Walker dominates Carnegie and Greenaway longlists

Walker Books is the publisher with the most books on the longlists for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards, with four books listed for the Carnegie and six for the Kate Greenaway (full longlist below). Walker’s Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman, Hello Darkness by Anthony McGowan, More Than This by Patrick Ness and Trouble by Non Pratt are all on the longlist for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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