YLG Scotland

Youth Libraries Group Scotland is a CILIP volunteer-led community.
Our communications aren't CILIP policy.

[YLG Committee @youthlibraries]

ONE MONTH TO GO! At this time on the 28th September we'll be well into our first day of the YLG Conference and we'll be buzzing with excitement to hear our After Dinner Speaker @FatimaWh1tbread talk about her story and her fabulous picture book! #YLG24Gla. Book your ticket now!

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

📚 "Librarians are on the front line, putting the right book into the right child's hands at the right time." @JosephACoelho Winner of the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing 🏆 #YotoCarnegies24 @OtterBarryBooks

[Jennifer Horan @JL_Horan7]

🚨Breaking news🚨We’re delighted that #YLG24Gla will have sponsorship from @AccessitLib! We can also announce we’ll be welcoming @WHusseyAuthor for a tea break chat ☕️📚🧁

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

💫📚 "The Carnegies hold a special place in the hearts of authors and illustrators because it's judged by librarians." @JosephACoelho Winner of the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing 🏆 #YotoCarnegies24 @OtterBarryBooks

[YLG Committee @youthlibraries]

There is just one week left to book for our discounted Early Bird ticket price for the YLG Conference 2024.

Booking will remain open until September but book by Wednesday 31st July to secure your discounted rate.

https://t.co/e6kZ2fay0z #YLG24Gla @CILIPinfo

[ed public relations @ed_pr]

Congratulations to @JosephACoehlo, @storybreathing, @tiafisher_ for your 2024 @CarnegieMedals 🏆

Thank you to everyone who celebrated the #YotoCarnegies24 with us this year! What a brilliant ceremony 🎉🥂

[YLG Committee @youthlibraries]

The early bird offer for our conference in September has been EXTENDED until 31st July.

To be part of the conversation and book your place, go to https://t.co/e6kZ2fay0z

Keep an eye on this account for exciting news and exclusives over the summer!

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

2 DAYS TO GO before the #YotoCarnegies24 Awards Ceremony! Here's another look at our Illustration Shortlist. What book has your shadowing group absolutely loved? Tune in at 12pm Thursday 20 June to find out who's won the Medal for Illustration and the Shadowers' Choice

[Jennifer Horan @JL_Horan7]

Great news! Booking for @youthlibraries conference 2024 is now open! 🎉🎉 #YLG24Gla Join us in Glasgow in September to celebrate “reading for wellbeing”. Look out for speaker teasers over the coming days 🧐 https://t.co/cmbJdgO9LU

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

✨ Our writing shortlistees have told us what it would mean to them to win this year's #YotoCarnegies24 Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing! 🚀 Shadowers, make sure you head to the link below and vote (after you've watched this video of course)

https://t.co/ZLSFylb5zq

[YLG Scotland @YLGScotland]

It's World Book Day! What are you reading?

[SLG Scotland @SLGScotland]

This is today! Have you registered for your free place?

[Librarian Voices @LibrarianVoices]

Walt at Random: Gold/Diamond Journal Scan, Week 3 https://t.co/AOWW1hyYUS

[CILIP @CILIPinfo]

Nominations are out for @CarnegieMedals and this is what the nominees had to say.
From @ldlapinski, author of JAMIE.
See all the nominations here:
https://t.co/wJBTvjJlKa
#CarnegieNominees24

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

Register now for your shadowing group to take part in the #YotoCarnegies24!

Groups based in the UK can sign up until 8th Feb for a free publicity pack that will arrive when the shortlists are announced in March 📚👇
https://t.co/f2gKq99OZv

[Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize]

⚡️⚡️⚡️Submissions to the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction are now open⚡️⚡️⚡️

You know what to do 🙂

If you forgot🤔, check out submissions info (updated for 2024) below:

https://t.co/CZ4u6ZJICk

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

Meet the 2024 Yoto Carnegies Judges! This wonderful team is currently busy narrowing down our fabulous list of nominations ahead of our upcoming longlist announcement #YotoCarnegies24 📚

Find out about our judges: https://t.co/WlbEV8LuXt

[YLG Scotland @YLGScotland]

Happy New Year! What's your resolutions? We'll be doing this 👇

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

It's been an absolutely incredible year for children's books 📚

We asked top authors and illustrators for their favourite reads of 2023 - check out the list and let us know what you would add!

https://t.co/weThP5CMty

[YLG Scotland @YLGScotland]

YLG Scotland committee member Yvonne Manning has been awarded YLG's Librarian of the year!