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TRADE FAIR The most important event in the Nordic region for people in the publishing industry. GÖTEBORG SOUTH KOREA Human and Humanity – the 2019 Guest of Honour explores what it means to be human. BOOK FAIR 2019 26–29 SEPTEMBER EXHIBITION THE SWEDISH CENTRE & CONGRESS GOTHENBURG

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Welcome to CONTENTS Guest of Honour: South Korea 4 Göteborg Book Fair! Become our Guest of Honour 5 Each year at the end of September, Northern Europe’s Focal Themes 6 ­largest cultural event takes place: Göteborg Book Fair. Rights Centre 7 Over 1,000 journalists monitor the occasion, over 300 Seminars 8–22 seminars are offered, over 700 authors and commentators Participants 23 participate, over 100 international leading authors and over 800 exhibitors are on location. And you are most

welcome here. General information: Göteborg Book Fair is a unique book fair: at its core is For tickets, opening hours and further information visit the meeting between authors and readers. Over 80,000 www.goteborg-bookfair.com

visitors meet their favorite authors, buy books and Forthcoming fairs ­discover new literature. Rights are negotiated and we 2020: 24–27 September 2021: 23–26 September ­honour the written word. Both the book industry and 2022: 22–25 September ­general readers attend Göteborg Book Fair. Teachers 2023: 28 September–1 October ­attend too as well as librarians, fans of fantasy and feel- Göteborg Book Fair would like to thank all exhibitors, ­publishing good books, alongside eminent agents and publishers, houses, institutes and organisa- ­parents with children, poets, literary authors and the tions for their ­contribution to this year’s ­seminar program. Swedish crime fiction elite. Each year we highlight subjects focusing on literature, reading and contemporary issues. In 2019, we send our special greetings to the Guest of Honour, South Korea, a country with a splendid culture and body of literature. Moreover, this year’s book fair puts additional focus on gender equality as well as media and information literacy (MIL).­ GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR A warm welcome to Göteborg Book Fair! Göteborg Book Fair SE–412 94 Göteborg, Sweden +46 31 708 84 00 www.goteborg-bookfair.com Oskar Ekström [email protected] Program Director

Frida Edman Publisher: Frida Edman Book Fair Director Editorial team: Oskar Ekström, Elin Hellström, Johan Kollén, Anneli Jonasson, ­Henriette ­Andersson, Martina Jeansson, Annica ­Andersson, Maria Rogstad Norberg Translation: James Garrabrant Graphic design: Aoki Graphic production: Jussi Öhrvall Cover illustration: Jisu Choi

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Guest of Honour 2019: South Korea A

WHOLE WORLD HAS its eyes on this year’s theme country. From South Korea comes a swell of pop culture, film, food culture and not least literature, with several authorships that have garnered attention for their ground-breaking stories from contemporary Korea. The country’s school results top interna- tional comparisons. Korean society is characterised by innovation and technological development at the abso- lute vanguard of the world – but also strong traditions. At the same time, the nuclear scare casts an enduring shadow over South Korea, and several historical Illustration: Jisu Choi events have made deep impressions in Words: Oskar Ekström the nation’s collective memory. These are, succinctly put, good con- country’s modern history, politics and it to the Swedish system with, among ditions for an exciting fair theme. culture. The question of conditions for others, one of Korea’s foremost school And South Korea will assume a prom- humankind will recur in several literary experts, professor Okhwa Lee. inent position at the Book Fair. Some seminars, among others, In Human Life in South Korea is of course char- twenty Korean authors, researchers and Time and Social-Historical-Public acterised by the Division of Korea in cooks will be attending, allowing the Trauma with the Booker Prize-winning 1948 and the subsequent war between audience to see and hear, smell and taste author Han Kang and others. In Femi- North and South Korea. The brutal Korea at seminars, on stage and in the nism in Korean Literature and its Future, dictatorship that arose in North Korea large theme stand. The common thread Swedish and Korean authors will throws a dark shadow over the region, of the theme is Human and Humanity, a discuss the feminist trend that defines and the country’s possession of nuclear concept revolving around the question current, Korean publishing. weapons has created a forceful, geo- of what it means to be human – in South political tension stretching far beyond Korea and in the world. SOUTH KOREA CONTINUOUSLY ranks the Korean Peninsula. Be sure not to at the top of international comparisons miss the seminar, Peace on the Korean THE INTRODUCTORY SEMINAR, The of educational systems. In several sem- ­Peninsula and the Future of Humanity. Human Condition in Korean Society inars we will look more closely at the will offer a compelling insight into the Korean school system, even comparing THE SOUTH KOREAN theme is the result of a close and fruitful cooperation between the Book Fair and our Korean partners: the Korean Publishers Asso- ciation, Literature Translation Institute 2019 marks 60 years since Sweden of Korea, and the Writers Association and South Korea established diplomatic of Korea. We would therefore like relations. Naturally, celebrations of to express our immense and earnest 60th the 60th anniversary are particularly thanks for their wonderful work on the anniversary­ lively in South Korea! What’s more, their program. concept hwangap means that you have A warm welcome to discover this lived an entire cycle according to the zo- diac, and that a new cycle is beginning. year’s Guest of Honour at the Book Fair – South Korea! Become our Guest of Honour Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 5 PHOTO: ANNA SIGVARDSSON HÖGBORG ANNA SIGVARDSSON PHOTO:

BECOME OUR GUEST OF HONOUR Every year ­Göteborg Book Fair welcomes a guest country which presents its literature and culture at the Fair and gives it a new face. Ways to participate

“Voices from…” A guest country at Göteborg GUEST OF HONOUR participation contributes to the establish- Book Fair can also partici- ment of international cultural relations and promotes cultural pate at a smaller scale with exchange, dialogue and tourism. This is an excellent oppor­ the aim of raising interest in tunity to get to know new authorships from different parts its contemporary literature of the world and it is also a great opportunity for buying and and writers, promoting book selling rights. exports to the Nordic region, and vice versa. Larger scale OVER THE YEARS we have welcomed countries such as Brazil, participation is to be the the UK, the Netherlands and Flanders, Estonia, the entire Guest of Honour at the Fair, ­continent of Africa, and countries with the same language and smaller scale participa- such as Germany, Austria and Switzerland to mention a few. tion is to be a “Voices from country”. In recent years GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR is one of the biggest book fairs in we’ve presented Voices from Europe and is the largest cultural event in the Nordic countries. Iceland, Catalonia, Ireland, It gives access to the Nordic market and provides a meeting Italy and Bangladesh. The place for publishers, literary agents, media, institutes, organi- “Voices from country” sations, writers and readers. 1,000 accredited journalists cover ­participates with a stand Göteborg Book Fair, generating approximately 7,000 articles, and a cultural program. TV and radio spots. It is the event with the largest media cover- age in Scandinavia. 6

Focal Themes The Book Fair puts focus on themes that are current in our time. In 2019, light is being shed on gender equality, one of today’s key social ­justice issues, as well as media and ­information literacy (MIL), the ­competence needed to navigate the ­information landscape. ILLUSTRATION: JISU CHOI JISU ILLUSTRATION:

Media and information literacy (MIL) Gender equality

SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT HAS in recent decades been shaped THIS YEAR’S BOOK Fair helps invigorate the dialogue on by the vigorous expansion of digitisation. The flow of infor- gender equality in conjunction with the centennial for mation has fundamentally changed. Today, a large part of ­universal and equal suffrage in Sweden. both private and public discourse occurs through media. The gender gap has shrunk throughout the world for We are surrounded by media and messages, and we also quite some time now, but it is still a far way off before contribute to the flow. The internet and social media have the balance of power between the genders is completely arisen, giving everyone the opportunity to be publicists. levelled. 108 years at today’s pace, according to World This is why it is more important than ever that everyone ­Economic Forum. MeToo, the increasing online hate has the ability to absorb information, put it into context and towards women, and new debates on abortion rights show decide whether it is correct. Understanding the flow of news that gender equality must continuously be defended and and information is the core of democratic discourse. Being emphasised. Literature can help us with that. knowledgeable about media and information is today’s way of being generally knowledgeable. PARTICIPATING IN THE gender equality theme are, among others, the British authors Caitlin Moran and Helen THIS THEME IS presented in cooperation with Region Västra Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of the suffragettes. Other Götaland, the Swedish Teachers’ Union, the Swedish Library participating international authors, who in various ways high- Association, UR (Swedish Educational Broadcasting Com- light gender equality issues and inspire change, are Samar pany), the Swedish Media Council, and the Commission for Yazbek, Gemma Hartley, Kate Davies and Jamaica Kincaid. Media and Information Literacy and Democratic Dialogue. We have arranged a seminar focusing on the cultural Region Västra Götaland and the Swedish National Commis- world in general, and the literary world in particular, as well sion for UNESCO are, alongside the 2019 Book Fair, hosting as a dialogue among men on what we can do to break the the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Feature culture of silence and how men can be part of the solution – Conference. and women are of course very welcome.

