Medal awards celebrate ‘extraordinary’ works that explore survival and our connection with nature
The winners of this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are revealed, and this year two first-time winners pick up the prestigious awards.
ANTHONY McGowan and Shaun Tan are this year’s winners in CILIP’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for writing and illustration in children’s books.
Anthony McGowan’s Lark is the fourth from his The Truth of Things series, which also includes Brock, Pike, and Rook. It is the first time Anthony has won the Carnegie Medal for writing, but he has been shortlisted (for Rook in 2018), and longlisted twice (for Brock in 2014 and The Knife That Killed Me in 2008). Writer, illustrator and Oscar-winning director Shaun Tan is also a first-time winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration, for Tales from the Inner City. The book, which he wrote and illustrated, is a companion volume to his 2008 anthology Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Lark
Both books explore humans’ relationship to nature and judges described both winning books as “extraordinary”, adding that they “highlight our connection and co- dependency with the natural world”. Chair of Judges, Julia Hale, who represents the 14-strong judging panel, said: “Carnegie Medal winner Lark, by Anthony McGowan is a powerful standalone novella that brings the exemplary Truth of Things series to an emotional ending. Lark picks up the story of the close relationship between Nicky and elder brother Kenny, who after surviving trauma and poverty in their past, must now endure the extremes of nature at its cruellest. This novella was admired for its clear, simple
Anthony McGowan.
storytelling; combining authentic characters and realistic situations in pared down prose with blunt humour, genuine tension and moments of pure poetry as fleeting and transcendent as birdsong. It is incredible that such a rich reading experience is in no way impeded by its short and accessible form, indeed it is a strength. The book leaves the reader with hope for the future; that through the bonds of love
Shaun Tan.
from friends and family things can and will get better.”
Tales from the Inner City
“Every detail of the Kate Greenaway Medal winning Tales from the Inner City mark it as a masterwork of illustration that generates an outstanding experience for the reader in every detail. In a collection of 25 surreal short stories set in a semi-dystopian
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