Talk:A Monster Calls

2012 Carnegie and Greenaway Medals
Patrick Ness and Jim Kay have won the British CILIP year's best awards as author and illustrator, akin to (author and illustrator of) one book winning the U.S. ALA Newbery and Caldecott Medals. The British awards are open to all books published in the UK within three months of their original publication (since when is that true?); Carnegie Medal in Literature dates from 1936; Kate Greenaway Medal dates from 1955; this is the first double win for one book, by one person or two.

As I depart --the second editor to work here today, having updated the Carnegie and Greenaway articles-- this article cites Daily Telegraph news coverage of the award and The Guardian interview with Ness & Kay. Here is a longer list of references, more or less complete. Beside further work here, they will be useful for the Stub! Patrick Ness and for Jim Kay "if and when".

Bold distinguishes the two sources now given in this article (but i have added data to name=telegraph). --P64 (talk) 19:48, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
 * |ref name=guardian| "Patrick Ness wins Carnegie medal for second year running: Winner of children's books' highest honour uses acceptance speech to lambast education policy and negativity to teenagers". Alison Flood. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 June 2012.
 * |ref name=guardian-ness&kay| "How we made A Monster Calls: As their book wins the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals, writer Patrick Ness and illustrator Jim Kay explain how they worked together, without ever meeting, to unleash a monster hit". Patrick Ness and Jim Kay. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
 * |ref name=telegraph|
 * |ref name=telegraph-ness&kay| "A Monster Calls: Patrick Ness and Jim Kay talk about their Carnegie and Greenaway wins". Nicolette Jones. Telegraph 14 Jun 2012.
 * name=pr2012carnegie Press Desk: AN HISTORIC MOMENT IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: PATRICK NESS WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL AS "A MONSTER CALLS" DOES UNIQUE DOUBLE. CILIP 14 June 2012.
 * name=pr2012greenaway Press Desk: A MEDAL CALLS: JIM KAY WINS 2012 KATE GREENAWAY AWARD: AS "A MONSTER CALLS" DOES UNIQUE DOUBLE. CILIP 14 June 2012.

Date formats
Yesterday we used Retrieved date format yyyy-mm-dd and publication date dd month yyyy (dmy) --copied from theguardian without paying any attention. Previously almost everyone has used the American style month dd, yyyy (mdy) and the exception is not the first editor.

Rather than edit to match the majority, I suggest we use dmy which is the norm for UK-related articles. --P64 (talk) 17:44, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

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