The 2026 Carnegies nominations are live! 🎉 Join us in celebrating the exceptional storytelling and illustration recognised this year. 🏆 Get ready for an inspiring awards season! Congrats to all nominees! 📖❤️ https://t.co/SQ0z7ajXHp #Carnegies2026

Christmas has come early! The wonderful new audiobook of the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing winner, Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald, is available for free for shadowing schools on @sorareadingapp. https://t.co/06monOpDKG

We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://t.co/PxKXLiQcem. Apply now!

While waiting for shadowing to begin, school shadowing groups can register with @sorareadingapp, our digital reading partner, to access the 2025 shortlisted books for free, and enjoy free access to the 2026 shortlists once announced. 👉 https://t.co/06monOpDKG

The Carnegies are introducing an age-inclusive longlist shadowing offer, so reading groups of all ages can join in. This will run alongside our regular shortlist shadowing, giving even more ways to take part — full details coming soon!

It’s time to pre-order your @CarnegieMedals book packs. As the Official Book Supplier, pre-order with Scholastic to receive a 35% discount on your longlist and shortlist packs. 📚🌟 https://t.co/MLJd9sBsFI

This week, the nominations for the 2026 @CarnegieMedals, the UK’s longest-running and beloved children’s book awards, were announced. Your students can be a part of choosing the winner with the Carnegie Shadowing Scheme. Find out more and how to register: https://t.co/sSJ9fJTLn9

We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message. Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!

You can now pre-order your longlist and shortlist packs for the #Carnegies2026 from our official book supplier @ScholasticUK! Why wait? Order here 👇 https://t.co/NQB09JEp5B

The 2026 Carnegies Shadowing Scheme is now OPEN! Teachers and librarians, this is your chance to bring the world’s best book club to your young readers! Sign up a shadowing group to read the shortlisted books, write reviews and cast votes. Register here https://t.co/GVsoLqogDy

And ... they're off!

There are roughly 10,000 children’s books published in the UK each year, so if you’ve been nominated for the @CarnegieMedals, be very proud and dance like nobody’s watching. 🥳

The nominations for the 2026 @CarnegieMedals have been announced! 📚We're delighted to sponsor these fantastic awards that recognise outstanding authors and illustrators for children and young people.

A new chapter begins Monday — the Carnegie Nominations are coming. 👻📚🕯️ #Carnegies2026

The 2025 Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Winner for Illustration, Theo Parish, has chosen Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library to receive a £500 donation from @CILIPinfo as part of their prize! 📚✨ Norfolk Libraries are looking to put the money towards a refresh of the teenage area.

Last chance to apply to chair the 2028 Carnegies! We’re seeking a Chair of Judges to support and guide the 2028 panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply now: https://t.co/VMpcYsCCnG

Chair the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people! We’re seeking a Chair of Judges to support and guide the panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply by 10 October: https://t.co/VMpcYsCCnG

Chair the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people! @CarnegieMedals is seeking a Chair of Judges to guide the 2028 panel, ensuring a rewarding judging experience. Tenure starts mid-2026, shadowing the 2027 Chair. Apply by 10 October: https://t.co/rZc6fF7Jjh

We are recruiting for librarian judges to represent South West, South East, London, West Midlands, North East and Yorkshire and Humber in 2027 & 2028. 📅Deadline 10 October. 📝 Last chance to apply: https://t.co/iur3PewzmY

Would you like to be a judge for The Carnegies? We have vacancies for the 2027-28 judging panel open to all CILIP members and non-member library workers. If you are passionate about children's books, we want to hear from you!📝 Apply by 10 October at https://t.co/iur3PewzmY