Laurie Halse Anderson is one of America’s foremost writers for young adults. Her breakthrough novel, Speak, was published in 1999 and has been translated into many languages and adapted for film.

On 3-5 May we were hosting the 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture together with the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). The Summit brought together leading policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from the arts and culture sectors to discuss how to safeguard artistic freedom.

Laurie Halse Anderson is one of America’s foremost writers for young adults. Her breakthrough novel, Speak, was published in 1999 and has been translated into many languages and adapted for film.

For the 2023 award, 251 candidates from 64 countries have been nominated.

The Swedish author and illustrator Eva Lindström received the world’s largest literature award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall on Monday evening. The award was presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria.

On Monday, 30 May, the picture book artist Eva Lindström will receive the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for 2022 at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Eva Lindström is a Swedish picture book artist. She has published some 35 solo titles and has illustrated many books by other authors.

The new laureate will be announced on March 22 at 13:00 pm in a live program from Stockholm and at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Watch it on alma.se

Kajsa Ravin, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council: – We feel the deepest solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the people involved in the Ukrainian cultural life, and with everyone who fights for democracy, artistic freedom and human rights in Ukraine, and in Russia.

The Programme for Artistic Freedom is distributing eight project grants and three core supports for the 2021-2023 programme period.