Adbåge nominated for the August prize – Culture & Fun – Corren.se

"I always feel completely new, even when I am not.

As a nominee for the August prize, the announcement date means a full activity from morning till night. In the morning, they are appointed and present themselves internally. Until then, only the authors have themselves been aware of their own candidacy. Then brunch, interviews and photography before placing the gang in dark taxis in a secret place for lunch before the evenings continue with even more interviews and photographs. Emma Adbåge knows the appointment for a little over a week.

"I was in the woods where I live and we do not have a large blanket all over." I stood on a hill when the call came in. Once we got there well understood, my reaction was amazing, it was like being knocked out by a huge nose !? "who met the whole body and I became very very happy.

What does the appointment mean?

"Practically, that does not mean much for my day-to-day work, except that you're interrupted by good texts and interviews, so for the book it means that it may seem much more than it would have It's a kind of quality label, you can not get it – the August price is one of the best prices you can get.

The book for which she was nominated in the category "The Swedish book of the year for children and young people" is called "Gropen" and speaks about it – a pit.

– It is located behind the gym in a paved schoolyard somewhere in the Swedish countryside. Kids love being there because it's dangerous, dirty, lively, exciting and dynamic organic and invites games without rules.

But as much as children love the pit, adults hate it. The story evolves towards a power struggle between children and adults, but also on creativity.

"One day, the pit will be filled again and will be flat, but the creativity finally wins when the children find a high on which to play.

What do you do if you win?

"Then I'll be lucky for a few minutes and pause before I say well-chosen expressions of power No, I do not know, I do not know how I react to such a situation, but it would be exciting to know from time to time.