline to apply is 20th March, details in link below www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
CILIP: the library and information association
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@ylglondon.bsky.social · 7mo agoBe a winner! Take part in our YLG London competitions this March!📚📚📚 Full details at mailchi.mp/c3afa22d8422...
March is full of brilliant new Irish books for young readers of all ages, from toddlers to teens. Check them out! Together let’s help children and teens #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks and see themselves on the pages of the books they read. Please do share these new titles posters widely.
If you need some inspiration for children, teens, or young adult books, pop in and pick up one of these free brochures. It's packed full of books by authors & illustrators from this little corner of the island. We have some amazing talent here, and this brochure proves it! @childrensbooksireland.ie
CILIP Youth Libraries Group (YLG) annual conference, 12-13 Sep in Oxford #NYoR #GoAllIn www.cilip.org.uk/events/event...
Join Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish & Tia Fisher, hosted by Jake Hope. Shadowing, AI & creativity, copyright with ALCS + a new ALCS competition. 3 March | 12PM | Online Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HmaQxnFFQGa9ya5YR8t8DA#/registration
Calling booksellers & children’s/YA librarians! 📚 Pen&inc. the free EDI-focused Children’s & YA magazine from CILIP, is now fully digital, open access & completely FREE! Sign up to get all editorial + listings straight to your inbox: https://ow.ly/a3P150Yi6bC
📚 For the National Year of Reading, we’re joined by @gntread24.bsky.social from the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social to talk about youth librarians, the Carnegie Awards & building reading communities for young people.
Come join us. It's going to be a fantastic weekend!
Caroline Fielding@cazapr1.bsky.social · 7mo agoBooking for the YLG 2026 conference is now open! Join us in Oxford for 2 days of CPD, networking, author/illustrator talks & more. Early Bird ticket available til 31st March. #YLGOxford26 #libraries #nationalyearofreading2026 #goallin #KidLitUK @ylglondon.bsky.social www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
Announcing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!🏅🎨 Featuring lively colours and immersive mediums, these 19 works beautifully portray themes of identity, relationships, nature, and life’s journey. 📚🌟 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/
Revealing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing! 🏅✒️ Highlighting diversity and community, these 19 works span from humorous narratives and creative reimaginings to artfully using history to explore identity and relationships . 💫📖 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/
📚 Today we’re celebrating the launch of the #NationalYearOfReading2026. Reading and young people’s voices are what #Carnegies2026 shadowing is all about – making it the perfect way to go all in on reading this year and beyond. carnegies.co.uk/take-part/ #GoAllIn2026
Presenting the shortlist for this years KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 🤩 These 10 titles will compete for six awards at the award ceremony on May 19th. Congratulations to this years long and shortlistees. The standard was exceptional. ⭐️ 🔗 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/
Your first look the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2026 longlist 🤩 The quality of titles this year were truly extraordinary. Our judges have managed to narrow it down from a total of 151 submissions to these 17 Congratulations to all nominees 🏆 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
Ireland is voting for its stories 💚 From Derry to Dingle, readers everywhere are casting their votes for the books that moved, thrilled, & inspired them this year. Have you voted yet? Join readers across Ireland and help choose the 2025 winners. VOTE: scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote
🎵🎶It's the final countdown 🎶🎵 Don't forget to pop your nominations in before midnight tonight! I'm so looking forward to seeing what my reading list is going to look like for the next few months as a Judge!
The Carnegies@carnegiemedals.bsky.social · last yr.📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! It's that exciting time once more! Join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegies. Each member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations
Don’t miss out! Make sure you nominate by tomorrow night!!
📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! It's that exciting time once more! Join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegies. Each member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations
ICYMI: The 2024 Yoto Carnegies won Best Development of an Existing Awards Event at the 2025 #AwardsAwards 🏆 Judges praised the “vibrant, youth-powered reinvention” as “massively scaled, emotionally resonant, and culturally important.” We’re honoured! Read more 👉:
Two photos. One of the Award which has text on it as follows: "2025 Awards Awards. Best Development of an Existing Awards Event. CILIP. Yoto Carnegies 2024". The second photo is from the awards ceremony with awards team members on stage accepting the award and the screen behind them announcing the win.
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