Pigeon Post bookmark now available

A specially-produced bookmark, to tie in with this year's celebrations marking 70 years of the Carnegie Medal, was unveiled at the recent Literary Weekend.

The bookmark features Pigeon Post, the sixth book in Arthur Ransome's popular Swallows and Amazons series of books, and the inaugural winner of the Carnegie Medal award in 1937.

The Carnegie Medal award was set up by the Library Association in 1936 in memory of Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), the Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist, who set up over 2800 libraries across the English-speaking world.

The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding book for children and young people. Nowadays, it is awarded by children's librarians under the auspices of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and is designed to recognise excellence in the world of children's books.

The Pigeon Post bookmark is available for distribution to libraries, bookshops, museums, organisations and other places of interest with a Ransome connection.

We can send you some bookmarks for outlets in your area, although they won't arrive by pigeon post, I'm afraid - we'll be sending them out by snail mail instead!

If you are interested in receiving some leaflets, then please send your contact details and the name and location of your organisation to TarsInfo.