Sonya Hartnett has just won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award given by the Swedish government for outstanding contributions to children’s literature. It comes with a prize of around USD800,000. No, I didn’t type that wrong.
Hartnett is not only one of Australia’s finest writers, she’s one of the best in the world. This is deeply awesome news.
woop woop!
Go Sonya!
That’s brilliant!!!
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I lurve Sonya Hartnett! Woo-hoo!
omg I just start reading her book the ghosts child. It is the most beautiful book ever. It makes me cry