59 days until the #YotoCarnegies24 awards. Today’s writing medal book past winner I’m highlighting is City of Gold by Peter Dickinson that won the award in 1980. The Yoto Carnegies @CILIPInfo

Day 23 #readirishwomenchallenge24 a book by an author recently discovered. The Island of Longing by Anne Griffin is all ready to read on my kindle The Bookaneer808 Dubray

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On BBC Radio 4 Today at 10:45pm this week: The Blue Book of Nebo - 2023 winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing by Manon Steffan Ros - as this week's Book at Bedtime. 🎧✨

60 days until the #YotoCarnegies24 awards. Today’s illustration medal book I’m highlighting is the 1981 winner. The Highwayman illustrated by Charles Keeping and written by Alfred Noyes The Yoto Carnegies CILIP

Apologies this book won the Carnegie Medal for Writing in 2021.

Day 22 #readirishwomenchallenge24 a book adapted to stage or screen Edna O’Brien Country Girls is both a play and a film. The Bookaneer808 Dubray

Day 21 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 a book that focuses on social media. I’m choosing a book that will be out in May, This Is How You Remember It by Catherine Prasifka. The Bookaneer808 Dubray

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Day 21: Featuring Social Media
Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose (Studied at UCD.Indian born Cork resident)
A clique of mums, secrets & lies, a curated life on Insta, a murder. Crime & suspense set in a small Irish town.

61 days until the #YotoCarnegies24 awards. Today’s writing medal book past winner I’m highlighting is Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds News that won the award in 2016. The Yoto Carnegies @CILIPInfo

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Day 20: Book that visits several locations
Normal People by Sally Rooney

An intense & tortured love story that visits locations in Ireland & Italy. Marianne & Connell are vivid, complex & damaged characters.

Day 20 #readirishwomenchallenge24 a book with several locations. I’ve chosen The Home Scar by Kathleen Mac Mahon The Bookaneer808 Dubray

62 days until the #YotoCarnegies24 awards. Today’s illustration medal book I’m highlighting is the 1993 winner. Black Ships Before Troy illustrated by Alan Lee adapted from The Story of Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff The Yoto Carnegies CILIP

One of my proudest moments yesterday. I’m so lucky to have had 2 winners and a further 2 PLAA_UK finalists in the past 7 years. This beautiful trophy designed by chris riddell will have pride of place. Thank you School Library Association (SLA)

Day 18 #readirishwomenchallenge24 a book with physical or mental health issues. I have chosen The First Nove by Jenny Ireland Wonderful YA book. The Bookaneer808 Dubray

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Things I Know by Cork born,
Limerick native Helena Close Little Island Books

Thought provoking YA set in Co. Clare. Saoirse suffers severe anxiety, depression & guilt after a tragic incident.

📚 Exciting news! The #YotoCarnegies24 ceremony will be open to shadowing groups! Experience the magic at the Cambridge Theatre on 20 June, 12pm. Arrive from 11am for pre-ceremony activities.

Booking starts 25 April, 3pm. Full details: yotocarnegies.co.uk/attending-the-…

Day 19 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 a book with injustice. I have picked The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney. The Bookaneer808 Dubray

63 days until the #YotoCarnegies24 awards. Today’s writing medal book past winner I’m highlighting is One by Sarah Crossan that won the award in 2016. The Yoto Carnegies @CILIPInfo

Day 17 #readirishwomenchallenge24 a book of fantasy, mythology or science fiction. I’ve picked Last Ones Left Alive by SDG Loved this book. The Bookaneer808 Dubray