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Day planner Tuesday 22nd March


ASTRID LINDGREN PRIZE JURY CHAIR BOEL WESTIN


At a glance


10.00 CALL YOUR AGENT


10.30


CHILDHOOD ON THE SIDELINES


12.45


ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT


Pick of the Day


14.30


BACK TO THE FUTURE


ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT


Seventeen UK writers in the running for Lindgren award


17.45


WHAT STORIES CAN YOU TELL IN TIMES OF WAR?


Today, 12.45 p.m. ? Illustrators’ Cafe


16 22nd March 2022


It is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the “Nobel for children’s literature” by the Swedish government in honour of Pippi Longstocking creator Astrid Lindgren. This year’s winner announcement will have the Swedish Arts Council director Kajsa Ravin and Jan Björklund, Sweden’s ambassador to Italy, on hand. A number of the previous 21 laureates—there were two winners in 2003 and 2005—have been established giants (Philip Pullman, Maurice Sendak, the German illustrator Wolf Erlbruch). But the award is rarely predictable as it has also recognised younger, mid- career creators such as US YA star Jacqueline Woodson, Belgian picture book artist Kity Crowther and South Korean illustrator Baek Hee-na—and a smatering of organisations like Praesa, a Cape Town-based children’s literacy charit. With 17 nominations, the UK is joint top of the country league table, with Malorie Blackman, Quentin Blake and Juno Dawson among the candidates.


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