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This year's award-winner Baek Heena in upcoming film release

As part of the digital edition of the Gothenburg Book Fair Sep 24-27 in Sweden we present the premiere of a film about this year's laureate, the Korean picture book maker Baek Heena. Viewers will also have the chance to see the 2018 award-winner Jacqueline Woodson talking about her latest novel Red at the Bone, live from New York. Baek Heena, the 2020 ALMA laureateFriday 25 September at 14.30–14.45. Track: Extra inserted On March 31, 2020, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award struck like a bolt of lightning in the life of the South Korean picture book artist Baek Heena, as she put it

ALMA Laureate Jacqueline Woodson to Sweden

The American author Jacqueline Woodson will visit Stockholm to accept the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She will take part in a week of ALMA events from May 22–28, including lectures, school visits, meetings with young people and a trip to Astrid Lindgren’s childhood home in Vimmerby. Her visit will conclude with a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on May 28, in which H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria will present her with the award. Here are some of the events scheduled for ALMA week in Stockholm, May 22–28:May 22, 6 PM: Jacqueline Woodson lectures in the auditorium of Kulturhuset

The world’s largest award for children and young adult literature to be announced on March 27

Welcome to cover the 16[th] announcement of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature.The Swedish award amounts to approx.EUR 570 000 and is presented annually to a single recipient or to several.When & Where:Tuesday March 27 at 12:45pm CEST, Bio Victor/ Filmhuset, Borgvägen 1-4 in Stockholm. The 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) Laureate will be announced in Stockholm, Sweden on March 27 by Jury Chairman Boel Westin in connection with the jury’s final meeting. Opening speakers are Ulrika Stuart Hamilton,

Nominees for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018 to be announced on October 12

The candidates for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2018 will be presented on October 12 at the Frankfurt Book Fair. So far, seventeen laureates have received the Award, the latest recipient is the German illustrator Wolf Erlbruch. The award amounts to SEK 5 million (approx. EUR 570 000), making it the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. The list of nominated candidates is a gold mine for anyone interested in international children’s and young adult literature – and would not be possible without the work of more than a hundred nominating bodies from all

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