Jacqueline Woodson in Sweden to receive the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018
The American author Jacqueline Woodson is in Sweden to receive the world's largest award for children's and YA literature, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018, presented by H. R. H. Crown Princess Victoria. Members of the press are invited to cover the ALMA award ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on May 28 from 5:45 p.m. to app. 7:00 p.m. Jacqueline Woodson, an American author who writes about turning points in young people’s lives, is in Sweden to receive the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. During ALMA week May 22-28 Woodson will meet Swedish media and do author talks, meet