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| Million to one outsider scoops CILIP Carnegie Meda |
| Author: | CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Lib |
| Date: | Friday, 8th Jul 2005 12:56 |
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CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AE.
Tel: 020 7255 0500
Textphone: 020 7255 0505
Fax: 020 7255 0501
Email: info@cilip.org.uk
News from CILIP
Friday 8 July 2005
Million to one outsider scoops CILIP Carnegie Medal with first novel
Frank Cottrell Boyce has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2004 for 'Millions'. Cottrell Boyce's debut novel beat off strong competition from former winners Philip Pullman and Sharon Creech, and well-established writers Eva Ibbotson and Anne Cassidy, as well as one other first novel from American, Gennifer Choldenko.
"The quality of children's writing currently available, as demonstrated by this year's shortlist, made choosing a winner a seemingly impossible task," says Sharon Sperling, Chair of the Judges. "However, the panel was unanimous in their choice of 'Millions' as the 2004 CILIP Carnegie Medal winner. 'Millions' is a powerful fable for today's young people, which offers an enduring message. Cottrell Boyce's accomplished writing ensures an exhilarating read and his ability to tell the story through the voice of the young hero, Damian, immediately engages the reader's sympathy. Full of humour, it has a pacy plot and excellent characterisation. Cottrell Boyce writes with exceptional assurance and lightness of touch."
Frank Cottrell Boyce is an established film and television scriptwriter with numerous BAFTA nominated films to his credit. His ultimate ambition has always been to write a children's novel. Having initially conceived the story as a film script, it was whilst working with the film's director, Danny Boyle, that he realised he already had the story he was looking for.
"I'd been working on another idea for a children's book for ages and it just wasn't coming together quite right. It was one evening, when chatting to Danny, that I realised I had the story, right there," says Cottrell Boyce. "I went straight home and wrote it so quickly; I couldn't believe how fast it all happened. At last I'd realised my greatest ambition - I'd written a children's book. And I'm chuffed to bits that it's won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Libraries offer so much to young people and the book came from my desire to share ideas with them too."
Following on from the success of 'Millions', Cottrell Boyce's second children's novel Framed, is due for publication on 2 September and there are a further two books contracted to follow.
'Millions' tells the story of two young brothers who discover a sack full of cash. There's only one problem, sterling is about to go out of circulation to be replaced by the Euro. How can they spend the money before the deadline? Tensions arise between the younger brother Damian, who narrates the story, who wants to use the money to do good; and his worldly, finance-obsessed older brother Anthony, who just wants to spend it on the best that money can buy. It's a dilemma that feels all too familiar in a world where very young children know the value of money and what it can buy; a world in which money can make a huge difference to those who have none.
Cottrell Boyce is donating a percentage of the royalties from the book to the charity Wateraid. He strongly believes that we live in a society where it is possible to have too much, when others have so little. He recognises the need to do something practical to help, and believes that the supply of water to the 1 billion people who have none is vitally important and realisable.
The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals for "an outstanding book for children and young people". Now almost 70 years old, its first winner was Arthur Ransome in 1936, since then it has been awarded to many of the great names of children's literature including CS Lewis, Eleanor Farjeon, Anne Fine and Philip Pullman.
This year's announcement was to be made at a special award ceremony at the English Heritage Lecture Theatre, 23 Savile Row, London W1 at 12 noon on Friday 8 July, and the award presented by popular BBC newsreader Moira Stuart. The winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for an outstanding work of illustration for children was to be announced at the same time. However, following the terrorist incidents in central London on July 7, the decision was reluctantly taken to postpone the ceremony. CILIP will make plans for a further ceremony in due course, to honour the achievements of the winners and the shortlisted authors and illustrators.
The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2004
Announced 2005
Anne Cassidy. 'Looking for JJ'
Scholastic Children's Books. Age range: 13+ ISBN: 0-439-97717-7
Gennifer Choldenko. 'Al Capone Does My Shirts'
Bloomsbury. Age range: 11+ ISBN: 0-7475-6898-7
Frank Cottrell Boyce. 'Millions'
Macmillan. Age range: 9+ ISBN: 0-330-43331-8
Sharon Creech. 'Heartbeat'
Bloomsbury. Age range: 10+ ISBN: 0-7475-7147-3
Eva Ibbotson. 'The Star of Kazan'
Macmillan. Age range: 10+ ISBN: 0-330-41802-5
Philip Pullman. 'The Scarecrow and His Servant'
Doubleday. Age range: 8+ ISBN: 0-385-40980-x
Contact: Louisa Myatt, CILIP Marketing Manager
Tel: 020 7255 0650; fax: 020 7255 0651; email: louisa.myatt@cilip.org.uk
Notes for Editors
Over 2,400 reading groups in schools and public libraries have registered to take part in the shadowing scheme for the awards, involving over 48,000 children and young people. For further information visit http://www.ckg.org.uk/shadowing
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 35,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 23,000 are CILIP Members and around 12,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. CILIP members work in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries. For more information about CILIP, please go to http://www.cilip.org.uk
The Youth Libraries Group (YLG) is a Special Interest Group of CILIP. It is a professional network that works independently and with other professional organisations, to preserve and influence the provision of quality literature and library services for children and young people, both in public libraries and school library services
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