The nominated candidates for 2013 will be announced on October 11th

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award announces the nominated candidates for 2013 on October 11^th, at Frankfurt Book Fair.

The nominated candidates will be presented by jury chairman Larry Lempert at 4:40 pm, at the children’s book corner K371 in Hall 3.

The program also includes welcome speech by Gabi Rauch-Kneer, Vice President of the Frankfurt Book Fair, and a presentation of this year’s recipient, the Dutch author Guus Kuijer. The announcement will be followed by a conversation between Larry Lempert and Karin Nyman (translator and daughter of Astrid Lindgren) on Astrid Lindgren – a safe guard for democratic values.

The list of nominated candidates will be published on www.alma.se/en directly after the announcement. A video for broadcast will be available. For questions concerning accreditations, interviews and downloading videos, please contact communication officer Helene Andersson +46 76 540 10 17 or helene.andersson@alma.se.