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Anglo-Swedish Society
www.angloswedishsociety.org.uk

ANIMALS THAT NO ONE BUT US HAS SEEN
28 October 2020 (17:30 - 18:30)
Linda Bondestam will talk to us [the Anglo-Swedish Society] about her work as an illustrator of children’s books and as an artist and author. She will also read some of the delightful poetry in the books that she has illustrated.

Linda Bondestam is one of the Nordic’s Countries’ best-known artists, illustrators and authors. Swedish-Finnish, she lives and was born in Helsinki and studied Illustration at Kingston University. Her illustrations are full of fun and playfulness, but, at the same time, she has the ability to treat difficult subjects with sensitivity.

Her illustrations of the text by Ulf Stark of Djur som ingen sett utom vi (Animals that no one but us has seen) was awarded the Snöbollen Priset in 2016 for Swedish Picture Book of the Year. The book was also awarded The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize in 2017 and was nominated for the August Prize in 2019. In 2016 Linda was the first recipient of the Vanessapriset for children’s and young people’s literature. The jury referred to the colourful joy of her work, her storytelling talent and her artistic versatility and courage.

Linda has illustrated numerous books including those by Stella Parlands and Ulf Stark and in 2019 made her debut as a writer, with the publication of God natt på jorden (Good Night on Earth) which she both wrote and illustrated. The book will be available in English next Spring. It comprises a collection of goodnight stories for children and in it, Linda creates in word and image a very special universe for children.

The much-praised Silkesapans skratt (Silk Monkey’s Laughter) published in 2019, is a departure from her previous books. Annika Sandelin’s text and Linda’s illustrations depict the love and friendship between the tapir and the silk monkey, until the silk monkey becomes sick and dies. The grief of the tapir is dealt with in a sensitive but unsentimental way. The illustrations are bright and colourful, and the purpose of the book is to help young children come to terms with the pain and grief of sickness and death.

In 2018 Linda was elected as a member of the Board of the Swedish Children’s Book Academy as its first Swedish-Finnish member. Coming at the same time as the appointment of Tua Forsström as the first Swedish-Finnish member of the Board of the Swedish Academy, it is a welcome recognition of the standing of Swedish-Finnish literature.

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Founded in the aftermath of WWI, the Anglo-Swedish Society was established to foster greater understanding and friendship between Britain and Sweden.

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