Göteborg Book Fair also hosts a crime fiction festival, Crimetime Crimetime, which is Sweden’s largest meeting place for authors and readers who love suspense fiction. Göteborg The festival spans two days with domestic and ­international star authors on location. Rights Centre Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 7

A NORDIC MEETING PLACE Göteborg Rights Centre is the most important

market place for Nordic literary rights and offers Do you want to a unique opportunity to get an overview of the participate at Göteborg Book Fair? Nordic market. Please contact me for more information. Elin Hellström a hub for agents and companies from across Europe. International Relations RIGHTS CENTRE IS Manager Publishers and literary agents book meetings to buy and sell rights, get an +46 31 708 84 08 idea of the supply of titles and meet international colleagues with a specific [email protected] interest in Nordic literature. At the Fair you will find the industry’s largest representation of publish- You can also find information on goteborg-bookfair.com ing 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.

RIGHTS CENTRE WAS established in the 1990s and has since grown in sig- nificance. This is where you take the pulse of the hottest trends in Northern Europe. The premises offer a secluded and comfortable spot for your meet- ings. The Fair’s placement in central Gothenburg ensures an experience FELLOWSHIP that can continue beyond Rights Centre. In the evenings restaurants and bars in the vicinity fill with people from the industry. PROGRAM­ GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR offers together with the Swedish Arts Council a fellowship pro- gram for foreign publishers, sub-agents and translators who are interested in work- ing with Swedish literature. Travel costs, accommodation for three 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

PHOTO: NIKLAS MAUPOIX NIKLAS PHOTO: Swedish book market and new Swedish literature, and evening activities, and partly open to individual meetings with agents in the Rights Centre. There will be both separate activities for transla- tors 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. 8 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019

SeminarsThe seminar program is the heart of the Fair. Writers, illustrators, translators, scholars, scientists, politicians, philosophers and journalists from around the world appear in readings, talks and high-profile debates on almost every conceivable topic.

THURSDAY 10:00–10:45 HALL F5 THURSDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL F3 THURSDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL R2 MEDIA AND INFORMATION A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MIL MATTERS TO REDUCE LITERACY IS BINOCULARS LITHUANIAN HOLOCAUST GENDER STEREOTYPES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND INEQUALITIES On the one side: a feared, Jewish Nazi- hunter, whose family members were mur- MIL This week the 9th UNESCO Global MIL Women and men are not equally involved MIL Feature Conference is held in Gothen- dered in Lithuania during the Second World in information and knowledge societies. burg, with c. 250 delegates representing War. On the other side: a Lithuanian author, Studies show women participate less than 60 countries. Global multi-stakeholder whose family took part in the persecution men, especially in the poor countries of the cooperation and meetings serve as arenas to of Jews. Together the unlikely duo EFRAIM world. MIL is built on principles of freedom enable constructive dialogue and promote ZUROFF and RUTA VANAGAITE have written the of expression, access to information and intercultural understanding. In the seminar, book Us (a.k.a. Our People), which deals with other related human rights and can enable MIL experts from different parts of the world the darkest chapter in Lithuania’s history society to reduce gender stereotypes and explore global dialogue around MIL as a when 200,000 of the country’s Jews were inequalities. This week UNESCO Global MIL human right, how these competences can exterminated. Moderator: SHARON JÅMA, Feature Conference is held in Gothenburg help individuals, and in turn communities journalist. Language: English. with delegates representing 60 countries. and nations, stimulate the type of reasoning Org: Karneval förlag Listen to speakers from the conference dis- that leads to respect of the rights of others. cuss the current situation and ways forward. Language: English. Language: English.

Org: Region Västra Götaland, UNESCO Org: Region Västra Götaland, UNESCO

THURSDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL J1 SCIENCE AND WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS

Poetic intro by MÅRTEN MELIN. TORBEN KULH- MANN’S books about inventive mice, with names like Armstrong and Lindbergh, have been translated into over 20 languages. Now there’s an Edison – an adventure book about a treasure at the bottom of the sea. German illustrator Kuhlmann merges an interest in technology and science with a love for sci-fi and adventure. As doesJOHAN EGERKRANS, whose strong, captivating prose makes young readers yearn to find out more about legendary creatures. In T-Rex and Other Tyrannosaurs he tackles the king of the dinosaurs. Moderator: LOTTA OLSSON, journalist. Language: English. Org: B. Wahlströms, Lilla Piratförlaget ILLUSTRATION: TORBEN KUHLMANN TORBEN ILLUSTRATION: Seminars Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 9

THURSDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL R2 THURSDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL H1 CONDITIONS FOR FEMALE WAYS OUT OF A RUINOUS CITY AUTHORS IN BANGLADESH “Solenoid is not the book of the year – it is the book of the century”, the Catalan author Lluis Bosch wrote after having GENDER EQUALITY Today, female authors in Bangladesh face both great obstacles and read the Romanian author MIRCEA CĂRTĂRESCU’S grand novel about the search for ways out of the prison of existence. opportunities. The poets MILU SHAMS and SHA- speak with their male colleagues In Solenoid we meet the narrator who did not become an KIRA PARVIN author, but a native-language teacher in the shabby environs HABIBULLAH SIRAJEE and ANISUR RAHMAN about the challenges – and possibilities – that an of Bucharest in the 1980s, a ruinous city where natural laws author faces, in particular a female one in are suspended and geniuses summoned, where love soars and secret societies mobilise against suffering and death. Bangladesh today. Moderator: LARS HÄGER, poet and translator. Language: English. Moderator: MALTE PERSSON, author. Language: English.

Org: Litteraturcentrum Uppsala Org: The Romanian Cultural Institute, Albert Bonniers Förlag

THURSDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL F4 DOES MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY STIMULATE READING?

MIL This week, the 9th UNESCO Global MIL Feature Conference is taking place in Gothenburg with c. 300 delegates rep- resenting around 60 countries. Global multi-stakeholder meetings serve as arenas to enable constructive dialogue and promote intercultural understanding. In this seminar, MIL experts from different parts of the world explore how MIL can stimulate reading. Speakers address questions such as: What research has been carried out and what are the results? Can reading contribute to tolerance and inter-cultural dialogue? Language: English.

Org: Region Västra Götaland, UNESCO

THURSDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL R2 THURSDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL J2 THURSDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL J2 BONNIE-SUE HITCHCOCK EDUCATION FOR ALL THE HUMAN CONDITION IN KOREAN SOCIETY This year’s winner of the SOUTH KOREA Follow on a trip both to South Peter Pan Prize Korea and into Swedish educational history In South Korea, medieval traits and societal change. What is viewed as SOUTH KOREA This year the Peter Pan Prize goes to The blend with ground-breaking technology. The knowledge in each education system and Smell of Other People’s Houses by transition from traditional to modern society BONNIE-SUE how have political choices affected society, , a moving portrayal of troubled has been rapid. What did – and does – the HITCHCOCK culture and the individual? Are the school youths in Alaska in the 1970s. Bonnie-Sue rate of development mean for the inhabit- systems equivalent? What’s happening now? ants? And for the country’s culture, politics Hitchcock meets ANN-HELÉN LAESTADIUS, Participants: HYONKYONG KIM, South Korean author of the August Prize-winning Ten Past and economy? A dialogue between SANGHEON anthropologist, MAGNUS HULTÉN, associate One which takes place in Kiruna. A dialogue LEE, director of employment policy depart- professor at Linköping University, and KARIN about northern latitudes, aboriginal people, ment at the UN organ ILO, GWANYUL CHEON, NYGÅRDS, teacher and author. Moderator: about the sense of home, and the charac- political journalist, and LARS VARGÖ, former , author. Language: Eng- ters’ meeting with the majority culture. MATILDA WESTERMAN Swedish ambassador to South Korea and lish and Korean (interpreted). And maybe we’ll learn a thing or two about current with the book Korea – En civilisation i kläm (Korea – A Civilisation in a Squeeze). fishing! Moderator: MATS WÄNBLAD, author. Org: Korean Publishers Association, Language: English. Nordic Academic Press Moderator: PATRIK LUNDBERG, journalist and author. Language: English and Korean Org: IBBY Sweden, Lilla Piratförlaget (interpreted).

