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SEPTEMBER 27–30, 2018 THE SWEDISH EXHIBITION CENTER

GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR Seminar Program

Jacqueline Woodson Sorrow and hope with the ALMA laureate

JOJO MOYES, COLM TÓIBÍN, SARAH MORGAN, MAGGIE O’FARRELL, DANIEL GALERA, MIKHAIL ZYGAR, MATT HAIG, TAMARA BACH, DIDIER ERIBON, LUCY CREHAN, NIVIAQ KORNELIUSSEN, KAYO CHINGONYI, I N FO CU S : R ES P ECT MASHA GESSEN, PHILIPPE SANDS, SERGEI LEBEDEV, MANAL AL-SHARIF, ÉMILIE FRÈCHE I N FO CU S : I MAG E FUMI KOIKE, ISABELLE ARSENAULT, MARGUERITE ABOUET, MATHIEU SAPIN, ÁSLAUG JÓNSDÓTTIR M E D I A I S S U ES ALAN RUSBRIDGER, JON KEEGAN, HAJO SEPPELT, JANA JURÁŇOVÁ, DAAN HEERMA VAAN VOSS CR IMET I ME G ÖTEBO RG DONNA LEON, JESSICA FELLOWES, MARC VOLTENAUER, BOGDAN HRIB, INDREK HARGLA 1

DANIEL GALERA

DOROTA MASŁOWSKA

SEPT 27–30, 2018

JESSICA FELLOWES

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Information 3 A celebration for book lovers 4 Rights Centre Networking 2018 6 Fellowship program In Focus: Respect 7 Image 8 Meg/Media Issues 9 Crimetime Göteborg 10 SEMINARS: Thursday September 27 Friday September 28 Saturday September 29 Sunday September 30

SARAH MORGAN

JOJO MOYES

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ALAN RUSBRIDGER

Contents

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MASHA GESSEN

PUBLISHER: Frida Edman EDITORIAL TEAM: Annica Andersson, Henriette Andersson, Oskar Ekström, Martina Jeansson, Anneli Jonasson, Johan Kollén, Annica Starfalk GRAPHIC DESIGN: Sandra Jonsson COVER: Jussi Öhrvall, Photo Stefan Tell GRAPHIC PRODUCTION: Thomas Glans, Break a Story Communication AB PRINT: Billes 2018 PAPER: Arctic Volume white FONTS: Archer, Charter, Akkurat TRANSLATIONS: James Garrabrant and organizers of seminars. Göteborg Book Fair, SE-412 94 Göteborg. Visiting address: Mässans gata 10

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INFORMATION

With literature in focus FOTO: SVANTE ÖRNBERG

IT IS WITH great pride we present the 2018 seminar program. The Göteborg Book Fair is the largest cultural event in the Nordic countries and it is to remain that way. This year’s program consists of seminars that have been created based on literature and reading. We wish to send a huge thanks to everyone whose commitment and cooperative effort have created such a robust program! AT THE 2018 BOOK FAIR you will meet authors from over thirty countries, from all continents. And what stars they are: Masha Gessen, Colm Tóibín, Jojo Moyes, Philippe Sands, Maggie O’Farrell, Suzanne Brøgger, Mikhail Zygar, Manal al-Sharif, Geir Gulliksen, Jacqueline Woodson, to name only a few. The program is all full of both anticipated and unexpected meetings between current authors. SEVERAL INSPIRING DIALOGUES can be found in this year’s three themes: Respect, Images and Media Issues. And through our new effort, Crimetime Göteborg, you will meet both the elite of Swedish crime fiction and international authors such as Donna Leon and Jessica Fellowes. Current societal issues will also be in focus – just as they should be at the Book Fair. Our program offers dialogues on everything from Me Too to populism. WE WISH YOU a wonderful Book Fair, with many inspiring meetings and insights!

OSKAR EKSTRÖM Program Director

FRIDA EDMAN Book Fair Director

OPENING HOURS/ TICKETS /GENERAL INFORMATION Opening hours Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

9 AM–6 PM 9 AM–7 PM 9 AM–6 PM 9 AM–5 PM

Tickets

4-day seminar card: 3600 SEK Day pass Thursday: 1775 SEK Day pass Friday: 1775 SEK Day pass Saturday: 1100 SEK Sunday (only entrance ticket necessary): 190 SEK Tickets to single seminars: 600 SEK (entry to exhibition not included). VAT included in all prices. 4-day cards are valid for all seminars, Thursday–Sunday. Entry to the exhibition is included. A day

pass is valid for all seminars and includes entry to the exhibition on the day in question. Reservations can not be made for specific seminars. Order your tickets at www.goteborg-bookfair.com The final day for pre-ordering is September 17. During the fair you can also buy a seminar card on site: Level 2, Entrance 5, the main entrance facing Korsvägen. Make your reservation no later than August 7 in order to get an early bird discount!

Seminar locations

Information about the location of any seminar is available at www.goteborg-bookfair.com and

through the Book Fair app around two weeks ahead of the fair. Throughout the fair, lists of the day’s seminars and locations can be found at the information desks. There you will also find a map of the exhibition area.

The bag

If you buy a 4-day card, you will also get this year’s edition of the popular Book Fair bag; a stylish and practical canvas bag containing, among other things, a notepad, a pen and some fruit. Use the Book Fair app to plan your visit and create a personal schedule.

THANK YOU The Göteborg Book Fair would like to thank all exhibitors, p ublishing houses, institutes and organizations for their c ontribution to this year's s eminar program. A SPECIAL THANK YOU

is due to our main partners within this year’s themes: The Living History Forum (Respect), The Reading Movement and The Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers (Image).

ORGANIZER Göteborg Book Fair, SE–412 94 Göteborg, ph +46 31 708 84 00, hej@goteborg-bookfair.com. This printed matter is environmentally certified.

EW AN S U FO C Y R EV E R Y EA PHOTO: NIKLAS MAUPOIX

GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR

A celebration for

BOOK LOVERS The Göteborg Book Fair is not your average trade fair. It is a manifestation of arts and culture. A whirlwind of ideas and opinions. A tribute to freedom of expression. A place for readers and writers to meet and celebrate the power of stories. And, with approximately 95,000 annual visits, it is in fact the largest cultural event in Scandinavia. Program

The four days of the Book Fair are filled with literary events, poetry readings and discussions and debates on almost every conceivable topic. Writers, scholars, Nobel Laureates, politicians and thinkers from around the world appear in readings, talks and high profile debates.

Exhibition

With 12,000 square metres of exhibition area, and over 800 participating companies and organisations, it goes without saying that the Book Fair's exhibition covers practically anything to do with books. Not to mention education, politics, science and global development.

In focus

Every year, a specific theme permeates the entire fair – a certain country or linguistic area, a region or topical cultural issue. This year, we will focus on three themes: Respect, Images and Media Issues. We will also present a new effort, Crimetime Göteborg.

FOCUS 2017: BILDUNG The Book Fair is a place for dialogue. It is also a manifestation of the humanities and democracy. That is two reasons why the Church of Sweden has been present at the Book Fair in current form since 1998. In 2017, the Book Fair’s theme was Bildung. The Church of Sweden was then the main partner and at the same time an important part of that year’s theme. 2017 was also an anniversary year: It had been 500 years since Martin Luther, according to tradition, nailed his theses to the church door in Wittenberg. The Protestant Reformers emphasised the right to read the Bible on one’s own, which had a great impact on our view of Bildung, learning and education. The Swedish Church’s 2017 fair stand thus became a popular centre of gravity and from there many visitors listened to dialogues and discussions over the four-day event. Our recurring area Se människan (Behold Man) drew, as usual, many interested visitors as well. We also contributed with a new stage, Fredagsscenen (The Friday Stage), where seminars were sent live by The Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company. In cooperation with other exhibitors, we arranged in total 18 seminars. We are very pleased with the results from 2017 and intend to use it as a springboard for our cooperation with the 2018 Book Fair in creating an additional section. Bildung and theology belong together, thus Teologiska hörnan (The Theological Corner) will offer unique meetings between visitors and forty theologians. As such, it will be a theological conference open to everyone’s participation and discussion. MIKAEL RINGLANDER, Church of Sweden

TRADE VISITS 2016 (per cent)

Education 37% Libraries 25% Other cultural areas 6% Churches/Religious 5% Booksellers 4% Authors 4% Media/Photographers 4% Publishers 4% Students 2% Printing industry 1% Museum 1% Politicians 1% Others 5%

FOCUS 2015: HUNGARY

FOCUS 2016: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

”THE HUNGARIAN THEME at the Göteborg Book Fair 2015 was very popular. Our participation and programs raised interest, debates and discussions. The visitors were fascinated by our garden stage depicting the marvelous landscape around the Balaton lake. At the stage they could taste Hungarian wines, and upon visiting our beautiful stand they had the possibility to taste our literature. Our motto at the Fair was a quote from Tomas Tranströmer: ”Each man is a half-open door leading to a room for everyone.” Our stand design also symbolized Tranströmer’s words. We had 45 programs all

THE FOCUS OF THE 2016 Göteborg Book Fair was to celebrate 250 years of freedom of expression in Sweden. In 1766, Sweden introduced the world’s first Freedom of the Press Act. Now, 250 years later, the subject is more burning current than ever before. We were four partners who shared the Focus stand at the Book Fair: ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network), PEN International Sweden, Scholars at Risk International and the University of Gothenburg. Together, we left no question on the subject of freedom of expression untouched. Also participating were relevant authors, professors and journalists. They came from many parts of the world in order to narrate, listen and discuss the issue, both in formal seminars and beyond. Seminars are of course one good way of digging deeper into a subject, but don’t hesitate to strengthen your stand with well-informed and stimulating discussions. Visitors always stop by and join in!

“FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS event, the Brazilian delegation was composed by 24 representatives, including novelists, poets, dramatists and scholars. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, they represent the rich diversity of our contemporary literature. We are certain that Brazil's participation at the Fair has contributed to increase Swedish interest in Brazilian literature, which in the past few years has been attracting more and more attention worldwide.” ANDRÉ MACIE, Head of the Cultural Division, Ministry of External Relations in Brazil

FOCUS 2013: ROMANIAN LITERATURE Partner: The Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm “THANKS TO THE special status we had at the Göteborg Book Fair 2013, we arranged over 50 events meant to highlight both Romania’s literary tradition and contemporary literary talents. Present were both authors who live in Romania, as well as some who have chosen to live elsewhere in the world and even to write in other languages. The Romanian theme has also triggered a boom in translations and therefore a deepened understanding of Romanian literature, history and society. The last two were themselves hot topics at the Book Fair and continue to be part of the programme of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, forever a forum for cross-cultural dialogue.” DAN SHAFRAN, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm

FOCUS 2012: NORDIC LITERATURE Main partners: Nordic Council/Nordic Council of Ministers “THE OFFICIAL NORDIC cooperation had its 60th Anniversary, the N ordic Council prestigious literature prize was awarded for the fiftieth time, the new Nordic prize for children and young people’s literature was announced at the Fair and last but not least – Nordic was as cool as it still is! In other words, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council had many good reasons for c reating the Nordic theme 2012.

EMÖKE ANDERSSON LIPCSEY, author, poet, translator, coordinator in 2015 of Culture Institute Balassi

FOCUS 2014: BRAZILIAN LITERATURE

BODIL TINGSBY, producer

together at different stages and seminar rooms. 30 Hungarian authors visited the Fair and around 17 Hungarian works had been translated to Swedish by the time the Fair took place. Some of them are already published, and we really hope that all titles will be published in the near future. We also hope for a regular exchange between Hungarian and Swedish publishers and authors in the future to come.”

Every second of hard work was worthwhile. Besides the seminars we had 70 activities in the 135 square meter stand, and we were amply rewarded. Audiences flocked to the stand, national and inter national m edia reported, and we continue to watch the t riumph of Nordic literature and culture around the world.” BODIL TINGSBY, Head of Communications Nordic Council/ Nordic Council of Ministers

FOCUS 2011: GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND Partners: Goethe-Institut Schweden, The Frankfurt Book Fair, The Austrian Publishers and Booksellers Association, The Austrian Chamber of Commerce, The Austrian Foreign Ministry, The Austrian Ministry of Culture, The Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association, The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, The German, Austrian and Swiss Embassies in Sweden

“We very much enjoyed collaborating with Bok & Bibliotek 2011 and presenting German-speaking literature at the Book Fair. The interest in the focal theme was indeed beyond our expectations. A lot of new literary voices from Austria, Switzerland and Germany were translated to Swedish and the Book Fair definitely helped to introduce and display them. The Swedish publishing houses were a great support and we established a lot of new and inspiring contacts. Some of the authors visiting the Book Fair 2011 are about to come out with new translations – exactly what we were hoping for! In the years 2009–2012 there were 505 translations made from German to Swedish, and in 2011 alone the number of translations increased 40 per cent.” STEFAN PLUSCHKAT, Goethe-Institut Schweden

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RIGHTS CENTRE

RIGHTS CENTRE Elisabet Brännström, Bonnier Rights Sweden.

Book your table!

Rights Centre is a hub for agents and companies from across Europe. This is the largest market place for Nordic literary rights. Here you will meet many publishers and agents, and take the pulse of the hottest trends in Northern Europe. Göteborg provides room for dialogue and socialising, which makes it much more than a normal industry trade fair. AT IRC, PUBLISHERS and literary agents book meetings to buy and sell rights, get an idea of the supply of titles and meet international colleagues with a specific interest in Nordic literature. At the fair you will find the industry’s largest representation of publishing companies, agents and authors from the Nordic region. This unique opportunity to survey the market is what makes Göteborg Book Fair the foremost venue for trading in Nordic literary rights. GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR offers together with the Swedish Arts Council a fellowship program for foreign publishers, sub-agents and translators who are interested in working with Swedish literature. Travel costs, accommodation for 3 nights, and entrance card to all seminars at the fair are included in the offer. The program is partly booked, with round table meetings, lectures about the Swedish book market and new Swedish literature, and evening

activities, and partly open to individual meetings with agents in the International Rights Centre. There will be both separate activities for translators and publishers as well as joint activities. The fellowship is a great opportunity to get an overview of the Swedish and Nordic literature scene in just a couple of days. THE FAIR’S PLACEMENT in central Göteborg ensures an experience that can continue beyond Rights Centre. In the evenings restaurants and bars in the vicinity will fill with people from the industry. In 2018, NORLA – Norwegian literature abroad – collaborates with Göteborg Book Fair to highlight their project booksfromnorway.com at the Rights Centre. This will give you a taste of Norwegian literature as NORLA is preparing for the project Norway as Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair 2019.

CONTACT/ INFORMATION * Contact me for more information: Elin Hellström, International Coordinator Phone +46 31 708 84 08 E-mail: eh@goteborg-bookfair.com You can also find information on our website: www.goteborg-bookfair.com * Price List Table: SEK 4 900 (approx €490) Additional tables: SEK 2 800 (approx €280) Shelf: SEK 2 200 (approx €220) Book shelf on wheels: SEK 1 500 (approx €150)

IN FOCUS: RESPECT

DIALOGUE about respect

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The best way to understand the time we live in is to learn about the past. One of this year’s themes at the Book Fair is Respect. The main cooperative partner is The Living History Forum, which will highlight this through conversations about racism, populism and radicalisation. Other important questions about respect which will be discussed intensively in this year’s program are the structures that have been revealed by the Me Too movement, as well as LGBT issues.

Ingrid Lomfors

THE PUBLIC DEBATE CLIMATE in Sweden is often described as polarised and characterised by increasing racism. Ingrid Lomfors, superindentent for The Living History Forum, provides a more nuanced picture. Over the last year, The Living History Forum initiated the effort Prata rasism (Talk about Racism), which serves as a means of gathering everything from educational materials to reports and podcasts, films and events that in different ways deal with racism. “WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED widespread commitment to these issues throughout the country. At the Book Fair, we hope to inspire and initiate knowledge-based dialogues about racism, not least among

teachers and librarians, who are two important groups in this work. But we also hope to reach a wider audience”, Ingrid Lomfors says. “THE LIVING HISTORY Forum falls under the Ministry of Culture and works with democracy and equality, with support from knowledge gained from the Holocaust. The starting point of our work is that we, through knowledge about historical patterns and movements, can bring attention to similar signs today. And try to work against them.” For many LGBT persons it is of critical importance that negative attitudes change. “As long as the populace lacks respect,

we will never walk safely on the streets. LGBT persons are exposed to hate and threats from Nazis and other extremist groups, but the question is also more topical than ever for all of those who do not get respect from their closest surroundings, their family, due to honour-related oppression”, says Tasso Stafilidis, actor in the performance Kärlekens pris [The Price of Love] and chairman of West Pride, one of the Book Fair’s cooperative partners on the Theme: Respect. “I am glad that we can contribute with knowledge and with the presentation Kärlekens pris which lifts LGBT persons’ living situation in the world and in Sweden.” MAGNUS KÖRNER

IN FOCUS: IMAGE

THE IMAGE – AN IMAGE OF OUR TIME

THE IMAGE IS IMMEDIATE. It goes past and in. And today it is everywhere. Sara Teleman provides an example with a daily newspaper from one hundred years ago. There were often no images on the first page: alternating, large, black sheets of text. Today things are at base the opposite. Yet the text still sits on the throne of the communication hierarchy. It is the text that is analysed by cultivated people – everyday pictures in the form of ads and press photos, illustrations and private pictures in social media are not quite let in. “Illustration is often connected with children’s books. Children were tied to women and illustrating books accordingly received a low status. Our time is changing incredibly quickly – but these hierarchies change slowly”, Sara Teleman says. BUT THINGS ARE CHURNING in the ranks. Sara Teleman notes that young illustrators wish to discuss visual communication in a completely new way. They have a need of deeper analysis of images. When Sara Teleman was appointed professor at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, she said, “We must assert our expertise.” In a time when “everyone can do everything”, the professional creators of imag-

es have to leap forward and present a conscious analysis of the content, purpose, bearing and historical context of images. “An illustrator has to understand their own responsibility for how an image will be received Sara Teleman and even be able to mediate this to a client”, she says. ONE OF THIS YEAR’S themes at the Book Fair is, in fact, Images. In order to create a highly informed program, the Book Fair has worked closely with The Reading Movement and also The Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers. “Through our project, Bildberättande och konsten att läsa bilder [Picture Narration and the Art of Reading Images], we, who work with language in all of its forms, wish to highlight the language of images from an educational, analytical and artistic perspective with our sights set

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Do you grab for your phone as soon as you wake up to cursorily scroll through social media? In that case it is possible that you, before you even leave your bed, have seen more images and animations than people a few generations ago did during their entire lives. “We have to reflect on images. We have to create an image of images”, asserts Sara Teleman, professor of illustration at Konstfack, the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. on the importance of images coming up on the agenda”, says Elisabet Reslegård, chairman of The Reading Movement, which is the initiator of this year’s theme: Image. SOFIA JERNECK is the director of The Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers and believes, just like Sara Teleman, that images deserve a significantly higher status. “The societal interest in images is growing at an enormous speed. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult for image creators to receive a reasonable wage – despite the image often being decisive when it comes to the quality of a book and how it is received and sells. Think if the consumer knew how low the rates are. We need a ‘fair trade’ way of thinking”, Sofia Jerneck says. MANY THINGS INDICATE that the image society has come to stay – and the ability to interpret images is more important than ever. Children’s books form us when we are young, the female hero reshapes self-images, comic albums move opinions and one single Instagram post can reach millions. MAGNUS KÖRNER

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOTO: DAVID LEVENE

IN FOCUS: MEG/MEDIA ISSUES

The leading media event in Sweden

Alan Rusbridger is optimistic about the future of journalism. ”I think it’s an incredible time to be alive, to be able to remake what journalism is.”

