Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award participates in Göteborg Book Fair

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will participate in Göteborg Book Fair, September 27-30. On Thursday September 27 at 2:00 pm, paediatrician and former member of the ALMA jury Lars H Gustafsson discusses children’s rights and Astrid Lindgren’s speech Never Violence! with Kjell Åke Hansson, Managing Director of cultural centre Astrid Lindgren’s Näs. On Friday September 28 at 11:30 am, journalist Gunilla Kindstrand discusses Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award during 10 years with jury chairman Larry Lempert. This seminar is a retrospect of the award and the previous award recipients. At 5:00 pm Larry Lempert and Helen Sigeland, director of award office, give a presentation the 2012 recipient Guus Kuijer. Swedish Arts Council will present further seminars on children’s literature and reading promotion. Welcome to our stand nr C03:02.