Carnegie medal promises immediate action over lack of diversity
(The Guardian Books News)

The UK´s oldest prize for children´s books is to be restructured after a report into failings that left 2017´s award shortlist entirely whiteThe UK´s oldest prize for children´s literature, the Carnegie medal, has promised long-term change following a review of its lack of diversity, which one respondent said stemmed from the fact that `literature in the UK is an unapologetic bastion of white privilege`. Related: All-white Carnegie medal longlist provokes anger from children`s authors Continue reading...