”At the moment journalism isn’t good enough” How is journalism going to survive in an age of information chaos? Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, is holding a keynote speech on the future of journalism at The Göteborg Book Fair. “We have to keep doing what we’ve always done”, he says. ALAN RUSBRIDGER WAS editor-in-chief at The Guardian from 1995 to 2015. During his last years at the post, the British newspaper published some of the most influential investigative stories of the decade, on WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden and the phone hacking scandal. “We were blessed with brilliant reporters, says Alan Rusbridger. But also a management that understood the value of investigative journalism as a business model. The more stories we published, the more people came to us with new stories.” He sees the same kind of strategies at big American newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, even though investigative journalism is time-consuming in an era of declining revenues. “That’s what many news organisations cut

first, mistakenly. Investigative journalism gives people what they want from the press: it holds the power accountable.”

This year, Meg (Gothenburg Media Days) will be integrated into the Book Fair and receive its own area on level 2 on Thursday and Friday of the Fair. Meg will serve as a load-bearing structure in this year’s focus on media issues and encompass both some fifteen seminars as well as stage programs on the two stages Grävscenen and Mediescenen.

There you can participate in in-depth dialogues about publisher responsibility, media ethics, credibility and transparency. The running theme is power and democracy in the changing media landscape. This year’s cooperating partner is The Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism (FGJ),

DURING HIS TWO DECADES at The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger saw digitalisation transform the whole ecosystem of information. “A lot of journalism is handcuffed to an age were social media didn’t exist. But it is here to stay, and it is one of the biggest developments of human life ever. There’s a lot of rubbish out there, but also a lot to learn. It should be a great opportunity for journalism to market itself as reliable, as a different quality of information. Unfortunately, at the moment journalism isn’t that good.” Since leaving The Guardian in 2015, Alan Rusbridger now spends his days as principal

at Lady Margaret Hall College in Oxford. With one foot still in his old world, he appreciates the new perspective gained on journalism. “It’s interesting to be a reader, and obviously easier to criticise when looking in from the outside.” Do you see a future for journalism?

“Sometimes I see young journalists, demoralised by the failing business models, who work too hard and don’t seem to have much fun, at the same time not really holding power to account – that can make me pessimistic. “But I’m generally a sunny-side-up person. People seem to be noticing that a society of information chaos and fake news is a bad society. That feels to me as a way of saying that journalism always will be necessary.” CHRISTIAN NAUMANEN which is arranging seminars based on investigative journalism while highlighting the importance of independent examination of power at Grävscenen. Meg offers discussions which are relevant both from industry and consumer perspectives, and is also aimed at those who work in schools and libraries.

CRIMETIME GÖTEBORG

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

Five questions to the American crime fiction author

DONNA LEON “It will be fun to return”

Hello, Donna Leon, and welcome to Crimetime Göteborg! Is this your first visit to Sweden? “No, I have been here once before – to Göteborg in fact. Twelve years ago I participated at the Book Fair and it will be fun to return, especially since Crimetime means putting focus on crime fiction.” You were born in the US, but have lived for more than thirty years in Italy and Venice. How did you end up there? “I visited the city as a tourist in the 1960s and was lucky enough to meet two jewellers who are still my best friends. I kept visiting them each year and was basically adopted by their families. So in 1981 I decided to move to Venice. But I currently commute between Italy and Switzerland since I find that Venice has been invaded by tourists.” You have written nearly thirty novels about police commissioner Guido Brunetti. What do you think the key to the series’ popularity is? “I think that part of the success is specifically the character Brunetti. He is an honest and civilised person whom the readers like. Happy, true, intelligent and he has a sense of irony and humour. In English, the books are fun; I hope

they are that in translation too. “Another reason for the books’ popularity is probably that they take place in Venice. It is an exceptionally rewarding paradox that allows terrible things to occur in a place that is so wonderfully beautiful.” Your books are published throughout the entire world, but not in Italy. Why is that? “I prefer to be unknown in the place where I spend most of my time. I have yet to meet someone who has remained unspoiled by praise, so I stand by the decision I made when I moved here: my books are never to be published in Italy.” How do Italians react when they hear that you’re writing crime fiction about their beloved Venice? “Those who have read my novels are surprised that someone who was not born in Venice can at least provide a partially correct picture of the city and its inhabitants. No one has complained about anything I’ve written, which of course makes me happy.” KARIN LINGE NORDH

CRIMETIME IN BRIEF This year, Sweden’s largest crime fiction festival, Crimetime, will take place on the Saturday and Sunday of the Göteborg Book Fair. Everyone who loves crime fiction will be able to lose themselves in a big selection of suspenseful literature. In addition to the seminars, Crimetime encompasses two stages on level 2 as well as surrounding activities at and beyond the Fair. The entire program can be found at bokmassan.se. THE CRIMETIME PASS l To gain access to Crimetime Göteborg’s Saturday seminars you need a Crimetime pass. l Buy it at our webshop at bokmassan.se Price: SEK 600. l The ticket price includes entrance to the Book Fair on Saturday and Sunday as well as access to Crimetime’s Saturday seminars. On Sunday, everyone is welcome to the Book Fair’s seminars at no extra cost. CRIMETIME SPECSAVERS AWARD Who will bring home this year’s crime fiction award? Be sure not to miss the large award ceremony on Saturday at 4:15 pm.

11.00 Lucy Crehan

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LUCY CREHAN

The secrets behind the world’s most successful school systems

Why do always the same countries rank at the top of international comparisons like PISA? What implications do the results have for Swedish schools? Lucy Crehan, British educator and teacher, grew tired of political debates and suggestions for how to improve schools – and the lack of results. She decided to find out the truth behind a few of the world’s most successful school systems. Crehan takes us on a journey beyond statistics and graphs, right into the classrooms, homes and cultures of Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and Canada. While humbly noting differences, she also points out similarities and possible lessons to be learned from other countries. Participant: Lucy Crehan, secondary school teacher of natural science and psychology, independent consultant and author. She lectures internationally about her research and is an advisor to foreign governments dealing with educational reforms. In 2018 she visited several schools in Sweden in preparation for the Swedish edition of her book Cleverlands. Language: English Org: Studentlitteratur

11.00–11.45 To1100.8

11.00 Mikhail Zygar

11.00 Flora Majdalawi Saadi FOTO:CASIA BROMBERG

10.00–10.45 To1000.1

FLORA MAJDALAWI SAADI, WAFA MEZGHANI

Where are the good children’s books in Arabic?

How do you get children, parents, teachers and those in power to understand the importance of and to increase interest in good children’s books in Arabic, both here in Sweden and in Arabic-speaking countries? Why are so few children’s books translated from Arabic to Swedish, when it may be an interesting way of gaining insight into new environments, stories and authorities – and also creating an understanding about a part of the world that many immigrants to Sweden come from? A dialogue about how children’s books in Arabic can be made more accessible and relevant in, among other places, Tunisia, Jordan and Sweden.

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n IN FOCUS: RESPECT n IN FOCUS: IMAGE n LIBRARY n EDUCATION n MEG/MEDIA ISSUES

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THURSDAY 27/9

Mikhail Zygar’s latest book, The Empire Must Die, depicts through witness accounts, Russian history from 1900 up to 1917. It deals with Russia’s brief and exotic experiment with a citizen society that was quickly pushed aside by the despotism of the communist revolution. In a well-informed dialogue with the Swedish journalist Sharon Jåma, Mikhail Zygar will tell us about Putin’s regime and what in Russia’s history has led here, where Russia is headed and why. Language: English Org: Ordfront förlag

12.00–12.45 To1200.5

MASHA GESSEN

How to outvoice the call of populism?

12.00 Masha Gessen Participants: Flora Majdalawi Saadi, author, publisher, translator and literacy promoter from Jordan (currently residing in Sweden), and Dr. Wafa Thabet Mezghani,literacy promoter, storyteller, teacher and researcher in children’s literature from Tunisia. Moderator: Suzanna Petersson Kero, Swedish journalist. Language: English Org: The International Library, Afrikultur, Kultur i Väst and Bonnierförlagen

11.00–11.45 To1100.9 MIKHAIL ZYGAR

Where is Russia headed?

Mikhail Zygar is a Russian journalist, author, filmmaker and one of the foremost experts about Russia’s history and politics. In his book, All the Kremlin’s Men, he writes knowledgeable about Putin’s regime based on interviews with leading Russian politicians. The result is a revealing portrayal of the power struggle in Putin’s Russia.