PHOTO: CATO LEIN (CARTARESCU) CATO PHOTO: Org: Korean Publishers Association 10 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 Seminars

THURSDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL G4 THURSDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL F3 BART MOEYAERT JOHN YORKE The master of subtext How we tell stories and why

This year’s recipient of the Astrid Lindgren The British drama expert JOHN YORKE, who Memorial Award, BART MOEYAERT, is an wrote the acclaimed work Into the Woods, author with a large production of picture explains how we tell stories and why. In books, youth books, poetry, drama, lyrics, this lecture he goes through the smallest TV scripts and essays. He portrays com- components of a story as well as its over- plex emotional relationships and conflicts arching structure. Yorke emphasises how a where solutions are never simple and captivating story should be told. Do not miss where the characters’ living conditions the opportunity of this master class with a and relationships play key roles. In dia- veritable script guru. Language: English. logue with the jury member ELINA DRUKER. Language: English. The seminar will be Org: Volante interpreted into sign language.

Org: The Swedish Arts Council and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

THURSDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL K2 THURSDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL K2 THURSDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL H1 NICOLE KRAUSS A WORLD-CLASS SCHOOL ON DEALING WITH THE PAST SOUTH KOREA Curiosity about South Korean schools is great. What do they do that we From George Orwell to José Saramago and don’t? What’s needed to ensure smart teach- Ismaïl Kadare. The list of European authors ing programmes, astute teachers, students who have written about oppression and that thirst for knowledge and a society that restricted freedom is long. But what can the believes in knowledge? Professor OKHWA LEE, stories of the past tell us about the numer- one of the foremost school experts in South ous challenges facing freedom of speech Korea, describes the organisational, peda- today? Does the past truly differ from the gogical, scientific and political conditions present? And, more importantly, how do for the best school. Together with professor writing and censorship relate? The authors emeritus TOMAS KROKSMARK they discuss what (Romania), Swedish schools can, should and should not LILIANA COROBCA EDURNE PORTELA (Spain) and ANA LUÍSA AMARAL (Portugal) learn from the South Korean school system. give us insight into the psychological process Language: English. of producing literary works. Moderator: Org: Studentlitteratur JESPER BENGTSSON, chairman of Swedish PEN. Language:­ English.

Org: EUNIC

THURSDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL F5 THURSDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL R2 Odysseys in Israel’s desert MEDIATING PEACE AND LISTEN TO THE ANIMALS A man leaves his extravagant life- MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING­ style in New York and sets off to an The UN reports that one million species are Israeli desert. A heartbroken author WITH MIL threatened by extinction – and with them an is entrusted with a great secret: that enormous world of life risks being lost. EVA MIL New technologies, flows of information , philosopher and author, writes in her Franz Kafka did not die in 1924, but and social media networks connect people MEIJER left for Israel and lived there under an internationally acclaimed book, Animal Lan- but have also facilitated the ability of radical guages: The Secret Conversations of the Living assumed name. There, he left behind and extremist organizations to recruit young previously unknown texts. American World, about animal communication, a world people and spread hateful speech. Can that in part remains to be explored. Based NICOLE KRAUSS’S Forest Dark is a novel MIL enable citizens to act ethically and to filled with black humour and makes on ethological research and comparatively promote diversity and intercultural dialogue? radical thinkers of the ’60s and ’70s, such the reader look beyond what lies right Global multi-stakeholder cooperation and before their eyes. Here, Krauss, who as Konrad Lorenz, she writes about why we meetings enable constructive dialogue and have to let go of our anthropocentricism and broke through in 2005 with The History promote intercultural understanding. In this of Love, converses with the literary critic begin listening to animals. Moderator: JONAS session, speakers from the UNESCO Global , psychologist. Language: English. INGRID ELAM. Language: English. MIL Feature Conference taking place in MOSSKIN Org: Brombergs Bokförlag, Gothenburg this week, address these current Org: The Dutch Embassy, Weyler förlag Jewish Culture in Sweden issues. Language: English. Org: Region Västra Götaland, UNESCO PHOTO: GONI RISKIN (KRAUSS), SUSANNE KRONHOLM (MOEYAERT) KRONHOLM SUSANNE GONI RISKIN (KRAUSS), PHOTO: Seminars Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 11

THURSDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL J2 IN HUMAN TIME

SOUTH KOREA How can we understand time? As the Korean poets HAENGSOOK KIM and YONG-MOK SIN tackle this eternal question, they observe that history is not dead, but continually returns to us. Events that occurred centuries ago affect what we call “the present”, so that the now feels quite familiar at times. The poets find that we can see people as “towers of time” which are subsequently warped, corroded and destroyed. We are captives of time, and the only way to resist is through contemplating our affinity and overcoming our differences. Moderator: YUKIKO DUKE, journalist. Lan- guage: English and Korean (interpreted).

Org: Korean Publishers Association, LTI Korea

THURSDAY 16:30–16:50 HALL G4 THURSDAY 17:00–17:45 HALL J2 THE UNCROWNED QUEEN MAGICAL REALISM­ OF THE ART OF THE NOVEL TODAY

The British author TESSA HADLEY is a master of How does Gabriel García Márquez’s portraying human shortcomings. In the novel magical realism hold up today, seen from Late in the Day she portrays two married the perspective of the younger generation couples whose lives and stories are tightly of authors? The Colombian author MAR- interconnected – and what happens when GARITA GARCÍA ROBAYO has become a star one of them dies. She speaks with her pub- in the skies of Latin American literature lishers MARIA SÅTHE about life and literature. with novels like What I Did Not Learn and Language: English. Until the Huracán Passes. She speaks with the dramatist AMERICA VERA-ZAVALA about Org: Wahlström & Widstrand being a young author in today’s Latin America and the legacy of Gabriel García Márquez. Language: Swedish and Spanish (interpreted).

Org: The Colombian Embassy

FRIDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL J2 FRIDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL K3 FRIDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL R2 REFUGEES: MIGRATION THE NEXT STEP CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMANISM FOR METOO IN LITERATURE

SOUTH KOREA In news reports, streams of GENDER EQUALITY In the autumn of 2017, The summer of 2018 left the world with an refugees are transformed into sterile numbers. journalist SHIORI ITO became the face of entirely new phenomenon: climate anxiety. The individual refugee – with their anxiety, the MeToo movement in Japan when The European authors MEELIS FRIEDENTHAL loneliness, linguistic confusion and alienation she divulged that she had been raped (Estonia), ANDREA GRILL (Austria), EVA MEIJER – remains invisible. The Korean author HAEJIN by the chief of one of Japan’s largest (The Netherlands) and JOSEF PÁNEK (Czech CHO tells in her book I Met Loh Kiwan of one TV stations. Her autobiography, Black Republic) all work in the borderland between such person behind the statistics: a North Box, testifies to the sexism and culture literature and science. Together they discuss Korean who flees starvation in their homeland. of silence in Japanese society. Here, she in what way climate change is portrayed in She speaks with the Korean poet SANG-HAK meets the Swedish authors EBBA WITT- contemporary literature and how it affects AHN, the historian DICK HARRISON (Folkvan- BRATTSTRÖM and KATARINA WENNSTAM in a both society and the literary world. Modera- dringstid [Migration Period]) and the journalist dialogue on violence and harassment – tor: JONAS GREN, author and climate debater. THORD ERIKSSON (Dom som stod kvar [Those and what the next step should be for the Language: English. Who Stayed Behind]) about displaced people. MeToo movement. Moderator: JOHAN Org: EUNIC Moderator: GÖRREL ESPELUND, journalist. Lan- ÅSARD, journalist. Language: English. guage: English and Korean (interpreted). Org: Systerkonspirationen, Norstedts, Org: Korean Publishers Association, LTI Korea, Albert Bonniers förlag KALOIAN, MINISTERIO DE CULTURA DE LA NACIÓN ARGENTINA DE LA NACIÓN DE CULTURA MINISTERIO KALOIAN, PHOTO: LITERATURE TRANSLATION INSTITUTE OF KOREA (HAENGSOOK KIM), (HAENGSOOK KIM), OF KOREA INSTITUTE TRANSLATION LITERATURE PHOTO: Ordfront, Natur & Kultur 12 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 Seminars

FRIDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL H1 RACHEL CUSK A renewer of the art of the novel

With Outline, Transit and Kudos, RACHEL CUSK has stepped forth as a great reju- venator of the art of the novel. In this internationally acclaimed trilogy, the narration becomes a kind of listening. The individual’s identity is outlined first in meeting with other narratives and through turning the conventional rules of the novel inside out. In this way Cusk tackles the central issues of our time: how we try to guide our lives by telling stories, but also how the stories change and guide us. Moderator: MALIN ULLGREN, literary critic. Language: English.

