Carnegie medal for writing announces all-female shortlist

The Visible Sounds written by Yin Jianling. It is illustrated by Yu Rong, on the shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023. Photograph: UCLan

Authors including Jessie Burton, Patrice Lawrence and Sita Brahmachari are part of an all-female shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie medal for writing.

The prize awards outstanding achievement in children’s writing and features seven authors. Burton, Lawrence and Brahmachari are all first-time shortlistees as is Manon Steffan Ros. The shortlist is completed by Katya Balen, who won the award in 2022, Louise Finch and Ruta Sepetys.