During recent years we have seen populist parties grow throughout the world. The Russian-American journalist and author, Masha Gessen, who investigated Putin and Russia in books such as The Man Without a Face, finds that the core of the allure of populism lies in the refusal to understand the complexity of modern society. Authoritarian leaders offer simple solutions and a better future for their sympathisers at the cost of the opportunities for other groups. We recognise the rhetoric from the past. The basic foundation that society rests upon is increasingly called into question by antidemocratic powers. Masha Gessen is current in Swedish translation with the book Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace about her grandmothers’ life stories as well as friendship. She will speak with the Swedish journalist Jörgen Huitfeldt about how to confront populism in a democratic society. Language: English Org: Jewish Culture in Sweden, The Living History Forum and Brombergs Bokförlag

13.00–13.45 To1300.3

MARGUERITE ABOUET, MATHIEU SAPIN, MATS WÄNBLAD, HELENA BERGENDAHL

IBBY Sweden – This year’s Peter Pan Prize winner

This year’s Peter Pan Prize goes to the book Akissi, a comic book from Ivory Coast. Akissi is staying

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13.00 Marguerite Abouet

14.00 Jacqueline Woodson

14.30 Isabelle Arsenault

at her grandparents’ over summer holiday. Things are not at all like in the city. Here, sheep take the coach and the toilet is a pit in the woods. The prize winners Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin base their tale on stories from Ivory Coast that juxtapose modernity and tradition, city and countryside, in a charming and humorous way that we can all relate to – no matter where in the world we live or how old we are. The author Marguerite Abouet and the illustrator Mathieu Sapin in dialogue with Mats Wänblad and Helena Bergendahl. Language: English

away? Or is it just fun to pretend? Colette’s Lost Pet is the first book in the internationally attended illustrator and author Isabelle Arsenault’s series about the friends in the neighbourhood Mile End. Moderator: Elin Svahn, Swedish translator. Language: English

sented at the annual book fair in February. Each weekend, the daily papers publish supplements about children’s literature. What is Bangladeshi children’s literature like today? What are the trends? What kind of children’s books are popular? What status does children’s books have in Bangladesh, in comparison to, for instance, Scandinavia? Participants: Sujan Bikash Barua, poet, editor and children’s book author; Tarik Sujat, graphic designer; and Anisur Rahman, children’s book author and previous guest writer in Uppsala. Moderator: Mats Kempe, Swedish author. Language: English

Org: IBBY Sweden

14.00–14.45 To1400.6

JACQUELINE WOODSON

Sorrow and hope with the ALMA laureate

Jacqueline Woodson, this year’s laureate of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, was awarded The National Book Award in 2014 for her autobiographical novel Brown Girl Dreaming, recently released in Swedish. “In language as light as air, she tells stories of resounding richness and depth. Jacqueline Woodson captures a unique poetic note in a daily reality divided between sorrow and hope”, the jury writes in their citation. This summarises more than nearly thirty books that Woodson has published since her debut in 1990. Meet Jacqueline Woodson in a dialogue with jury member, critic and librarian Maria Lassén-Seger. Language: English Org: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and the Swedish Arts Council

14.30–14.50 To1430.1

ISABELLE ARSENAULT

Isabelle Arsenault – Innovative author-illustrator

Colette has recently moved in and managed to get all the children in the neighbourhood to take part in the search for her lost parakeet. The problem is that she does not have a parakeet. In fact, she has no pets at all... Do Colette’s newly-found friends believe her story about the bird that flew

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THURSDAY 27/9

Org: Bokförlaget Opal

15.00–15.45 To1500.3

FUMI KOIKE, EMMA VIRKE, PATRIK STEORN

Sweden–Japan, there and back!

This year Swedish–Japanese relations celebrated 150 years. How has the cultural exchange in the visual arts played out between these countries over the years? What was it in Japanese art that inspired artists like Carl Larsson and Maja Fjaestad at the turn of the twentieth century? This year, the illustrators, Emma Virke (Sweden) and Fumi Koike (Japan) have collaborated on the book Sången från andra sidan havet [The Song from the Other Side of the Sea]. Fumi Koike has, in working with images, been inspired by Swedish illustrations. They will talk about what Swedish and Japanese visual worlds have in common, with Patrik Steorn, art historian and curator of the Thiel Gallery in Stockholm, which this spring hosted the exhibition When Japan Came to Värmland. Moderator: Yukiko Duke, Swedish cultural journalist. Language: English Org: Lilla Piratförlaget, Thiel Gallery and Scandinavia– Japan Sasakawa Foundation

15.00–15.45 To1500.6 SUJAN BIKASH BARUA, TARIK SUJAT, ANISUR RAHMAN

Children’s books in Bangladesh

Bengali children’s literature was born in the earlyeighteenth century. The Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore’s writing entailed a turning point for children’s literature in Bengali, as in several other genres. Before him, children’s books were at base informative, instructive and moral. Today, a large number of magazines about children’s literature are regularly published in Bangladesh. More than one thousand book titles are pre-

Org: Centre for Literature in Uppsala and Studiefrämjandet

15.00–15.45 To1500.7

CATHRINE GYLDENSTEDT, ALAN RUSBRIDGER

Constructive journalism

To show solutions instead of only reporting on problems. That is the core of ”constructive journalism” which overturns habitual concepts in journalism. Two of its foremost representatives provide concrete examples as to why this is worth emphasising. The Danish journalist and author Cathrine Gyldenstedt is the pioneer whose message – that constructive news engages audiences more – has spread across the world and left impressions on several large media houses. She will be supported by The Guardian’s former editor-in-chief, Alan Rusbridger, who finds that constructive news is something in demand from readers and that it can therefore become a successful business model. But to that end, more interplay between the audience and greater transparency are needed. Moderator: Erika Mårtensson, Swedish journalist at Ekot, Radio Sweden. Language: English Org: The Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism

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16.00–16.45 To1600.9

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JON KEEGAN

Visual journalism is having a moment in the Trump era

17.00–18.00 To1700.6

Self-experienced and fictive about life’s big questions

In his autobiographical Reasons to Stay Alive (2015), the British author Matt Haig wrote about his depression. In his new novel, How to Stop Time, he continues portraying existential themes, making a point of the importance of living in the present, of love and finding your true self. Matt Haig has captivated readers throughout the world and been translated into thirty languages. Moderator: Peter Whitebrook, British journalist. Language: English

11.00–11.45 Fr1100.5

MÅRTEN SANDÉN, SORINA VAZELINA, VICTORIA PĂTRAȘCU

Dynamics of images and creativity of children’s literature

15.00 Fumi Koike

ALAN RUSBRIDGER

A legend predicts the future of journalism

The dialogue will explore the universe of images as a creative wellspring for children’s literature, and depart from Romanian and Swedish authors and their narrative themes. Sweden was the honorary guest at the international book fair in Bucharest in 2017. Several Swedish authors were present in Romania. They had fruitful meetings and dialogues with Romanian authors regarding various aspects of authorship, characters and favourite subjects, as well as the role of images and dynamics of narrative constructions. Collaborators: Mårten Sandén, Sorina Vazelina and Victoria Pătrașcu. Participants: Arina Stoenescu, graphic designer and doctoral student in book history at Lund University, Sweden. Language: English Org: The Romanian Cultural Institute in Sweden and pionier press

11.00–11.45 Fr1100.8

HYNEK PALLAS, JANA JURÁŇOVÁ, DAAN HEERMA VAN VOSS

#Writerstoo – Harassments, self censorhip and courage

15.00, 17.00 Alan Rusbridger FOTO:GABRIELA BHASKAR

Investigative journalism is becoming increasingly important as confidence in established media is decreasing. That is the message from a legend in the newspaper world with merits that give weight to the words. During the twenty years while Alan Rusbridger was editor-in-chief, The Guardian became a world-leader of investigative journalism. The phone hacking scandal as well as the Wikileaks and Snowden documents, are just a few examples of the paper’s revelations. During these years, the newspaper also developed into one of the world’s largest English-speaking news sites, with seven million unique visits a day. Now, Rusbridger cites the great challenge that awaits the established media: to distinguish themselves from social media. Alan Rusbridger will provide his view of how that is to happen. Alan Rusbridger will be presented by Fouad Youcefi, chairman of The Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism. Language: English

MATT HAIG

Org: Bokförlaget Polaris

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Since the 2016 presidential election, journalists in the US have struggled to adapt to a chaotic, rapidly changing news environment. Each hectic week has seen normal patterns of coverage abandoned, as journalists invent new methods to bring clarity and context to the American public as they report on this most unique administration – all in a period of unprecedented hostility toward the press. This moment coincides with an exciting time for visual storytelling in news, which has produced some vital and memorable work in this challenging time employing data analysis, data visualization and often simply Trump’s own words – to hold this administration accountable. How did visual journalists tell the complicated story of the 2016 campaign and election, how have they examined the aftermath, and how have they tried to explain the complex tapestry of characters, timelines and narratives relating to the sweeping investigations surrounding the White House? Speaker: Jon Keegan, Senior Research Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism (Columbia University). Keegan is a Visual Journalist that spent 18 years at The Wall Street Journal, created WSJ’s “Blue Feed, Red Feed”. Language: English

11.00–11.45 Fr1100.3

Org: The Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism

With the rise of populism hate speech and harassment has become commonplace for anyone who dares to make their livelihood from writing. But just how much can a democratic and openly free dialogue tolerate before it either secludes to selfcensorship or yields to those intolerant structures it aims to oppose? Is the pen actually mightier than the sword in times of growing intolerance? How can we best protect writers and journalists who defend our democracies and the things we hold dearest in life such as freedom and security? Hynek Pallas (Czech Republic/Sweden), Jana Juráňová (Slovakia) and Daan Heerma van Voss (the Netherlands) discuss with Swedish publisher Svante Weyler about the situation of writers in an increasingly unsafe context. Language: English Org: EUNIC

16.00 Jon Keegan

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11.00–11.45 Fr1100.11 DANIEL GALERA, COLM TÓIBÍN

