It's #RoaldDahlDay and what better way to celebrate than by reminiscing on the extraordinary #Carnegies2025 winners' ceremony – hosted at the Cambridge Theatre, home to RSC's Matilda-the-Musical 📚
Watch the full highlights here!
“Toxic masculinity is on the rise and it affects young people across every single demographic and the empathy that is learnt through books can be a powerful antidote.”
💫"Toxic masculinity is on the rise and it affects young people across every single demographic and the empathy that is learnt through books can be a powerful antidote." Nathanael Lessore, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing 🏆 #Carnegies2025
![“Reading is so uniquely powerful because it's the best way to really see the world through someone else's eyes, to step into someone else's shoes. [...] The right book at the right time can stay with you long after you turn the last page.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on36hpf6w55d6sh3cld32tp2/bafkreie5bseatoflopsatjqzxvd2t27au47ilhunl3srpfmosjr7dajtye)
“Reading is so uniquely powerful because it's the best way to really see the world through someone else's eyes, to step into someone else's shoes. [...] The right book at the right time can stay with you long after you turn the last page.”
🎨 "The right book at the right time can stay with you long after you turn the last page." Theo Parish, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Medal Shadowers' Choice Award for Illustration. 🏆 #Carnegies2025
Nathanael Lessore at the podium smiling during his speech after winning the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers Choice Medal for Writing
Nathanael Lessore has chosen St Joseph's RC to receive a £500 donation made by the @engmediacentre.bsky.social as part of his prize as winner of the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award for Writing 📚✨
Thank you @engmediacentre.bsky.social!🌟 #Carnegies2025
“To be honoured with an award chosen by librarians will forever be so special to me. I wouldn't be an author and would never have found books without the absolutely vital support and encouragement that teachers and librarians offer the world”
📚 "I wouldn't be an author without the absolutely vital support and encouragement that teachers and librarians offer the world." Margaret McDonald, winner of the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing. 🏆 #Carnegies2025 @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
Quoted text credited to Her Majesty The Queen typed out beside it: “Your work makes an enormous difference to children across our country, fostering a love of reading and celebrating the richness of children’s literature and illustration in the United Kingdom.”
Photo of a letter from the Queen reading: "Dear Mackenzie, I wanted to send my warmest congratulations and thanks to all those involved in this year’s Carnegie Medals. Your work makes an enormous difference to children across our country, fostering a love of reading and celebrating the richness of children’s literature and illustration in the United Kingdom. I hope that you will have a wonderful evening. I will be raising a glass to you all! With best wishes, Camilla”
At this year’s Carnegies ceremony, a very special message was shared 💌
Her Majesty The Queen sent her warmest wishes to everyone involved in #Carnegies2025, recognising the impact of @cilip.bsky.social's work and the joy that books and illustration bring to children across the UK 📚✨
![“This award means so much. It is a reminder and a responsibility and a rekindling of hope. [...] Artists make images, ideas that show us ourselves, but also make spaces for empathy - radical, active empathy.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on36hpf6w55d6sh3cld32tp2/bafkreie4ftbnn3iyuobabxdju4oqgmiumycbrixkmkmajhw4csxrsvkwny)
“This award means so much. It is a reminder and a responsibility and a rekindling of hope. [...] Artists make images, ideas that show us ourselves, but also make spaces for empathy - radical, active empathy.”
“Artists make images, ideas that show us ourselves, but also make spaces for empathy - radical, active empathy.” Olivia Lomenech Gill quoting Toni Morrison during her winner speech for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration Award 🏆 #Carnegies2025
The #Carnegies2025 highlights reel is here – a joyful celebration at the Cambridge Theatre with 700+ shadowers, and powerful words from this year’s winners.
Relive the magic 👇
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🎉 Relive the magic of the #Carnegies2025 ceremony!
Watch the full stream + explore the photo gallery 📸🏆
Unmissable moments, inspiring speeches & all the celebration 👇
🔗 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...
📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger
Picture of children holding up books from the Carnegies shortlist. Text reads 'Have your say about shadowing! You could win a 2026 shortlist pack.'
Want to get a free 2026 shortlist pack? 🎁 We invite group leaders to give us your feedback from shadowing the #Carnegies2025 by 21 July, for a chance to win! 🎉
🗒️ Our 5-10 minute Shadowing Survey is a great help to improve the Carnegie Awards.
Complete it now 👉 fs3.formsite.com/cilip/Shadow...
Shortlisted illustrators holding their books and smiling at the camera.
A shadower, Mrs Phelps, Theo Parish, and Joseph Coelho on stage as Theo wins their medal.
Shortlisted authors holding their books and smiling at the camera.
Here’s your reminder that you can watch back the Carnegie Awards ceremony on our website! 🎉 Catch up on the unforgettable moments and inspiring speeches 🏆 #Carnegies2025
📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger
Find the recording and the photo gallery here 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...
