Are you in Aarhus over the next few days? Ævar, and the other Aarhus39-writers are taking over Aarhus, Denmark. Ævar will be on a panel talking about his short-story, The Great Book Escape, on Thu, 26. of October at 09:30, followed by a live reading/illustration at 12:00. On Friday he will be a part of a seminar, talking about writing for children, at 14:00 at Aarhus University. The program is here. See you in Denmark!

235 candidates from 60 countries are nominated to the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The candidates were presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 12, 2017.​ On of the nominees is Ævar, for being a promoter of reading. This is a great honour. Thank you so much. You can see the list of nominees here.