The male role

In the Brazilian author Daniel Galera’s novel, Midnight Twenty, three friends reunite in Porto Alegre after fifteen years apart. The city is paralysed by an unbearable heatwave and an endless coach-driver strike as the street violence increases. In the Irish author Colm Tóibín’s House of Names, Agamemnon, in order to appease the gods, orders that his daughter be killed on her wedding day. Daniel Galera and Colm Tóibín in dialogue with the Swedish author Ida Linde, current with the novel Mördarens Mamma [Mother of a Murderer], about the male role and its connection to violence, based on both of their new novels. Language: English Org: Embassy of Brazil in Stockholm and Norstedts

12.00–12.45 Fr1200.3 MAGGIE O’FARRELL

Writing about death and honouring life

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This is how the Russia’s state doping was exposed

12.00 Sergei Lebedev FOTO:MELANIA AVANZATO

12.00–12.45 Fr1200.6

The German journalist Hajo Seppelt’s doping revelations have shaken the world of international sports. He speaks of “unpopular journalism”, a journalism that entails undesirable truth about sports heroes. He is feared by cheaters, often criticized by colleagues and sports supporters, but at the same time is praised and has received numerous awards. He will tell us how things happened when he, under dramatic circumstances, revealed the systematic Russian doping. His documentary for the German TV company, ARD, led to the suspension of Russian sports stars and several top sports people were forced to resign. Hajo Seppelt in a dialogue with Magnus Svenungsson, Swedish reporter at Sveriges Television (SVT), which has made several revelations in cooperation with Seppelt. Language: English

Gulag beyond oblivion

The author Varlam Shalamov was arrested during the Great Purge in 1937 and was sent to the camps in Kolyma – one of the coldest and most barren places on Earth. He spent seventeen years in camps and decided to never forget. Today, he is viewed as one of the foremost Russian authors of the twentieth century and the most authentic portrayers of the Soviet Gulag experience. In Sweden he was relatively unknown until recently. The author Sergei Lebedev is one of the foremost literary narrators about the Soviet system’s long shadow in today’s Russian literature. His novel Oblivion was recently published in Swedish. Sergei Lebedev will speak about Shalamov and writing beyond oblivion with the Swedish author Gabriella Håkansson. Language: English

13.00–13.45 Fr1300.7 ÉMILIE FRÈCHE, CHRISTINA LINDSTRÖM, MALIN STEHN

Many youths in the world today live in two cultures. How does belonging to two cultures affect their everyday lives? And how can literature be of help in their identity formation? The French author Émilie Frèche, who herself grew up between two cultures, writes in Je Vous Sauverai Tous [I’ll Save You All] about a young woman whose yearning for belonging pulls her closer to her father’s origin and religion. In the end she runs away from home to join ISIS. In Swedish author Christina Lindström’s book, Finns det björkar i Sarajevo? [Are There Birches in Sarajevo?], Kevin, whose parents fled Sarajevo, is forced for the first time to contemplate his dual identity when his past catches up with him. In Swedish author Malin Stehn’s Inte din bror [Not Your Brother], Abbe’s parents decide that the family is going to take care of an unaccompanied minor from Afghanistan. Abbe panics – there is no way this is going to work. Moderator: Pekka Heino, Swedish journalist. Language: English Org: B. Wahlströms and Bokförlaget Opal

14.00–14.45 Fr1400.3

MANAL AL-SHARIF

The woman who consoled a kingdom of men

Org: The Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism

13.00 Émilie Frèche

SERGEI LEBEDEV

Identity among the young – Why is it important in literature?

Org: Sekwa förlag

HAJO SEPPELT

Org: The Swedish Institute, Ersatz and Natur & Kultur

11.00 Matt Haig

Like a Heart, the Northern Irish novelist Maggie O’Farrell’s latest books throbs ”I Am, I Am, I Am”. A moving and life-affirming reading experience – despite the book being centred around a number of encounters with death. Some of them make your blood run cold – what would you do if a stranger followed you on a remote mountain path? Some of them are heart-rending and shocking reminders that one small slip can change a life forever. Maggie O’Farrell captures life’s fragile, fleeting moments and pins them down on paper. She draws the bow and aims right for the heart. A conversation with the Swedish cultural journalist Anneli Dufva about the fine line between fiction and reality, about how nearness to death can make life shine more clearly and strongly than ever. Language: English

12.00–12.45 Fr1200.10

Manal al-Sharif was one of the first women who broke the taboo – she got behind the wheel and drove in one of the countries most oppressive towards women, Saudi Arabia. A wave of women followed in her wake and now Manal al-Sharif is a well-known feminist activist. But she has had to pay a high price for her fight for freedom. Her high-profile and personal book, Daring to Drive: a Saudi Woman’s Awakening, portrays her upbringing and the rules that from an early age limit the lives of Saudi girls. She is part of a growing movement that asks the question: When will women in the Middle East receive the same rights as the men? Manal al-Sharif is a computer scien-

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14.00 Manal al-Sharif

14.00 Roland Buti

15.00 Héctor Abad

tist, author and women’s rights activist. In 2011 she was cited by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers and was awarded the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent at the Oslo Freedom Forum. She resides in Australia and often participates in CNN, BBC and The New York Times. Her book has been translated in some ten countries. Moderator: Johar Bendjelloul, Swedish journalist. Language: English

state and the notion of pure cultures. We have witnessed this development for some years now, but how do we best fight the different threats to democracy? How do we oppose hatred and violence? How do we find our way to communicate where political, religious and cultural conflicts often leave no room for dialogue? To defend the pluralist and equal society as the norm and to strengthen Europe’s minorities seems to be an important task in today’s Europe but do writers and scholars have a chance against hate speech and fake news? Roland Buti (Switzerland), Todd Hasak-Lowy (USA) and Dorota Masłowska (Poland) discuss with Swedish author Torbjörn Elensky about the future of democracy and the possible impact of writers. Interpretor: Françoise Sule. Language: English

wishes to address both children and adults. The two internationally wooed and awarded illustrators Fumi Koike (Japan) and Isabelle Arsenault (Canada) will meet here in a dialogue about inspiration and picture book art. Fumi Koike is current with Sången från andra sidan havet (The Song from the Other Side of the Sea), a collaboration with the picture book artist, Emma Virke. Colette’s Lost Pet is the first book in Isabelle Arsenault’s series about the friends in the district of Mile End. Moderator: Yukiko Duke, Swedish cultural journalist. Language: English

Org: Natur & Kultur

14.00–14.45 Fr1400.4 COLM TÓIBÍN, THEODOR KALLIFATIDES

Return to the Ancient World

The myths and heroes of the Ancient World never cease to fascinate and inspire both readers and authors. In House of Names, the Irish author Colm Tóibín rejuvenates the tale of Clytemnestra in a family drama about a distressed woman whose revenge is as rational as bloody. In Slaget om Troja [The Battle of Troy], Theodor Kallifatides’ own version of the Iliad, the reader finds suspense, war, cruelty and sorrow when a teacher and her students seek shelter in a cave while the bombs fall upon a Greek village. In the cave she tells the students about another war – when the Greeks besieged Troy. Why are some tales never out-dated and what do they meditate to readers today? Why are they so suited for modern contexts? This and much more will be discussed by both authors under the guidance of the Swedish literary critic Malin Ullgren. Language: English Org: Norstedts and Albert Bonniers förlag

14.00–14.45 Fr1400.9

ROLAND BUTI, TODD HASAK-LOWY, DOROTA MASŁOWSKA

Writing democracy – Somewhere there is still sun

The European public seems more and more fragmented and polarized, radical forces threaten the ideal of an open and pluralist society, not least by growing right wing populist movements in many countries. These propagandize a reactionary and generalized world view, and idealize the nation

Org: EUNIC

17.00–17.45 Fr1700.4 CRISTIANE FROHMANN, MICHAEL STAVARIČ, MARC VOLTENAUER

Heritage and environment – Literature and populism in Switzerland, Germany and Austria

15.00–15.45 Fr1500.3 HÉCTOR ABAD

A poem in your pocket

In August 1987, the father of the Colombian author Héctor Abad was murdered on a street in Medellín. He had two papers in his pocket. One was the paramilitary’s death list on which his name stood. The other was a sonnet entitled Aquí, Hoy (Here, Today) with the first verse El Olvido que Seremos (Oblivion: A Memoir). Twenty years later Abad wrote a book of the same name about his father, the doctor and human rights activist whom the paramilitary called “a useful idiot in the service of communists”. The author, journalist and essayist Héctor Abad is considered one of South America’s foremost writers since the Latin American Boom. Moderator: Henrik Nilsson, author and essayist. The seminar will be introduced by Colombia’s Ambassador to Sweden, Sonia Durán Smela. Language: English Org: Embassy of Colombia in Sweden

15.00–15.45 Fr1500.4

Org: Bokförlaget Opal and Lilla Piratförlaget

FUMI KOIKE, ISABELLE ARSENAULT

Excellent international picture book art

One of them wishes to create a sense of homeliness and everydayness in her images. The other

Recent years have brought with them great changes and challenges to Europe and the world. The German-speaking countries, with their central position in Europe, have encountered political and cultural challenges on many levels. In Germany, the political map has been rewritten by AfD, a right-wing populist party that has entered parliament. Political events and history have long been important issues in the literature of German-speaking countries. Under recent years, many authors have reacted to events like the Migrant Crisis and the dissolution of traditional society. How important are the social and cultural contexts an author lives in – regarding both political events and everyday social life? How much are authors’ writings affected by current discourses or historical heritage? Expressly or in a more sublime way? The publisher Cristiane Frohmann and the authors Michael Stavarič (Austria) and Marc Voltenauer (Switzerland) will discuss the interaction between literature and social discourse as well as how great an effect the cultural and political context has on narration in their respective countries; together with the Swedish literary scholar and journalist Mats Almegård. Language: German Org: Three Countries, One Language; the Goethe Institute, the Swiss Embassy and the Austrian Embassy