Org: Albert Bonniers Förlag

FRIDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL F5 FRIDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL K3 FRIDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL J2 EXILE JOURNALIST RACISM IN THE SOCIAL-­HISTORICAL- IN SWEDEN AMERICAN SOUTH PUBLIC TRAUMA

According to Reporters without Borders’s In TAYARI JONES’S acclaimed novel An SOUTH KOREA The Korean people live with World Press Freedom Index, increasingly American Marriage a successful couple several historical traumas that left deep brutal methods are used to silence journal- embodies the American dream and the new, wounds. In 1980, hundreds of students were ists. This can directly result in exile. A new black South. Until their life is shattered murdered by the military in the so-called host country offers many opportunities, but when the man is innocently sentenced to Gwangju Uprising, after having protested it can also present a serious limitation to 12 years in prison. THOMAS MULLEN’S crime the regime. The massacre plays a central journalists’ freedom of speech. Meet GINNA fiction Lightning Men takes place in the role in the prize-winning author Han Kang’s LINDBERG, foreign correspondent at Ekot 1950s in Atlanta which is rife with racism, book Human Acts. 34 years later, in 2014, a (Swedish Broadcasting), and the Swe- presenting great obstacles for two police ferry disaster culled nearly 300 lives. HAN den-based journalists MESFIN NEGASH from officers in the city’s first, black police force. KANG meets the author colleagues EUN YOUNG Ethiopia and WALI ARIAN from Afghanistan in Both American authors discuss racism in JIN and Swedish ATHENA FARROKHZAD in a a dialogue about situations before and after the American South, yesterday and today. dialogue about social traumas, the meaning exile. Moderator: GÖRREL ESPELUND, journalist. Moderator: PEKKA HEINO, television presenter. of literature and what it means to be human. Language: English. Language: English. Moderator: MATS ALMEGÅRD, journalist. ­Language: English and Korean (interpreted). Org: Reporters Without Borders Org: Bokförlaget Forum, Historiska Media Org: Korean Publishers Association, LTI Korea, Albert Bonniers Förlag

FRIDAY 14:30–14:50 HALL J2 FRIDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL J2 SILVIA AVALLONE CHILE: THE SUITES OF DICTATORSHIP SILVIA AVALLONE’S new novel Da dove la vita è perfetta (Where Life is Perfect) moves in NONA FERNÁNDEZ was born two years before the same world as the début Swimming the military coup in 1973. In her book La to Elba, in the working-class tenements dimensión desconocida (The Unknown and explores questions of identity and the Dimension) she tells of how the dictatorship possibility of deciding over one’s life as a formed her entire generation. How “normal” young woman in contemporary Italy. An fathers went to work as kidnappers and Italy in the shadow of the good life, where torturers. How 17 years of dictatorship have gulfs between social classes are deep and affected Chile and the search for truth. The gender roles set in stone. Moderator: Swedish-Chilean LUIS RECABARREN was two PONTUS KIPOWSKI, Natur & Kultur. Lan- years old when he was kidnapped together guage: Italian interpreted to English. with his parents and an uncle. Luis was the Org: Natur & Kultur, the Italian Institute of only one to come back alive. 43 years later he Culture took the case to the UN Council of Human Rights, in proceedings against the Chilean state. Moderator: HÅKAN FORSBERG, journalist. Language: Spanish interpreted to Swedish.

Org: Palabra förlag, the Cervantes Institute (CUSK) KATZ SCAMELL SIEMON (AVALLONE), LOMBEZZI MARTINO PHOTO: Seminars Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 13

FRIDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL H1 JAMAICA KINCAID A great author from a small place

GENDER EQUALITY Her writing is heavily influenced by her upbringing on the Car- ibbean island Antigua, often portraying colonialism’s effects on people’s lives, not least women’s. JAMAICA KINCAID, who gained notoriety with books like Annie John and Lucy, has recently found many new readers in Sweden, where she has received great acclaim. Here, she speaks with literary critic JENNY TUNEDAL about her authorship and her book Mr Potter (recently translated into Swedish), which tackles her biological father – a man she did not know, but about whom she took the liberty to write an unforgettable novel. Language: English. Org: Tranan

FRIDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL F2 FRIDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL R2 FRIDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL F5 DO WE NEED FEMINISM? MONIKA VAICENAVICIENE DID DAWIT ARRIVE AT WORK TOO LATE? GENDER EQUALITY Has feminism become Art schools and making superfluous? In Women vs Feminism: Why illustrated books After 18 years of absence from Sweden, We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars, graduation project Dawit Isaak remains a symbol: a picture on asserts that the fight for MONIKA VAICENAVICIENE’S JOANNA WILLIAMS at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in T-shirts advocating his release. But who is women’s rights has been a unique historical Stockholm (Konstfack) became the publisher Dawit? What was it like working with him success, but that that today’s feminism is Opal’s most noted book in a long time. Before and what drove him to say yes to work at paradoxically about how weak, oppressed it was even published, it was sold to 11 differ- the newly started independent newspaper and powerless women are. Is that true? And ent language territories and won a number Setit in Eritrea? His chief editor AARON what about men? In Mansboken (The Man of prizes, among them the World Illustration BERHANE­ tells us about the difficult publishing Book), journalist explores ATILLA YOLDAS Award. Monika speaks with , decisions, editorial discussions and the day the cult surrounding macho men and the SARA TELEMAN professor of illustration at Konstfack, about they were banned. Aaron Berhane managed myths of male roles. Together with KARIN the significance of art schools in creating to escape from Eritrea during 2001 and now , CEO at Timbro, och SVANBORG-SJÖVALL AMIE illustrated books today, and talks about their lives in Canada. He is interviewed by the BRAMME SEY, journalist, they discuss feminism own creative process behind the book What is journalist and author MARTIN SCHIBBYE, whose anno 2019. Moderator: , KATTIS AHLSTRÖM a River? Language: English. latest book is Jakten på Dawit (The Search for journalist. Language: English. Dawit). Language: English. Org: Bokförlaget Opal Org: Karneval förlag, Bokförlaget Max Ström, Timbro PHOTO: BOKFÖRLAGET TRANAN (KINCAID) BOKFÖRLAGET PHOTO: 14 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 Seminars

FRIDAY 16:00–16:20 HALL R2 FRIDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL F2 RIGGED TRUTH HOW WILL EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? BRYAN STEVENSON is the lawyer who special- ised in defending those who are most des- SHERI BERMAN, professor of political science at perately in need of help: the poor and the Columbia University in New York, is known wrongly accused. The United States have for her research on European history and the world’s largest prison population, one the conditions of democracy. In Democracy of fifteen citizens is expected to end up in and Dictatorship in Europe, she portrays the prison. For black men this number rises to European political development from the one in three. Stevenson tells us about his early-modern era to today. In a dialogue fight for justice for all. Language: English. with JOHANNES LINDVALL, professor of political Org: Libris Media science at Lund University, she discusses how democracy is doing in Europe, as well as its future there. How are we to understand the problems that old and new democracies are struggling with today? Moderator: CARL THAM, former Minister for Energy and ambas- sador. Language: English.

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FRIDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL K2 FRIDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL J2 FRIDAY 17:00–17:45 HALL J2 TESSA HADLEY PORTRAYS PEACE ON THE KOREAN GENDER ROLES IN OUR INNER LIVES PENINSULA AND THE GERMAN-LANGUAGE FUTURE OF HUMANITY LITERATURE She has jokingly been called “a Justin Bieber for middle-aged female readers”. She has GENDER EQUALITY Who decides the agenda on been compared with Virginia Woolf. The the German-language publishing market? Are British author TESSA HADLEY found success today’s stories and literary characters perme- in Sweden with the first novel (The Past) ated by predominant inequality, gender roles translated into Swedish (Syskonen). Her new and ideals? , German author, book, Late in the Day, is a story about four SARAH BERGER blogger and photographer, ANDREA GRILL, Aus- friends’ tranquil middle-class lives in London trian evolutionary biologist and author, and which are abruptly changed when one of PETER STAMM, winner of the 2018 Swiss Book them suddenly dies. Old wrongs and feelings Prize, discuss literary and social limitations rise to the surface. Here, she speaks with the as well as conditions in the German-speak- dramatist ANNELI DUFVA about her novel and ing countries. Moderator: IRINA HRON, guest authorship. Language: English. researcher in German-language literature, Org: Wahlström & Widstrand University of Gothenburg. Language: German. Org: Goethe-Institut, Embassy of Switzerland, Embassy of Austria

