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The Carnegies
About
The Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people, which aim to ‘spark’ a lifelong passion for reading.
The Carnegie Medal for Writing is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The Carnegie Medal for Illustration is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.
EDPR has worked on the Awards since 2022. Our mission from the outset has been to ensure the pre-eminence of the awards as a celebration of the work of librarians, writers and illustrators whilst ensuring we centre children’s reading experiences and connect more children with the books that will change lives.
What we did
EDPR has worked with CILIP on the prestigious Carnegie Awards since 2022, establishing their mission of sparking a love of reading for all children. In 2023, we brokered a media partnership with leading children’s newspaper, First News and in 2024 we secured the Cambridge Theatre, the home of Matilda, the Musical, for the winners’ ceremony with participation from ‘Mrs Phelps’, Matilda’s inspirational librarian. This allowed us to centre children at the heart of the celebrations with access to the live ceremony for hundreds, and a live-stream reaching thousands.
Our campaigns for The Carnegies won Best Development of an Existing Awards Event at the 2025 #AwardsAwards and were shortlisted for the Publishers’ Publicity Circle Annual Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024, the most recent of which was Highly Commended for Best Generic Campaign.
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