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10.00–10.45 Lö1000.1 COLM TÓIBÍN

A drama for all times

The vengeful Clytemnestra and her children Elektra and Orestes are in focus in House of Names, the Irish author Colm Tóibín’s modern version of one of the Ancient World’s most well-known and timeless dramas. Tóibín is one of Ireland’s foremost authors and has received numerous awards for his novels and novellas. He regularly writes for, among others, The New York Review of Books, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2007. Here he will discuss his current novel and his authorship with Ingrid Elam, Swedish literary critic and professor of literary composition. Language: English

12.00–12.45 Lö1200.3 JESSICA FELLOWES

Jessica Fellowes – On suspence in the spirit of Downton Abbey

The British journalist and author Jessica Fellowes has found international success with her non-fiction books about Downton Abbey, the popular TV series created by her uncle. Now her first novel, The Mitford Murders: A Mystery, has been translated into Swedish. The year is 1920, the setting London and the book is based on a real unsolved murder. Why do we love old-fashioned suspense about the upper and working classes? Is contemporary crime fiction too speculative and bloody? Moderator: Helena Dahlgren, author. Language: English

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Org: Bokförlaget Polaris

10.00–10.45 Lö1000.5

12.00–12.45 Lö1200.4

ELISE KARLSSON, HANNELE MIKAELA TAIVASSALO, CATHERINE ANYANGO GRÜNEWALD

ÉMILIE FRÈCHE, CHRISTER MATTSSON

On the other side of the border

The power of conviction

10.00 Colm Tóibín FOTO: MIKAEL LINDSTRÖM

How are borders created between people? How do the borders affect those who find themselves on different sides? Swedish author Elise Karlsson is back with the novel Gränsen [The Border], that starts where her acclaimed Linjen [The Line, 2014] ends. Emma, who is still at the same demanding workplace, gets sick and her robotic toil for work changes. The line has been drawn between those on the inside and those on the outside of society, and increasingly rigid along the country’s borders. The Swedish– Finnish duo, Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo and Catherine Anyango Grünewald, are current with Scandorama, a dystopian graphic novel levelling harsh criticism at the prevailing societal climate in which those with identification documents lack the right to exist. What happens when we close the borders? Moderator: Johanna Koljonen, Swedish journalist. Language: Swedish and English

Are there any warning signs when someone close to you is about to be radicalised? What can you do when someone you know is drawn towards extreme environments? The French author Émilie Frèche’s book for young adults, Je Vous Sauverai Tous [I’ll Save You All], is a story about manipulation, submission and extremism, in which a mother tries to understand how her daughter could have become radicalised – and recruited by ISIS. In her home country, Frèche is known not least for her commitment to countering racism and anti-Semitism. Here she will speak about, among other things, the mechanisms of radicalisation, the significance of reliable relationships and empathetic curiosity, with Christer Mattsson, Swedish researcher and teacher with long experience working with youths in extremist environments. Moderator: Jörgen Huitfeldt, journalist. Language: English Org: The Living History Forum and B. Wahlströms

Org: Natur & Kultur and Förlaget

12.00–12.45 Lö1200.5

11.00–11.45 Lö1100.10

Fragments and minimalism in contemporary European poetry

At a time in which extensive political themes occupy so much space in public discussion, European poetry seems heading at the opposite direction. In their works, Michael Stavarič (Czech republic/ Austria) João Pedro Mésseder (Portugal) and Anna Hallberg (Sweden) play with literary form, reduction and fragmentation down to exploring words and sounds. Are there similarities in worlds poetically perceived from a Mediterranean versus a Central or North European perspective? Which are the origins and the challenges of a poetic perception of contemporary society? Michael Stavarič, João Pedro Mésseder and Anna Hallberg explore these questions, moderated by the Swedish author and publisher Jonas Ellerström. Language: English

From dreams of being a writer to success

She has written fourteen books and topped best-seller lists throughout the world. Her novel Me Before You has sold over half a million copies in Sweden and became a Hollywood film. Jojo Moyes, one of Great Britain’s best-selling authors, will, in this dialogue with the Swedish journalist Titti Schultz, tell us about her journey from journalist with dreams of writing to the success with the Me Before You series which came to completely change her life. She lives in England with her husband, their three children and a very large dog. Language: English Org: Printz Publishing

12.00–12.45 Lö1200.8

ÁSLAUG JÓNSDÓTTIR, ALEX HOWES, LINDA BONDESTAM, JOHAN EGERKRANS

Nordic visual worlds

Org: EUNIC

12.00 Jessica Fellowes

JOJO MOYES

10.00 Catherine Anyango Grünewald FOTO:BOKFÖRLAGET POLARIS

MICHAEL STAVARIČ, JOÃO PEDRO MÉSSEDER, ANNA HALLBERG

Is there a Scandinavian visual language? An expression in images which in some way is characterized by nature and culture in our part of the world? We let a knowledgeable quartet ponder this question:

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the award-winning Icelandic children’s author and illustrator, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, current with Monsters in Trouble!; the illustrator and animator, Alex Howes, who among other things has worked at Aardman Animation (Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit) and who with his British background can provide an international perspective; the Finland-Swedish artist and illustrator, Linda Bondestam, who last year received The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize for Djur som ingen sett utom vi [Animals Nobody Has Seen Except Us] together with Ulf Stark; the Swedish illustrator Johan Egerkrans, who found international success with Norse Gods and Vaesen: Spirits and Monsters of Scandinavian Folklore and who is now current with a new book, The Undead. Moderator: Gunilla Kindstrand, Swedish journalist. Language: English

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Show me you story: The art of visual storytelling

The majority of crime writers are addressing social issues in their culture or at least using them as background for their stories. We look to these novels as how we are doing now: The state of our societies and in particular crime, as well as how we deal with crime and punishment. The success of crime in translation is in large part because of how those novels reflect life in general. Are there different national crime styles and narratives? Which strategies have the participating authors chosen to tell their stories and how much do these reflect the society they live in? Is the perpetrator known from the beginning or revealed at the end? What kind of techniques work best in writing crime novels, is there something like a general recipe or does the recipe depend on the writer’s country and culture? Marc Voltenauer (Switzerland), Bogdan Hrib (Romania) and Indrek Hargla (Estonia) discuss about the state of crime novels nowadays in the societies they come from together with the Swedish journalist Lotta Olsson. Language: English

14.00–14.45 Lö1400.11 DIDIER ERIBON, GÖRAN THERBORN

The return of the class society

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13.00 Sorina Vazelina

SILVANA IMAM, NIVIAQ KORNELIUSSEN

Finding your own voice

Increasing social gaps in Sweden and Europe, and the emergence of right-wing populism has renewed the issue of class. But how does class relate to “identity politics” and how can we build a broad movement for actual equality? The Swedish dramatist and activist, America Vera-Zavala, will speak with the French sociologist and queer theorist, Didier Eribon (current in Swedish with the autobiographical book of long essay Returning to Reims), about the “social shame” arising from a working-class background; and with the Swedish, Marxist-inspired sociologist Göran Therborn, current with the debate book Kapitalet, överheten och alla vi andra [Capital, the Power and the Rest of Us] about what kind of class society forty years of neo-liberal systemic change has created in Sweden. Language: English Org: Verbal förlag, Arkiv förlag & tidskrift and Institut français de Suède

15.00–15.45 Lö1500.3 14.00 Didier Eribon

SARAH MORGAN, SIMONA AHRNSTEDT

14.00 Bogdan Hirb FOTO:ROSANNA HANCOCK

How do you find your own creative expression? Swedish artist Silvana Imam has created a platform on her own terms and using these she does creative work. Rap was a way into writing as well as the place where she could find a world she recognises herself in. The self-portrait Silvana provides insight into her own universe through lyrics, pictures and comments. Niviaq Korneliussen became, with her debut novel, HOMO Sapienne, one of the first Greenland-born authors to gain international status. Her stories about five queer individuals in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, who in different ways are looking for and questioning their identity, have been praised for their modern and energetic language. The book was nominated to the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize in 2015. A dialogue about breaking norms and finding your own voice.