SATURDAY 10:00–10:45 HALL R2 SOUTH KOREA Some 70 years after the SATURDAY 10:00–10:45 HALL K2 Division of Korea, the conflict on the THE FIGHT FOR peninsula remains at the centre of EVA ILLOUZ YOUR PERIOD global politics and has flared up since North Korea managed to make nuclear Love and happiness in the era of late arms. The harsh words exchanged The period movement is capitalism GENDER EQUALITY between North Korea and other coun- one of the fastest growing rights movements tries casts a shadow over the entire GENDER EQUALITY Why is our self-esteem so in the world. Period activists discuss the region. What do recent diplomatic dependent on love? Has love always given concepts of menstrual poverty, menstrual negotiations with the US among others rise to the same suffering before as it does shame, inclusion and why boys and men mean for peace? What is the way for- today? In Why Love Hurts: A Sociological must get involved in the movement. Partici- ward? Participating: professor ­ Explanation, Israeli author and professor pants: , founder of the Period KAB-WOO NADYA OKAMOTO , University of North Korea studies EVA ILLOUZ, scrutinises the chaos that charac- Movement in the United States and author of KOO in Seoul, and professor , terises the romantic and sexual relationships the book of the same name, , LINUS HAGSTRÖM KIM WINDVOGEL­ Swedish Defense Uni. and the Swedish of our time. She seeks the answers by high- South African queer activist, UN fellow and Institute of International Affairs. lighting the social, rather than the psycholog- author of They Called Me Queer, SHYAKA Moderator: , jour- ical context that women and men encounter , founder of the ANNIE REUTERSKIÖLD LWANYAAGA FARID KUBANDA nalist. Language: English and Korean today. Moderator: JOHANNA FRÄNDÉN, journal- organisation Wellbeing Foundation, Uganda, (interpreted). ist, Language: English. and TERESE LANN WELIN, founder of My Period Org: Jewish Culture in Sweden is Awesome, Sweden. Moderator: AMIE Org: Korean Publishers Association, The BRAMME SEY, journalist. Language: English. Swedish Institute of International Affairs

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SATURDAY 10:00–10:45 HALL F2 SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL F5 SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL K1 FREEDOM – AN ARGUMENT CRIME FICTION MEETINGS CLIMATE MUTATION FOR LACK OF FREEDOM? ACROSS THE ATLANTIC How do we create stories about the complex In the book Creating Freedom: Power, Control Three prominent crime fiction authors adaptations of our time? Can fiction show and the Fight for Our Future, the British discuss societal critique, politics and the dif- the way for reality? The philosopher Bruno philosopher Raoul Martinez states that ferences between Nordic and American crime Latour states that we must stop talking about a climate crisis and begin talking about a concepts such as free choice, freedom of fiction. The American authorDON WINSLOW’S speech and free market are often used to latest book The Border, presents explicit mutation of living conditions. What does it justify the opposite of freedom. Why is that? criticism of the political climate in the United mean to be a human in a post-anthropocen- tric world? PERNILLA GLASER (Rise – Institute of What is freedom actually? Freedom to or States. The Norwegian, ANNE HOLT, with a freedom from something? A dialogue about past as a journalist, lawyer and Norway’s Conversations) meets AMANDA SVENSSON (A freedom as an argument for lack of freedom minister of justice, is author of the book Magnificent System) and KERI FACER (visiting with , A Grave for Two. , former Zennström professor of climate change at the RAOUL MARTINEZ ANDREAS JOHANSSON KRISTINA OHLSSON University of Uppsala) to discuss humanity HEINÖ, director of publishing at Timbro, and analyst at the Swedish Security Service, has , author. Moderator: written To Him Who Knocks, an independent in a changed world. Rise invites the first 100 KAJSA EKIS EKMAN OLA guests to a light lunch. Language: English. SIGURDSON, professor of religious studies / follow-up to Buried Lies and The Lies We systematic theology. Language: English. Tell. Moderator: LOTTA OLSSON, journalist. Org: Rise – Institute of Conversations, Norstedts Language: English. Org: Jonsered’s Manor, University of Gothenburg, Ordfront Org: HarperCollins Nordic, Piratförlaget

SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL F2 SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL J1 SEX AND RELIGION LINNAEUS IN A NEW LIGHT

GENDER EQUALITY The Bible passages which in various Carl Linnaeus’s system for classifying plants, ways deal with human sexuality are among the most animals and minerals has been used since quoted. Most religions also have some form of rules the 18th century. Who was he really, this and restrictions on sex. Why are religions so focused world-famous scientist? In his Mannen som on who has sex with whom? American theologist ordnande naturen (The Man who Organised NADIA BOLZ-WEBER argues in their book, Shameless, Nature), GUNNAR BROBERG, professor of the for a sexual reformation and views our sexuality in history of ideas, gives us a new picture of Lin- light of the belief in a loving and forgiving God. She naeus. American-Antiguan author JAMAICA discusses with the sex educator INTI CHAVEZ PEREZ and KINCAID has long been fascinated by the J.P. MOKGETHI-HEATH­ who is the author of high-profile Swedish botanist, but has also highlighted books on religious views of sexuality. Moderator: the colonial aspects of his project of naming GABRIELLA AHLSTRÖM, journalist and author. Language: plants which already had names where they English. grew. Both authors meet in a dialogue about Carl Linnaeus guided by the journalist Org: The Swedish Church YUKIKO DUKE. Language: English. Org: Natur & Kultur, Tranan

SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL K3 FROM THE SUFFRA- GETTES TO METOO

GENDER EQUALITY The suffragettes’ battle to vote in Great Britain was 100 years ago, and European democracies are celebrating the centennial – but how do things look in 2019? What can we learn from the suffragettes’ struggle? How can today’s global democratic movements vitalise local democracies? Participants: women’s rights activist HELEN PANKHURST, descendant of Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst, IDA ÖSTENSSON, founder of the Fatta! movement and Make Equal, and JOY ADA ONYESOH, president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Nigeria. Moderator: ALEXANDRA PASCALIDOU, author and journalist. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL J2 SATURDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL R2 SATURDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL F5 STATE VIOLENCE IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM LOVE FOR CRIME FICTION AND LITERATURE For more than 15 years, this Lebanese author, PETER ROBINSON, CAMILLA LÄCKBERG and HÅKAN journalist and activist JOUMANA HADDAD has ÖSTLUNDH discuss their writing and love for SOUTH KOREA The volcanic Jeju Island is one of South Korea’s largest and most beautiful been fighting in their home country – for Nordic crime fiction. The British author Peter islands – and the site of a horrific massacre. women’s rights, against discrimination, Robinson’s books have been translated into In 1948 as many as 30,000 Koreans were racism, sexism and censorship. Her outspo- 19 languages and awarded numerous prizes. killed by their own government forces in ken and tireless struggle has, among other His latest is Careless Love. After 10 books in the so-called Jeju Uprising. The event was things, put her on the Arabian Business Mag- the Fjällbacka series, Camilla Läckberg is a taboo subject in South Korea up until the azine’s list of the world’s 100 most powerful changing tracks with Golden Cage – a sus- Arab women four years in a row. Joumana pense novel about betrayal, making amends, late 1990s, but the author KI YOUNG HYUN described it already in a book in 1979 – which Haddad, who poetry collection Lilith’s Return and revenge. Håkan Östlundh’s latest is led to his arrest and torture. Today, Ki Young speaks with the journalist DEVRIM MAVI for Den falska profeten (The False Prophet), Hyun is one of South Korea’s most well- their active fight for women’s rights and the follow-up to The Winter of the Prophet, known authors, and meets here the journalist freedom of speech. Language: English. which portrays a cold and corrupt Sweden. Moderator:­ HELENA DAHLGREN, author. JÖRGEN HUITFELDT in a dialogue about the Jeju Org: Olof Palme International Center Uprising and the author’s obligation to tell. Language:­ English. Language: English and Korean (interpreted). Org: Bokförlaget Forum, Bokförlaget Polaris Org: Korean Publishers Association, LTI Korea

SATURDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL K2 SATURDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL J2 DAVID NICHOLLS ITALIAN FAMILY TIES

From theatre student to acclaimed author GENDER EQUALITY Young people dealing with Despite enormous success as an author with eight gender equality issues are a recurrent theme million books sold and titles such as One Day and the for four Italian authors who meet here to discuss family and gender in different socio-­ Booker Prize-nominated Us behind him, DAVID NICHOLLS has not completely let go of his great passion: the economic environments: internationally world of film and TV. He recently wrote the script for acclaimed SILVIA AVALLONE, current with Da Patrick Melrose, the TV series with Benedict Cumber- dove la vita è perfetta (Where Life is Perfect), batch in the main role. This autumn Nicholls’s fifth DONATELLA DI PIETRANTONIO, author of A Girl novel, Sweet Sorrow, will be published in Swedish. He Returned, VIOLA ARDONE, who found success with Il treno dei bambini (The Children’s speaks with the program leader PEKKA HEINO about his path from an ambitious theatre student to a success- Train), and EMMA PIAZZA, a new voice on ful author and everything he learned along the way. the Italian crime fiction scene whose book Language: English. The House on the Burning Island has been translated to Swedish. Moderator: KRISTINA Org: Printz förlag KAPPELIN, journalist. Language: interpreted from Italian.

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SATURDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL F2 USA, TRUMP AND THE WOMEN

GENDER EQUALITY The majority of white Amer- ican women voted for Trump. Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, several prominent candidates were women. What chances does a woman have to challenge Trump? It was in the United States that the MeToo movement began, at the same time accusations hailed down between women about being either misandrists or gender traitors. What is femi- nism in the US up to? Two American authors discuss this: TAYARI JONES and MEG WOLITZER. Moderator: MARIA EDSTRÖM, senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Gothenburg. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL H1 DO WE STILL NEED FEMINISM IN EUROPE?

