Pre-alert: The world’s largest award for children and young adult literature to be announced on April 4
Welcome to cover the 15[th] announcement of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. The prize, which amounts to EUR 570 000, is awarded annually to a single recipient or to several. Previous laureates include Philip Pullman (2005), Kitty Crowther (2010), Barbro Lindgren (2014) and Maurice Sendak (2003). Last year’s laureate was the American author Meg Rosoff. For this year’s award, 226 candidates from 60 countries are nominated. The list of candidates is available here