A total of 263 candidates from 74 countries and regions have been nominated for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, including 78 candidates new from previous years. The list includes authors and illustrators, as well as storytellers and reading promoters. The laureate will be announced on 14 April 2026.
Here are some highlights and familiar names:
AUSTRALIA - Alison Lester; Ursula Dubosarsky
NIGERIA/UK - Atinuke
GERMANY - Axel Scheffler
ITALY - Beatrice Alemagna
CHINA - Cao Wenxuan
IRELAND - Chris Haughton
UK - David Almond; Jackie Morris; Quentin Blake; Michael Rosen; Julia Donaldson; Nicola Davies; Philip Reeve
CANADA - Deborah Ellis; Elise Gravel; Isabelle Arsenault; Jon Klassen; Sydney Smith.
NEW ZEALAND - Gavin Bishop
COLOMBIA - Ivar Da Coll
POLAND - Iwona Chmielewska
USA - Jason Reynolds; Kate DiCamillo
BELGIUM - Leo Timmers
SWEDEN - Marit Törnqvist
IRELAND - Oliver Jeffers; Sarah Crossan
CHILE - Paloma Valdivia
BRAZIL - Roger Mello
SOUTH KOREA - Suzy Lee
FRANCE - Timothée de Fombelle
And some terrific Organisations:
ITALY - Silent books Lampedusa (IBBY) Here are the books from IBBY Australia
USA - A Book a Day; Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
UK - Centre for Literacy in Primary Education; Empathy Lab.
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