Org: EUNIC

14.00–14.45 Lö1400.7

14.00–14.45 Lö1400.10

European crime: Shaping the “perfect” crime novel

SORINA VAZELINA, TAMARA BACH, JURGA VILĖ, LINA ITAGAKI

We are exposed to images more than ever before. Illustrations help us bend reality and use new approaches. Comics are no longer only a genre for children and graphic novels are nowadays enjoying a lot of success, due to their creativity and dynamism. Powerful visuals evoke emotions, driving a deeper engagement and more profound change in behavior. What are the limits of illustration in storytelling, between illusion and reality? Today, pictures – drawings as well as photographs – also find their way into more and more literary books even if images of course always played a vital role in literature. Does the increased presence of comics and graphic novels have an impact on literary techniques and strategies and on society in general? Sorina Vazelina (Romania), Tamara Bach (Germany), Jurga Vilė and Lina Itagaki (Lithuania) discuss about the importance of images in storytelling and how they use images in their own work together with the Swedish publisher Sofia Olsson (Galago). Language: English

Org: Leopard Förlag and Norstedts

MARC VOLTENAUER, BOGDAN HRIB, INDREK HARGLA

Org: Natur & Kultur, Icelandic Literature Centre, Berghs förlag, Förlaget and B. Wahlströms

13.00–13.45 Lö1300.9

Moderator: Karolina Ramqvist, Swedish author. Language: English

15.00 Sarah Morgan

Romance de luxe

Welcome to a heavyweight meeting in the arena of romance! The books of the British romance author Sarah Morgan have sold more than sixteen million copies across the world. Her speciality is uniting humour and sultry heat with contemporary romance. In Morgan’s latest book in Swedish translation, How to Keep a Secret, women from three generations of the Stewart family are brought together to spend the summer at Martha’s Vineyard on the Eastern Seaboard of the US. Old secrets and strong emotions begin to bubble up

SATURDAY 29/9, SUNDAY 30/9 FOTO:ANTONIO ZAZUETA OLMOS

and they must learn how to be a family again. In Simona Ahrnstedt’s All or Nothing, the copywriter Lexia, contrary to reason, falls in love with her supervisor. It is an entertaining novel about modern women, heated passion and impossible body images. Listen to Sarah Morgan and Sweden’s own queen of romance, Simona Ahrnstedt, discussing how to write good romance. Moderator: Titti Schultz, Swedish journalist. Language: English Org: HarperCollins Nordic and Bokförlaget Forum

15.00–15.45 Lö1500.4

PHILIPPE SANDS

Org: Bokförlaget Forum

Save humanity

12.00–12.45 Sö1200.4

KAYO CHINGONYI, JOHANNES ANYURU

Whose language do I speak?

FOTO:NIKLAS SANDSTRÖM

15.00 Philippe Sands FOTO:MOISMANN DIOGENES

12.00 Donna Leon

12.00 Koko Hubara FOTO:NAOMI WODDIS

In his internationally acclaimed book, East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, Philippe Sands sets off on a literary and scientific journey on which he weaves together his Jewish family history during the Second World War with the story about two men who gave names to a new category of international war crimes – a classification of crime used for the first time at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. Philippe Sands, who is a lawyer and professor of law at University College London, has been involved in several of the most important cases in international courts in recent years, among them, those dealing with Pinochet, The Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantánamo. He regularly writes for Financial Times, The Guardian and The New York Review of Books. Philippe Sands speaks with the Swedish journalist and author Göran Rosenberg, who, among other things, wrote the August Prize-winning book A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz. The seminar is introduced by Lizzie Oved Scheja, director of Jewish Culture in Sweden. Language: English

Since then she has lived and worked in the legendary Italian city and made it her own crime fiction universe. Her novels about police commissioner Guido Brunetti have been translated into thirty-five languages and A Question of Belief is the nineteenth book to be published in Swedish. The readers love her vivid descriptions of Venice, the portrait of the humane and just Brunetti, and the convincing descriptions of Italian society. Meet Donna Leon in a conversation about how her series has been developed over the years and which issues she is passionate about. Moderator: Lotta Olsson, journalist. Language: English

Org: Jewish Culture in Sweden

In his acclaimed debut collection, Kumukanda, the British poet Kayo Chingonyi explores the state of finding yourself between two worlds: between one’s forefathers and present time, between the living and the dead, between who one is and who one is perceived to be. Johannes Anyuru returns in his collection of essays, Strömavbrottets barn [Children of the Blackout] to the same themes as in his August Prize-winning novel, De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar [They Will Drown in the Tears of Their Mothers]: terror, the light and shadows of religion, the conditionality of Swedishness. He writes about the time we live in and a darkening future; he finds that he “sometimes feels the heat from great ovens billowing through the trees.” A dialogue about identity, racism, belonging and being outside, but also about the role of language and creation – whose language is it I speak? Moderator: Rakel Chukri, editor-in-chief of culture at Sydsvenskan. Language: English Org: The Living History Forum, Norstedts and Rámus

10.30–10.50 Sö1030.4

12.00-12.45 Sö1200.8

DANIEL GALERA

Who is held responsible when humanity is the victim?

Midnight Twenty

The Brazilian author Daniel Galera broke through internationally with the novel Blood-Drenched Beard. In his new novel Midnight Twenty three friends reunite at a fourth friend’s funeral, but what really happened to their friend Duque? Daniel Galera in a dialogue about man-liness, violence and a Brazil in crisis following the Olympics, with the Swedish publisher Gunilla Sondell. Language: English Org: Norstedts

12.00 Kayo Chingonyi

12.00–12.20 Sö1200.1

city and class. Here you will find strong texts that question society and its white norm. Why doesn’t everyone’s existence count? Moderator: Fanna Ndow Norrby, journalist. Language: English

KOKO HUBARA

Brown girls

Finland can be split into the time before and the time after Koko Hubara. Her blog Brown Girls has been praised, prized and kindled a discussion about Finland’s literary society, where there has thus far been no room for non-white people. The collection of essays of the same name is about the importance of being seen. Hubara writes about subjects such as identity, beauty, hip hop and parenthood in relation to gender, ethni-

Org: Förlaget

12.00–12.45 Sö1200.3

DONNA LEON

Venice in our hearts

The American crime fiction author, Donna Leon, exchanged New Jersey for Venice thirty years ago.

Both Philippe Sands and Sergei Lebedev have dug into family histories and discovered victims and perpetrators from the two worst and most systematic crimes against humanity: The Holocaust and the Soviet Union’s purges. In East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, Philippe Sands, a British lawyer who works with international law, begins with his maternal grandfather’s escape from the Nazis and takes the reader on a breathless journey from former Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) to the trials at Nuremberg. In the Russian author Sergei Lebedev’s novel Oblivion, a boy lives next door to an old man who becomes his “Grandpa II”. Something is amiss with the man. As an adult the narrator travels in search of the truth to Siberia and places where he encounters unforeseen terrors. Sands and Lebedev will discuss with Dagens Nyheter’s chief cultural editor, Björn Wiman, how we are to approach crimes against humanity, come to terms with the past, and hold responsible malefactors accountable. Language: English Org: Jewish Culture in Sweden, The Living History Forum, The Swedish Institute

PARTICIPANTS A

Leon, Donna

Sun 12.00–12.45

Seppelt, Hajo

Fri 12.00–12.45

Linde, Ida

Fri 11.00–11.45

Sondell, Gunilla

Sun 10.30–10.50

Abad, Héctor

Fri 15.00–15.45

Galera, Daniel

Fri 11.00–11.45

Lindström, Christina Fri 13.00–13.45

Stavarič, Michael

Fri 17.00–17.45

Abouet, Marguerite

Thu 13.00–13.45

Sun 10.30–10.50

Sat 11.00–11.45

Ahrnstedt, Simona

Sat 15.00–15.45

Gessen, Masha

Thu 12.00–12.45

Stehn, Malin

Fri 13.00–13.45

Almegård, Mats

Fri 17.00–17.45

Gyldenstedt, Cathrine Thu 15.00–15.45

Steorn, Patrik

Thu 15.00–15.45

al-Sharif, Manal

Fri 14.00–14.45

Majdalawi Saadi, Flora Thu 11.00–11.45

Stoenescu, Arina

Fri 11.00–11.45

Masłowska, Dorota

Fri 14.00–14.45

Sujat, Tarik

Thu 15.00–15.45

Mattsson, Christer

Sat 12.00–12.45

Sule, Françoise

Fri 14.00–14.45

Mésseder, João Pedro Sat 11.00–11.45

Svahn, Elin

Thu 14.30–14.50

Mezghani, Wafa

Thu 11.00–11.45

Svenungsson, Magnus Fri 12.00–12.45

Morgan, Sarah

Sat 15.00–15.45

Moyes, Jojo

Sat 12.00–12.45

Mårtensson, Erika

Thu 15.00–15.45

Anyango Grünewald, Sat 10.00–10.45 Catherine Anyuru, Johannes

Sun 12.00–12.45

Haig, Matt

Fri 11.00–11.45

Arsenault, Isabelle

Thu 14.30–14.50

Hallberg, Anna

Sat 11.00–11.45

Fri 15.00–15.45

Hargla, Indrek

Sat 14.00–14.45

Hasak-Lowy, Todd

Fri 14.00–14.45

Heerma van Voss,

Fri 11.00–11.45

Daan

Bach, Tamara

Sat 13.00–13.45

Heino, Pekka

Fri 13.00–13.45

Barua, Sujan Bikash

Thu 15.00–15.45

Howes, Alex

Sat 12.00–12.45

Bendjelloul, Johar

Fri 14.00–14.45

Hrib, Bogdan

Sat 14.00–14.45

Bergendahl, Helena

Thu 13.00–13.45

Hubara, Koko

Sun 12.00–12.20

Bondestam, Linda

Sat 12.00–12.45

Huitfeldt, Jörgen

Thu 12.00–12.45

Buti, Roland

Fri 14.00–14.45

Sat 12.00–12.45

Chingonyi, Kayo

Sun 12.00–12.45

Chukri, Rakel

Sun 12.00–12.45

Imam, Silvana

Sat 14.00–14.45

Crehan, Lucy

Thu 10.00–10.45

Itagaki, Lina

Sat 13.00–13.45

D Dahlgren, Helena

Sat 12.00–12.45

Jónsdóttir, Áslaug

Sat 12.00–12.45

Dufva, Anneli

Fri 12.00–12.45

Juráňová, Jana

Fri 11.00–11.45

Duke, Yukiko

Thu 15.00–15.45

Jåma, Sharon

Thu 11.00–11.45

Fri 15.00–15.45

Durán Smela, Sonia

Fri 15.00–15.45

Sat 10.00–10.45

Egerkrans, Johan

Sat 12.00–12.45

Keegan, Jon

Thu 16.00–16.45

Elam, Ingrid

Sat 10.00–10.45

Kempe, Mats

Thu 15.00–15.45

Elensky, Torbjörn

Fri 14.00–14.45

Kindstrand, Gunilla

Sat 12.00–12.45

Ellerström, Jonas

Sat 11.00–11.45

Koike, Fumi

Thu 15.00–15.45

Eribon, Didier

Sat 14.00–14.45

Fri 15.00–15.45

Koljonen, Johanna

Sat 10.00–10.45

F Sat 12.00–12.45

Frèche, Émilie

Fri 13.00–13.45

Sat 12.00–12.45

Lassén-Seger, Maria Thu 14.00–14.45

Frohmann, Cristiane Fri 17.00–17.45

Lebedev, Sergej

Fri 12.00–12.45

Sun 12.00–12.45

ALL 323 SEMINARS!