GENDER EQUALITY In the world of media and literature, it is often men that set the agenda and are given the majority of stipends and distinctions. So what do we do to overcome the stereotypical thinking? Can literature drive and lead development in a more equal direction? The authors LAURA GRÜNBERG (Romania), PETRA HULOVA (Czech Republic), PETER STAMM (Switzer- land) and SARAH BERGER (Germany) discuss the effects of inequality between the sexes and possible ways of achieving balance. Moderator: MATS KEMPE, author, librarian and cultural writer. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL F3 SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL K1 SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL F4 GEMMA HARTLEY THE DIFFERENT FACES UNDERSTANDING OF OPPRESSION DAILY LIFE THROUGH On the new front-line of feminism MATHEMATICS GENDER EQUALITY Why are women still given GENDER EQUALITY Poetic introduction by certain work tasks? Like getting presents for Tammam Hunaydi. The oppression of How do traffic lights, Netflix film recommen- in-laws and keeping track of everything that women has had many different faces in dations and the espresso machine use the happens at the children’s school. Despite history. The Syrian journalist and author mathematics we learned in school? STEFAN it being a self-evident way of how our SAMAR YAZBEK’S new interview book Nineteen BUIJSMAN shows us in the book Siffrorna i våra relationships are upheld – at home, at work, Women focuses on the quiet, or quieted, liv (Pluses and Minuses). At the age of 20, he in society at large – emotional work remains people behind the revolution: Syria’s female obtained a PhD in the philosophy of mathe- an unexplored area. The American journalist revolutionaries. In The MeToo’s Roar of matics. Here, Buijsman meets professor DAVID and author GEMMA HARTLEY caused debate History, EBBA WITT-BRATTSTRÖM links today’s SUMPTER, who in the book Outnumbered: in 2018 with her ultra-viral article “Women MeToo dictums to some of the most impor- From Facebook and Google to Fake News and aren’t nags – we’re just fed up” and put the tant female voices from history, and maps the Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control concept of emotional work on the map with wrongs from Antiquity to today. A dialogue Our Lives, explains how data and algorithms her début book Fed Up. Moderator: LINA about emphasising women’s stories. Modera- work today and what they might be able to do THOMSGÅRD, director of Stockholm’s Museum tor: MADELAINE LEVY, literary critic. Language: in the future. Moderator: HELENA BORNHOLM, of Women’s History. Language: English. English and Arabic (interpreted). science journalist. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL R2 SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL J2 SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL J1 WHEN OLD MEETS NEW THE DRIVING FORCES TACKLING HISTORICAL BEHIND WRITING ATROCITIES What happens when tradition is replaced with modernity? When progressivism MAX PORTER broke through with a bang with The massacre in the French village Oradour- meets conservatism? In the German DÖRTE Grief is the Thing with Feathers in 2015 and sur-Glane was one of the most brutal acts HANSEN’S new novel Midday Hour, life in the MAGGIE O’FARRELL is celebrating a 20th anni- perpetrated by the Nazis during the Second small village of Geestdorf is transformed versary next year with titles such as Instruc- World War. In May 1691, Mallorcan Jews who when farming society has to make space for tions for a Heatwave and This Must be the had converted to Christianity were burned something new. In Miss Iceland by AUĐUR Place. Porter’s latest book is the fable Lanny alive because they continued practising AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR­ , the 2018 winner of Nordic and O’Farrell’s encompasses earth-shattering their faith and culture. The American-­ ­Council Literature Prize, a young woman near-death experiences in I Am, I Am, I Am: Cuban author (The with dreams of becoming an author fights to ARMANDO LUCAS CORREA Seventeen Brushes with Death. Two great Daughter’s Tale) and Swedish ANITA GOLDMAN be taken seriously when she leaves her village narrators, but very different. Are there still (If Stones Could Speak in Palma de Mallorca) for the big city. ELIN OLOFSSON’S ­Herravälde similarities between their different ways of portray historical atrocities in their current (Dominion) is about three women’s fight for thinking of writing? And what motivates novels. How have they approached these freedom in the 1920s, a time when men had them to write at all? Language: English. horrific events? Moderator:ANDERS RYDELL, power over everything. Moderator: ANNELI author. Language: English. DUFVA, dramatist. Language: English. Org: Sekwa/Etta Org: LB Förlag, Natur & Kultur Org: Bokförlaget Nona, Wahlström & Widstrand, Weyler förlag PHOTO: GABY GERSTER (STAMM) GERSTER GABY PHOTO: 18 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 Seminars

SATURDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL K2 SATURDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL K2 HARD LIFE IN LONDON SIRI HUSTVEDT

GENDER EQUALITY To strike it out as a young A journey into the past woman in the difficult world of London is not She came from the countryside and wanted to experi- precisely child’s play. Here two acclaimed ence the magic of the big city, its literature, artists and authors who unite in their outspokenness parties. Instead she became fixated on her peculiar and their sharp, typically British humour, in neighbour, Lucy. In SIRI HUSTVEDT’S novel Memories of a dialogue about love, sex and friendship: the Future, an ageing author looks back on the time CAITLIN MORAN, who in How to Be Famous por- when she arrived in New York, a trip to the past which trays a young music journalist fighting the seems to have much to do with her present life. Here, patriarchal oppression of the 1990s Brit pop one of the United States’s most acclaimed authors era, and KATE DAVIES whose début novel In at speaks with the cultural editor of Dagens Nyheter, the Deep End has been compared to Bridget BJÖRN WIMAN, about the inadequacy of memory, Jones’s diary with an LGBTQ main character. patriarchal violence and the shifting border between Moderator: BIANCA KRONLÖF, actor. Language: madness and rationality. Language: English. English. Org: Norstedts Org: Albert Bonniers Förlag, Norstedts

SATURDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL K3 RACHEL KUSHNER

SATURDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL F2 SATURDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL H1 18 YEARS IN PRISON OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS Paying with your life – THE TRANSLATORS Poetic introduction by Judith Kiros. Since Are you born innocent or just rich in 2001, journalist Dawit Isaak has been impris- the United States? Guilty or just poor? Ferrante fever has spread across the world oned in Eritrea. The country is now begin- The Mars Room, short- in recent years and speculations about the RACHEL KUSHNER’S ning to open up, raising the question what listed for the Man Booker Prize, follows author’s true identity have been intense. As a a peace treaty with Ethiopia means for him. a women who is sentenced to life in result of this, a number of actual people have , himself once imprisoned prison for having murdered her stalker. MARTIN SCHIBBYE made it to the spotlight: translators. Five in Ethiopia, is writing The Search for Dawit. She looks back at her upbringing while translators meet in a dialogue about their He discusses freedom of speech, imprison- simultaneously battling the absurdities experiences of translating Ferrante’s Neapol- ment and the logic of dictatorship with of prison life. The novel, which was FIKRU itan Quartet into Nordic languages: , a cardiologist released from Ethiopian BRYNJA banned in Californian prisons, reveals MARU (Iceland), prison last year, , co-author of CORTES ANDRÉSDÓTTIR NINA GROSS the social gaps that separate successful PETER ALESTIG (Denmark), (Sweden), Five Years in Captivity about Fikru Maru, and JOHANNA HEDENBERG people from inmates. What value is (Finland) and , who spent six years as a HELINÄ KANGAS KRISTIN SØRSDAL there in a life that is collateral in a debt INGRID BETANCOURT (Norway). Moderator: , journal- prisoner of the Colombian guerrilla. Mod- ÅSA BECKMAN to the state? Moderator: , ist. Language: English. INGRID ELAM erator: , archbishop emeritus. literary critic. Language: English. K.G. HAMMAR Language: English. Org: The Italian Institute of Culture, Norstedts Org: Bookmark Org: Offside, Ordfront, The Swedish Church PHOTO: SPENCER OSTRANDER (HUSTVEDT), CHLOE AFTEL (KUSHNER) AFTEL CHLOE (HUSTVEDT), SPENCER OSTRANDER PHOTO: Seminars Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 19

SATURDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL J2 SATURDAY 14:30–14:50 HALL R2 SATURDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL K3 FEMINISM IN KOREAN FEMINISM THAT MARKUS ZUSAK LITERATURE AND PREVAILED TO DEATH ITS FUTURE GENDER EQUALITY The feminist struggle in the West has been so successful that feminism SOUTH KOREA GENDER EQUALITY Feminism is a hot topic in South Korea, and central to the is no longer needed. This is the view of the periodical 10TAL’s special number on Korean British author JOANNA WILLIAMS, whose latest poetry and prose. More voices calling out, and book is Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need the literary interpretations move from the Liberating from the Gender Wars. In many subtle to the magical and the grotesque. The key domains it is instead men who are in the disadvantaged position. Language: English. author KEUM HEE KIM has been noted for her delicate portrayals of women. DONGSHIK KIM Org: Karneval Förlag is a professor of Korean literature. Together with the author and critic AASE BERG and the author and researcher ELISABETH HJORTH, they reflect on what is needed here and now. ­Moderator: MATS ALMEGÅRD, journalist. ­Language: English and Korean (interpreted).

