Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 21, 2024

#DeadHappy #author #JoshSilver is using #books to #address the #LGBTQ+ #mentalhealth #crisis

The #book was #nominated for a 2024 #CarnegieMedal, and included on #Amazon’s 2023 list of #bestYAbooks. #Rocketman star #TaronEgerton has acquired the #rights to bring the #story to the #screen.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/06/21/dead-happy-happy-head-author-josh-silver-books-lgbtq-mental-health-crisis/

Dead Happy author Josh Silver is using books to address the LGBTQ+ mental health crisis

'HappyHead' author Josh Silver talks Tory attacks on trans rights, why the UK's mental health system is failing, and his new book.

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Houston Public MediaMar 26, 2024

“My whole path in life changed that day. The (news report) captions, ‘Criminal turns hero,’ that changed my life, that moment.”

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/03/26/481677/houston-man-with-troubled-past-awarded-carnegie-medal-for-heroism-for-saving-police-officer/

#Awards #CityOfHouston #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #CarnegieHeroFundCommission #CarnegieMedal #GoodSamaritan #Heroism #HoustonPoliceDepartment

Houston man with troubled past awarded Carnegie Medal for heroism for saving police officer

John Lally, 40, said he had been in out and his jail for much of his adult life when he helped to save a Houston police officer who had been shot on the Southwest Freeway last November.

Houston Public Media
In Those DaysOct 15, 2023

Author & kids book allrounder
Emily Gale discussed #Trove articles on English illustrator, Kate Greenaway.

Controversially, Greenaway's name was recently removed from the Carnegie award for illustration.

We learned about the Greenaway way; how she worked, stayed independent, and never learned to draw good feet.

Emily shared advice for kid lit creators and we discussed THAT recent Saturday Paper kids lit article.

#CarnegieMedal #GreenawayMedal #KateGreenaway #KidLit

https://inthosedays.transistor.fm/episodes/the-greenaway-way

In Those Days | The Greenaway Way

Penny and Christina use digitized newspapers to research their guest's family or personal history. The newspapers are hosted in Trove, the National Library of Australia's online research portal.

In Those Days
booklettingNov 15, 2022
As always, interesting choices on the shortlist for the ALA Carnegie Medal! #Fiction #Nonfiction #bookstodon #Carnegiemedal
GREENLAND by Donaldson, NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by Talty, THE SWIMMERS by Otsuka, CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM by Jefferson, AN IMMENSE WORLD by @edyong, VAGINA OBSCURA by Gross
RobinRBNov 7, 2022
So exciting to see the #CarnegieMedal list. So many favourites there! #UkKidLit #ChildrenReading #ChildrensFictionBooks #primaryteacher #books
The GuardianFeb 20, 2020
Carnegie Medal longlist gives classics a fresh spin https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/20/carnegie-medal-longlist-gives-classics-a-fresh-spin #Guardian #news #Childrenandteenagers #Awardsandprizes #Carnegiemedal #Picturebooks #Youngadult #Culture #UKnews #Books
Carnegie Medal longlist gives classics a fresh spin

From a modern Moby-Dick to a stepsister’s take on Cinderella, the UK’s top children’s book prize highlights stories of ‘hope, discovery and understanding’