Lucy Crehan Författare (Cleverlands) och lärare

TO I SA B : EL

O’Farrell, Maggie

Fri 12.00–12.45

Olsson, Lotta

Sat 14.00–14.45

Ullgren, Malin

Sun 12.00–12.45

Olsson, Sofia

Sat 13.00–13.45

Oved Scheja, Lizzie

Sat 15.00–15.45

Fri 14.00–14.45

Vazelina, Sorina

Fri 11.00–11.45

Sat 13.00–13.45

Vera-Zavala, America Sat 14.00–14.45

Pallas, Hynek

Fri 11.00–11.45

Weyler, Svante

Fri 11.00–11.45

Pătrașcu, Victoria

Fri 11.00–11.45

Whitebrook, Peter

Fri 11.00–11.45

Petersson Kero,

Thu 11.00–11.45

Vilė, Jurga

Sat 13.00–13.45

Virke, Emma

Thu 15.00–15.45

Voltenauer, Marc

Fri 17.00–17.45

Sat 14.00–14.45

Rahman, Anisur

Thu 15.00–15.45

Ramqvist, Karolina

Sat 14.00–14.45

Woodson, Jacqueline Thu 14.00–14.45 Wänblad, Mats

Rosenberg, Göran

Sat 15.00–15.45

Rusbridger, Alan

Thu 15.00–15.45

Thu 17.00–18.00

Youcefi, Fouad

Thu 13.00–13.45

Thu 17.00–18.00

Sandén, Mårten

Fri 11.00–11.45

Sands, Philippe

Sat 15.00–15.45

Sun 12.00–12.45

Sapin, Mathieu

Thu 13.00–13.45

Schultz, Titti

Sat 12.00–12.45

Sat 15.00–15.45

27–30 SEPTEMBER 2018 SVENSKA MÄSSAN GÖTEBORG

BOKMÄSSAN

Zygar, Michail

Thu 11.00–11.45

SEPTEMBER 27–30, 2018 THE SWEDISH EXHIBITION CENTER

GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR Seminar Program

Seminarieprogrammet

Sveriges viktigaste mötesplats för mediefrågor

Jacqueline Woodson Sorrow and hope with the ALMA laureate

FOTO: THRON ULLBERG

Faderskapande Jonas Hassen Khemiri omförhandlar papparollen

Björn Ranelid Författare

JOJO MOYES, COLM TÓIBÍN, SARAH MORGAN, MAGGIE O’FARRELL, DANIEL GALERA, MIKHAIL ZYGAR, MATT HAIG, TAMARA BACH, DIDIER ERIBON, LUCY CREHAN, NIVIAQ KORNELIUSSEN, KAYO CHINGONYI I N FO CU S : R ES P ECT , MASHA GESSEN, PHILIPPE SANDS, SERGEI LEBEDEV, MANAL AL-SHARIF, ÉMILIE FRÈCHE I N FO CU S : I MAG E FUMI KOIKE, ISABELLE ARSENAULT, MARGUERITE ABOUET, MATHIEU SAPIN, ÁSLAUG JÓNSDÓTTIR M E D I A I S S U ES ALAN RUSBRIDGER , JON KEEGAN, HAJO SEPPE LT, JANA JURÁŇOVÁ, DAAN HEERMA VAAN VOSS CRIMETIME GÖTEBORG DONNA LEON, JESSICA FELLOWES, MARC VOLTENAUER, BOGDAN HRIB, INDREK HARGLA

JOHANNES ANYURU, SILVANA IMAM, MANAL AL-SHARIF, MASHA GESSEN, PHILIPPE SANDS T E MA B I L D : JOCKUM NORDSTRÖM, ISABELLE ARSENAULT, KENT WISTI, RUBEN ÖSTLUND, SARA LUNDBERG DEMIRBAG-STEN, LENA ANDERSSON, EMMA NÄÄS, FRIDA MONSÉN, PETER BRAGNER B I B L I OT E K : ANETTE ELIASSON, SOFIA MALMBERG, JACK WERNER, ERIK FICHTELIUS, KERSTIN OLSSON C R I M ET I M E : JESSICA FELLOWES, DONNA LEON, ANDERS ROSLUND, LARS KEPLER, ROLF & CILLA BÖRJLIND M EG : ALAN RUSBRIDGER, JENNY STRÖMSTEDT, ANNA HEDENMO, JON KEEGAN, RASMUS FLEISCHER T E MA R ES P E K T:

S KO L S PÅ R ET: DILSA

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Sat 10.00–10.45

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Åsa Fahlén Ordförande, Lärarnas Riksförbund

Fri 14.00–14.45

FOTO: ROGER NELLSJÖ

This is the Göteborg Book Fair seminar program presenting the seminars in languages other than Scandinavian. Mötin oss Altogether 323 seminars are presented the på Swedish version of the seminar program. Lärarscenen! Inspiration och nytänkande för dig You find all programs at our website som jobbar i skolan www.goteborg-bookfair.com Ingela Korsell Författare (PAX-serien), lärare och pedagogikdoktorand

Fri 15.00–15.45

Porto betalt

FOTO: STEFAN EDETOFT

Jonas von Essen Minnesmästare och författare

Nilsson, Henrik

BOKMÄSSAN 2018 SEMINARIEPROGRAMMET

Avsändare: Bokmässan SE-412 94 Gbg

Fri 11.00–11.45

Korneliussen, Niviaq Sat 14.00–14.45

Fellowes, Jessica

Sat 14.00–14.45

Tóibín, Colm

Suzanna

Kallifatides, Theodor Fri 14.00–14.45 Karlsson, Elise

Therborn, Göran

Ndow Norrby, Fanna Sun 12.00–12.20

Sat 10.00–10.45

Mikaela

Håkansson, Gabriella Fri 12.00–12.45

Taivassalo, Hannele

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395 4,172

Orhan Pamuk

SEMINARS

Tomas Tranströmer 1988, 1990, 1996, 2000 and 2012

Günter Grass 1994

Nadine Gordimer 1989 and 2010

PROGRAM ITEMS

Dario Fo 2005

2,863 61 2017

PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS

2017

NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES AT THE GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR

Svetlana Aleksijevitj 2002, 2006 and 2011

PER CENT OF TRADE VISITORS ARE LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS

Dario Fo Joseph Brodsky 1988 and 1993

Orhan Pamuk

SEMINARS

2017

2,863 61 2017

Willy Brandt 1990

Orhan Pamuk

SEMINARS

2017

EXHIBITORS

SEMINARS PROGRAM ITEMS

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Herta Müller Elie Wiesel 1993, 2008, 2011 and 2016

PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS 2017 Doris Lessing Wole Soyinka 1986 and 1995

EXHIBITORS

Elie Wiesel Wole Soyinka

Imre Kertész 1996 and 2003

Orhan Pamuk PARTICIPATING 1995, 2005 and 2006 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS Elie Wiesel 2017

839 EXHIBITORS

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES EXHIBITORS ACCREDITED MEDIA COMPANIES PARTICIPATING AND AGENTS ATCOUNTRIES Wole Soyinka RIGHTS CENTRE 1987 and 1996

ACCREDITED MEDIA

#9 947

ACCREDITED MEDIA

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Elie Wiesel

2017

PROGRAM ITEMS ACCREDITED MEDIA

839

Dario Fo

SQUARE METERS EXHIBITION AREA

Kenzaburo COMPANIES AND AGENTS AT Oe RIGHTS CENTRE 1992

839 #9 947 947 #9 2,863 SEMINARS EXHIBITORS Dario Fo

11,364

ACCREDITED MEDIA COMPANIES AND AGENTS AT RIGHTS CENTRE

Dario Fo

Orhan Pamuk

Dario Fo

PROGRAM ITEMS

COMPANIES AND AGENTS AT RIGHTS CENTRE PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS

PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND2017 SPEAKERS

Elie Wiesel

Desmond Tutu 2007 and 2014

Derek Walcott 1993

PROGRAM ITEMS 2017

Wole Soyinka

2017

COMPANIES AND AGENTS AT RIGHTS CENTRE

Orhan Pamuk

Dario Fo

Orhan Pamuk

Seamus Heaney 1995

ACCREDITED MEDIA

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

395 4,172 4,172 395 4,172 395839 #9 947 2,863 61 2,863 612,863 61 395 839 4,172 #9 947 PARTICIPATING WRITERS AND SPEAKERS 2017

SEMINARS

Wole Soyinka

Mario Vargas Llosa, 2011

PROGRAM ITEMS

EXHIBITORS

2017

Elie Wiesel

Wole Soyinka

SECONDS YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR A NEW PROGRAM ITEM TO START

José Saramago 1991

COMPANIES AND AGENTS RIGHTS CENT

62 4,172 395 839 #9 947

Wole Soyinka

Isaac B. Singer 1985

Elie Wiesel 1996

20 Nobel laureates – and other important Book Fair numbers