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Wed 30 Mar 2011 - Filed under: Not a Journal. | Posted by: Gavin

2 links from Locus. Amazing news and very very sad news.

Shaun Tan Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Tue 29 Mar 4:03 pm
Australian artist and writer Shaun Tan is the winner of the 2011 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, honoring children’s and young-adult literature….The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be presented to Tan at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden on May 31, 2011.

Diana Wynne Jones (1934 – 2011)
Mon 28 Mar 9:30 am
Diana Wynne Jones, 76, died March 26, 2011 of cancer. Jones was a respected and prolific author of fantasy novels, many for children and young adul…

The Guardian‘s obit is well worth reading.