One of my highlights from the 2010 Bologna Book Fair was attending the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award announcement and seeing the winner, Kitty Crowther, who unbeknownst to us had been sitting next to us, accept the award. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is announced every year in March and then in late spring, the ALMA winner visits Sweden and Europe to partake in Award Week: A Spotlight on Children’s Literature. This year Award Week will take place from May 23rd to June 1st and highlights will include:
May 25 ~ Meet Kitty Crowther, House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden
“If I had to choose one word to describe myself, it would be storyteller,” says Kitty Crowther. Listen to her presentation of her work and her inspiration. Kitty will be joined on stage by illustration expert Ulla Rhedin and Johanna Lindbäck, one of Sweden’s top literature bloggers, for a program that will showcase Kitty’s work and contextualise her inspiration and development as an artist.
May 26 ~ Presentation at the International Youth Library, Münich, Germany
After a welcome speech by head librarian Dr. Christiane Raabe, German illustrator Judith Drews will give a lecture on the work and importance of Kitty Crowther. Kitty will also present her work.
May 28 ~ Astrid Lindgren Conference, Vimmerby, Sweden
The bi-annual Astrid Lindgren conference in Astrid Lindgren’s childhood town, Vimmerby, gathers academics and scholars to discuss children’s literature and its development. Kitty Crowther will give the key-note address.
June 1 – Awards Ceremony, Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
This evening celebrates Kitty Crowther and her world of images and also spotlights the importance of children’s literature. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be presented to Kitty Crowther in front of 1,000 invited guests. Kitty will receive the award amount of 5 million SEK (which makes the Astrid Lindregn Memorial Award the world’s largest children literature award) as well as an original work by Swedish illustrator Eva Lindström. The award will be presented by H.R.H. Princess Madeleine of Sweden.
For more information on the ALMA Award Week check out the ALMA blog.
Announced today in Sweden and broadcast live at the Bologna Book Fair, Kitty Crowther is the recipient of the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial award. Click here to read the press release and click here to see our photos from the announcement. PaperTigers was a nominating body for this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial award, the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature, so were definitely looking forward to the award announcement. We got to the seating area early and it turned out that we were sitting right next to Kitty! It was most exciting to see her reaction when her name was announced. Definitely one of our highlights from the fair!
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Bath Literature Festival~ ongoing until Mar 7, Bath, United Kingdom
Exhibition of Joy Mallari’s Artwork From the Book Doll Eyes~ ongoing until Mar 9, Makati City, Philippines
Entries Accepted for the Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Mar 10, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Making of the Word Witch: The Poetic & Illustrative Magic of Margaret Mahy & David Elliot~ ongoing until Mar 14, Ashburton, New Zealand
21st Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 3, Hayward, CA, USA
Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009~ ongoing until Apr 18, Chicago, IL, USA
New York Public Library Exhibit: 2010 Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney’s African-American Journey to Freedom~ ongoing until Apr 18, New York City, NY, USA
Read Across America Day~ Mar 2, USA
Papirolas Festival for Children and Youth~ Mar 2 – 7, Guadalajara, Mexico
20th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair~ Mar 2 – 7, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
World Book Day~ Mar 4, United Kingdom and Ireland
New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Finalists Announced and On-Line Voting Begins~ Mar 4, New Zealand
Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference Mar 5 – 6, Dublin, Ireland
The Environmental Imagination and Children’s Literature~ Mar 5 – 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
Shanghai Literary Festival~Mar 5 – 21, Shanghai, China
Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference~ Mar 6, Bellingham, WA, USA
Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choices Day and Charlotte Zolotow Award Presentation~ Mar 6, Madison, WI, USA
SCBWI Conference: Creating Diversity in Children’s Literature~ Mar 6, Frederick, MD, USA
SCBWI Writers’ Day with Holly Thompson (Includes a session entitled “Plotting Across Cultures: A Workshop on Writing Intercultural Fiction”)~ Mar 6 – 7, Hong Kong
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