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Sonya Hartnett has won the Swedish Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature. This is a prestigious and truly international award worth 5 million swedish kronor (over AUS $800 000)! Previous winners include Philip Pullman (UK) and Ryoji Arai (Japan) in 2005, Katherine Paterson (USA) in 2006 and Banco del Libro (Venezuela) in 2007. Congratulations to Sonya!

 Sonya’s writing is not for everyone, but if you like stories that are gritty, emotionally intense, beautifully written and often a little bizarre, give her a try. My favourites are Sleeping Dogs and Thursday’s Child.

Mrs Sweeney

(Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Sonya_Hartnett_

2006.jpg/240px-Sonya_Hartnett_2006.jpg  , 17/03/08).