One of my pet hates is the Polar Music Prize. What a complete waste of time! Let's give a lot of money to a rock superstar who every knows about and already has so much dosh they don't know what to do with it. Brilliant!
The Astrid Lindgren Lindgren prize makes a lot more sense and seems to be honouring some fine writers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2011/mar/29/shaun-tan-astrid-lindgren-prize
And they get to spend a whole week in Stockholm so Kai and I actually met Philip Pullman. Kai, then aged 3, did not realise what an honour this was.
Next year perhaps the prize ought to go to Shaun the Sheep?
Lots of useful links here:
http://astridlindgrenmemorialaward.wordpress.com/
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