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Pushback in opposition to the renaming of the Kate Greenaway Medal continues


Forward of the upcoming CILIP AGM, creators of the petition to return Kate Greenaway’s title to the award Dr. Rose Roberto & Tamsin Rosewell issued a press release urging members of the group to talk up concerning the removing of the Kate Greenaway title from what’s now the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration.

We’re delighted that this petition has attracted a lot consideration, curiosity and, above all, help. We’re dissatisfied with what we really feel is a brush-off response from CILIP, which we really feel is unnecessarily dismissive to greater than 3200 individuals who signed a petition that was constructively worded, and behind which was real trade information.

You may learn the complete assertion (& signal the petition if that’s the case inclined) right here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-the-kate-greenaway-medal

If any CILIP Members studying this are excited about attending and elevating this difficulty, it is best to have a possibility to take action in the course of the some other enterprise part of the assembly.

You’ll find details about the upcoming AGM right here.

Having learn the latest Minutes of the July twentieth CILIP Board Assembly it seems as if CILIP doesn’t have the urge for food to revisit their resolution:

11. A.O.B.

NP alerted the Board to a petition that had been launched by folks dissatisfied with the change of title from ‘Greenaway Award’ to ‘Carnegie Award for Illustration’. This alteration occurred in 2022 and we don’t intend to alter it additional.

Nevertheless, if sufficient members make their voices laborious then it could give them pause.

You may learn extra protection concerning the Kate Greenaway Medal right here: https://teenlibrarian.co.uk/class/kate-greenaway/

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