Tonight June 2 the Tamer Institute for Community Education, working on the West Bank and Gaza, receive the five milion SEK (approx 460, 000 EUR) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The Award is presented by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

The Award was instituted in memory of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who has written, amongst other children's books, Pippi Longstocking. It is presented for the seventh year and has previously been received by Sonya Hartnett (Australia), Philip Pullman (Great Britain) and Maurice Sendak (USA) amongst others. It honours authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading working in the spirit of Astrid Lindgren.

Photos and speeches of the award ceremony will be posted very soon. For more details contact : tamer@palnet.com / www.alma.se