Relive the magic of the 2025 Carnegie Awards💫 You can now watch back the ceremony on our website! Don’t miss the heartwarming moments and powerful speeches 🏅🎥 #Carnegies2025
📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger
Find the full recording and photo gallery: carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...
🎧 Missed Nathanael Lessore on BBC Radio London last week? He’s back - this time as a #Carnegies2025 winner! 🙌
He chats to Kim Davis about what the win means, emotional moments with young readers, and never writing about plug sockets again.
🎙️ From 2:19:52: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Don't miss the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Writing winner @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Front Row this evening, as she talks about her success, and her 'life changing and emotional' debut – #GlasgowBoys 🏅 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Tune in from 7:15pm 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Text from The Guardian reads '‘One kid at a time’: How children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity From Margaret McDonald’s Glasgow Boys to Nathanael Lessore’s King of Nothing, boys take centre stage in this year’s Carnegie-winning titles. Let’s hope that the male protagonists persuade more boys to pick up a book'
📚 “One kid at a time, one school at a time” – books that explore male friendship are sparking change, tackling the rise of toxic influences like the "manosphere"
Celebrate the #Carnegies2025 winners, and how they offer boys richer, more emotional stories
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Graphic with the Carnegies, Sora and Together We Read logos. Text reads 'Join the digital book club featuring The Carnegies award-winning title! Borrow the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing free with no waitlist on Sora from 20 June to 4 July.'.
📖✨Get free access to Glasgow Boys, the #Carnegies2025 Medal for Writing winner!
👥 Read the digital title with your group for a two-week period, with no waitlists!
It will be available on Sora or @libbyapp.com from 20 June to 4 July.📱💡 Find out how to take part here 👉 carnegies.co.uk/together-we-...
#Carnegies2025 #AuthorInterview Margaret McDonald on the shock of winning the Carnegie Medal with Glasgow Boys www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...
Huge congratulations to the #Carnegies2025 winners, shortlistees and the judges from @CILIPinfo’s Youth Libraries Group!
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social / @cilip.bsky.social
It’s fantastic to see the winners of the Carnegie Medals announced today at the #Carnegies2025 awards ceremony. Huge congratulations to the winners, shortlistees and the judges from CILIP Youth Libraries Group!
En route to meet a friend, & the bus has gone past a "carnegie street" and now "story street" :D
(first time using this bus route!)
And this, on the day off the #carnegies2025 award ceremony!
The life of a librarian goes beyond the walls of a library ✨️📚🖤
It was such an honour to be a judge for the #Carnegies2025 – huge congratulations to our talented winners Margaret McDonald for #GlasgowBoys, and Olivia Lomenech Gill for #CleverCrow!
#Homebody has won the Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration at the #Carnegies2025! I am over the moon – thank you so much to everyone that voted, it means so much to me! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Theo Parish’s #Homebody is a life-affirming graphic novel exploring identity & how society shapes our sense of self. Winner of #Carnegies2025 Shadowers' Choice Medal for Illustration, it shows despite our unique experiences a universal thread connects us. www.cilip.org.uk/news/703868/...
We were so thrilled to share the joy and celebrations of incredible authors & illustrators today at the award ceremony.
Huge huge congratulations to all.
Also a thank you to the judges and students for their time and dedication in the selection process.
#carnegies2025
So so thrilled to share that #KingOfNothing by Nathanael Lessore has been selected as the Winner of the Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing 2025! ✨🤩
Congratulations Nate! 🎉
#Carnegies2025 #Booksky
We’re over the moon to share that #Homebody by Theo Parish has been selected as the Winner of the Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration 2025! ✨🤩
Congratulations Theo! 🎉
#Carnegies2025 #Booksky
Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, Olivia Lomenech Gill, Nathanael Lessore, & @theoblue.bsky.social for your @carnegie.medals.bsky.social wins🏆 @cilip.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the #Carnegies2025 with us this year!
Carnegies Shadowers' Choice winner for #KingOfNothing, Nathanael Lessore talks about the issues in his latest book, #WhatHappensOnline. A great starting point to discuss online safety & the impact on mental health & wellbeing with young readers. #Carnegies2025 www.cilip.org.uk/news/703747/...
I was delighted to be at the ceremony today for the Carnegie Medals for Illustration and for Writing. Congratulations to Margaret McDonald, Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025 Much love for librarians all round, quite rightly. 📚
Graphic with the logos of the Carnegies 2025 partners!
Special thanks to our #Carnegies2025 partners: Pen&inc., @theclpe.bsky.social, @engmediacentre.bsky.social, @rnib.bsky.social, @firstnews.bsky.social, @calibreaudio.bsky.social and Matilda the Musical, and to our patron Yoto!