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Building a bridge with the SATURDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL K1 Murderer HAN KANG The worldwide success,The Book Thief, was translated into 40 languages and Objects as the leitmotif of life sold 16 million copies globally. It took 12 years for the Australian author Markus SOUTH KOREA The White Book is HAN KANG’S third book in Swedish after the successes The Vegetarian and Zusak to reload, and now he’s back with Human Acts. A book about loss and how sorrow affects the family saga Bridge of Clay. Matthew people’s lives. About the meaning of things in our lives, lives together with four brothers and a and the power of poetry. It is a beautiful, poetic inves- veritable zoo of animals. The brothers tigation built on a number of white objects. A longing raise themselves, completely without adult rules, until the day when the to overcome pain with the help of language. HAN KANG Murderer returns. The Murderer is what speaks with the journalist YUKIKO DUKE about her latest books and authorship. Language: English and Korean Matthew calls his father, who he views (interpreted). as the cause of his mother’s death. The father tells of his great project: building Org: Natur & Kultur a bridge over the Amahnu River. Now he needs his sons’ help. MARKUS ZUSAK discusses with PETER WHITEBROOK, jour- nalist. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL F2 MOBILISATION OF AN ENTIRE PEOPLE

GENDER EQUALITY The activist Ailbhe Smyth has played a decisive role in the struggle for changing the tough abortion laws in Ireland. What can we learn about their mobilisation? About strategies, struggle and revolution in a time when right-wing nationalist powers are growing. The author and journalist MARIA SVELAND interviews AILBHE SMYTH and RFSU’s chairman HANS LINDE in a live podcast by RFSU Documentary. Language: English.

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SATURDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL K2 SATURDAY 15:00–15:45 HALL R2 CAITLIN MORAN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH

Coming of age in the era of Brit pop A dialogue between two authors with roots in Brazil, one with a Jewish background GENDER EQUALITY The 19-year-old music journalist Dolly Wilde involuntarily ends and one with Nazis in their family tree. In up in the spotlight after having gone TATIANA SALEM LEVY’S The House in Smyrna home with a popular comedian. How is a the Jewish narrator receives the key to a young woman supposed to resist a famous, house in Turkey, which their grandfather left behind when he began a new life in influential man?CAITLIN MORAN’S hilarious and heart-warming novel How to Be Famous Brazil. In the search the narrator confronts is an acerbic critique of the patriarchy in themselves and their family history. JULIE general and the music industry in particu- LINDAHL was born in Brazil after her German lar. Here, the British author and journalist, family, which has ties to Nazism, left Europe whose debut book How to Be a Woman in the 1960s. While searching for answers she became an international phenomenon in confronts the family’s secrets with revela- 2012, discusses love, and becoming an adult tions that change her view of her family and herself. Moderator: ANDERS RYDELL, author. with CLARA HENRY, program leader and blogger. Language: English. Language: English. Org: Albert Bonniers Förlag Org: The Brazilian Embassy, Norstedts

SATURDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL K2 SATURDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL F2 SATURDAY 16:00–16:45 HALL G4 THE POWER OF CHARISMA FROM CLIMATE DMITRY GLUKHOVSKY ANXIETY TO ACTION What is it with charismatic people? How do they get us to look up to them, to follow How bad are things for the climate? Much them, to fall for them? How long are we worse than you think, says the American prepared to go for them? In Australian LIANE journalist DAVID WALLACE-WELLS. In The MORIARTY’S and the American MEG WOLITZER’S Uninhabitable Planet he wants to give us latest novels, Nine Perfect Strangers and The the true – but terrifying – picture of the Female Persuasion, the main characters are destructive consequences of climate change. often in contact with people with strong cha- (Sent på jorden [Late for Earth]) risma. A dialogue between the authors on the BJÖRN WIMAN and FRIDA HYLANDER (Klimatpsykologi [Climate power of charisma, on women who have had Pscyhology]) both write about the existential enough – and perhaps even something about crisis this doomsday scenario may cause, and Hollywood film adaptations with Nicole how we, despite this, can act constructively. Kidman in the leading role. Moderator: What do we do to transform our climate anx- ANNELI DUFVA, dramatist. Language: English. iety to a positive power? Moderator: KATRINE Org: Albert Bonniers Förlag, Bookmark MARÇAL, journalist. Language: English. Org: Natur & Kultur, Albert Bonniers Förlag, Atlantis

SUNDAY 10:00–10:45 HALL J1 SUNDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL R2 COUNTRYSIDE IN CHANGE WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON? Post-apocalyptic stories had a huge breakthrough in DÖRTE HANSEN is known for his dys- their home country Germany with the novel DMITRY GLUKHOVSKY Does there actually exist a conflict between topian science fiction trilogy that began This House is Mine. Now we get Midday Hour, different civilisations? It is a thought that with Metro 2033. His stories, which are a hometown story as much as a European is dangerous and disjointing. The Dutch-­ critical of society, have been translated story about how people are shaped by the Moroccan author, essayist and researcher into over 30 languages and have also landscape. After the successes with Swim has dedicated his authorship to been reworked into manuscripts that with Those Who Drown and the non-fiction FOUAD LAROUI advocating another way of thinking: focusing are the basis of a number of first-person Norwegian Wood, the Norwegian author LARS on what unites people, instead of what shooter games. As a first, Glukhovsky is back with the novel The Sister MYTTING separates them. A dialogue on human points is now writing in a new format – for Bells, about a village going through change of contact. Moderator: , audio. The Storytel Original production in 19th-century Norway. The journalist JÖRGEN HUITFELDT MATS journalist. Language: English. Outpost will be launched in several guides dialogue with the authors ALMEGÅRD countries in September and be the final about the countryside in change and old tra- Org: The Moroccan Embassy story in his unique underground land- ditions contra new ideas. Language: English. scape. Moderator: JOHANNA KOLJONEN, Org: Bokförlaget Nona, Wahlström & Widstrand journalist. Language: English. Org: Ersatz, Storytel PHOTO: JÖRG SCHULTZ (GLUKHOVSKY), MARK HARRISON (MORAN) MARK (GLUKHOVSKY), JÖRG SCHULTZ PHOTO: Seminars Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 21

SUNDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL J2 SUNDAY 11:00–11:45 HALL K1 GENDER AND LABOUR RAOUL MARTINEZ

SOUTH KOREA GENDER EQUALITY Discrimination Who is free in our time? due to sex and class is built into the structure A free market, free choices, freedom of speech, free of many workplaces around the world. will – these words are fundamental concepts in our civ- KEUM HEE KIM and SOOM KIM are two Korean ilisation. Still they are used increasingly to justify the authors who in their books highlight patriar- absolute opposite of freedom. The British philosopher, chal cultures, violence and injustice in work artist and film producerRAOUL MARTINEZ has explored life. Here they meet the journalist ELLINOR the concept of freedom for over a decade, which has TORP, who in the book Vi, skuggorna (Us, In resulted in a series of documentary films and the book the Shadows) examines how people from Creating Freedom, which has been called an indispen- poor countries are used as a labour force in sable manifesto for radical thinker. Raoul Martinez Sweden, in a dialogue on gender discrimina- is interviewed by the journalist KATRINE MARÇAL. tion and social injustice at work. Moderator: Language: English. JOHANNA PALMSTRÖM, journalist. Language: English and Korean (interpreted). Org: Ordfront

Org: Korean Publishers Association, Leopard Förlag

SUNDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL R2 ITALY – A LAND ON THE BORDER

“Border” is a word that can mean many things. If you’re ‘on the border’ you are either in a dangerous or vulnerable position, but the idiom also has an undertone of tension and expectation that great changes may occur. Italy is a country that often seems to balance on this very border – between vulnerability and change. BEPPE SEVERGNINI, essayist and columnist in Il corriere della Sera and The New York Times discusses what side Italy is leaning towards today with Dagens Nyheter’s Italy correspondent, PETER LOEWE. Modera- tor: KRISTINA KAPPELIN, journalist and author. Language: English.

Org: The Italian Institute of Culture

SUNDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL K2 SUNDAY 12:00–12:45 HALL J2 LIANE MORIARTY SAMAR YAZBEK What do we know about each other? A female, collective memory of the Her international breakthrough came with Syrian revolution The Husband’s Secret. Her books have sold GENDER EQUALITY After the acclaimed The more than 14 million copies worldwide Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart and Big Little Lies became a successful HBO of Syria, SAMAR YAZBEK is writing once again series. The Australian best-seller LIANE MORI- about a damaged Syria in exile. She wants to ARTY’S latest novel is Nine Perfect Strangers, create a collective memory – as close to the about a group of people who meet at a truth as possible – to counteract the distorted retreat. They all have their own secrets, and truth that is used to justify the war’s crimes. when the retreat leader turns out to have This time she focuses on women’s stories by plans for them other than luxury and relax- letting nine women witness about their lives ation, the nine strangers’ masks fall off one during the revolution and the war. Moder- by one. Liane Moriarty speaks here with the ator: BJÖRN WIMAN, culture editor at Dagens program leader PEKKA HEINO about her latest Nyheter. Language: English and Arabic book and about reconciliation and realising (interpreted). one’s dreams. Language: English. Org: Ordfront Org: Albert Bonniers Förlag PHOTO: UBER PHOTOGRAPHY (MORIARTY) UBER PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: 22 Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 Seminars

SUNDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL K2 SUNDAY 13:00–13:45 HALL J2 DAVID SEDARIS LITERATURE AND MEDIA

Ageing, death and stylish trousers SOUTH KOREA How deep is the crisis of literature in our time when film is such an DAVID SEDARIS is one of the United States’s most cherished narrators of life’s hardships and mankind’s important part of modern culture? What is hilarious battle against the challenges of daily life. In needed to survive as an author when you’re the podcast, This American Life and in his essays in The competing against the latest games, films and New Yorker, he humorously and with brutal honesty Netflix series? In dialogue about the power describes our time. In dialogue with , of narration and what significance literature JOHAN HILTON has despite the today’s ‘world of images’, David Sedaris tells us about his new book Calypso, about life’s dark subjects such as ageing and death, but Korean UN-SU KIM – current with the English also how you find stylish trousers in Tokyo and what translation The Plotters, and the Russian sci- happens when you spend too much time with your ence fiction authorDMITRY GLUKHOVSKY, who family. Language: English. among other things wrote the Metro trilogy. Moderator: ANDREAS EKSTRÖM, journalist. Org: Mondial ­Language: English and Korean (interpreted).

Org: Korean Publishers Association, LTI Korea, Storytel

SUNDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL J1 PRINCESS ROMANOFF A life in the shadow of the House of Romanov The House of Romanov managed to escape the Russian Revolution. HH PRINCESS OLGA ROMANOFF’S biography is the first in many years written by a member of the House. It is a warm and humane story, told with the humour of a down-to-earth woman, the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II’s nephew. She was born in exile and her life is light years away from the halls of the Winter Palace and the House of Romanov’s vast wealth. Today she is the head of the Romanoff family. Moderator: GUNNAR BOLIN, journalist. Language: English.

Org: Bladh by Bladh

SUNDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL K2 SUNDAY 14:00–14:45 HALL F4 NEW YORK, NEW YORK NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB

The capital of the world. The city that Trump and black swans attracts millions of tourists each month. The Never trust someone who does not take place that Swedes have a deep fondness of. their own risks. The thesis of New York is the city of our dreams. But how NASSIM NICHO- LAS TALEB’S Skin in the Game is relatively much do we actually know about its history? simple: a person without anything to lose In Historien om New York (The Story of New in the matter should not have anything to York), former resident, HENRIK BERGGREN, gives say on it. Taleb is perhaps most well-known us a personal portrait of the city’s 400 years for his theory about “black swans” – unpre- of history. He speaks with another resident, dictable events that disrupt our world-view SIRI HUSTVEDT, current with Memories of the – and for having foreseen the financial Future, and DON WINSLOW, who moved both crisis of 2008. Now he’s tackling sharks from there and back, and portrays the city’s on the financial markets who play at high tough police world in The Force. Moderator: odds with depositors’ money but not their ANNELI DUFVA, playwright. Language: English. own, to Donald Trump’s victory and detest- Org: Historiska Media, Norstedts, able book reviewers. Moderator: KATRINE HarperCollins Nordic MARÇAL, journalist. Language: English. Org: Volante PHOTO: INGRID CHRISTIE (SEDARIS), SARAH JOSEPHINE (TALEB) JOSEPHINE SARAH (SEDARIS), INGRID CHRISTIE PHOTO: Göteborg Book Fair | 2019 23 PARTICIPANTS

A L S Ahlström, Gabriella p. 15 Goldman, Anita p. 17 Laestadius, Ann-Helén p. 9 Salem Levy, Tatiana p. 20 Ahlström, Kattis p. 13 Gren, Jonas p. 11 Lann Welin, Terese p. 14 Schibbye, Martin p. 13, 18 Ahn, Sang-Hak p. 11 Grill, Andrea p. 11, 14 Laroui, Fouad p. 20 Sedaris, David p. 22 Alestig, Peter p. 18 Gross, Nina p. 18 Lee, Okhwa p. 10 Severgnini, Beppe p. 21 Almegård, Mats p. 12, 19, 20 Grünberg, Laura p. 17 Lee, Sangheon p. 9 Shams, Milu p. 9 Amaral, Ana Luísa p. 10 Levy, Madelaine p. 17 Sigurdson, Ola p. 15 Ardone, Viola p. 16 H Lindahl, Julie p. 20 Sin, Yong-Mok p. 11 Arian, Wali p. 12 Haddad, Joumana p. 16 Lindberg, Ginna p. 12 Sirajee, Habibullah p. 9 Avallone, Silvia p. 12, 16 Hadley, Tessa p. 11, 14 Linde, Hans p. 19 Smyth, Ailbhe p. 19 Hagström, Linus p. 14 Lindvall, Johannes p. 14 Stamm, Peter p. 14, 17 B Hammar, KG p. 18 Loewe, Peter p. 21 Stevenson, Bryan p. 14 Beckman, Åsa p. 18 Hansen, Dörte p. 17, 20 Lundberg, Patrik p. 9 Sumpter, David p. 17 Bengtsson, Jesper p. 10 Harrison, Dick p. 11 Läckberg, Camilla p. 16 Svanborg-Sjövall, Karin p. 13 Berg, Aase p. 19 Hartley, Gemma p. 17 Sveland, Maria p. 19 Berger, Sarah p. 14, 17 Hedenberg, Johanna p. 18 M Svensson, Amanda p. 15 Berggren, Henrik p. 22 Heino, Pekka p. 12, 16, 21 Marçal, Katrine p. 20, 21, 22 Såthe, Maria p. 11 Berhane, Aaron p. 13 Henry, Clara p. 20 Martinez, Raoul p. 15, 21 Sørsdal, Kristin p. 18 Berman, Sheri p. 14 Hilton, Johan p. 22 Maru, Fikru p. 18 Betancourt, Ingrid p. 18 Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue p. 9 Mavi, Devrim p. 16 T Bolin, Gunnar p. 22 Hjorth, Elisabeth p. 19 Meijer, Eva p. 10, 11 Taleb, Nassim Nicholas p. 22 Bolz-Weber, Nadia p. 15 Holt, Anne p. 15 Melin, Mårten p. 8 Teleman, Sara p. 13 Bornholm, Helena p. 17 Hron, Irina p. 14 Moeyaert, Bart p. 10 Tham, Carl p. 14 Bramme Sey, Amie p. 13, 14 Huitfeldt, Jörgen p. 16, 20 Mokgethi Heath, JP p. 15 Thomsgård, Lina p. 17 Broberg, Gunnar p. 15 Hulova, Petra p. 17 Moran, Caitlin p. 18, 20 Torp, Ellinor p. 21 Buijsman, Stefan p. 17 Hultén, Magnus p. 9 Moriarty, Liane p. 20, 21 Tunedal, Jenny p. 13 Hunaydi, Tammam p. 17 Mosskin, Jonas p. 10 C Hustvedt, Siri p. 18, 22 Mullen, Thomas p. 12 U Cartarescu, Mircea p. 9 Hylander, Frida p. 20 Mytting, Lars p. 20 Ullgren, Malin p. 12 Chavez Perez, Inti p. 15 Hyun, Ki Young p. 16 Cheon, Gwanyul p. 9 Häger, Lars p. 9 N V Cho, Haejin p. 11 Vaicenaviciene, Monika p. 13 Corobca, Liliana p. 10 I Negash, Mesfin p. 12 Vanagaite, Ruta p. 8 Correa, Armando Lucas p. 17 Illouz, Eva p. 14 Nicholls, David p. 16 Vargö, Lars p. 9 Cortes Andrésdóttir, Brynja­ p. 18 Ito, Shiori p. 11 Nygårds, Karin p. 9 Vera-Zavala, America p. 11 Cusk, Rachel p. 12 Wallace-Wells, David p. 20 J O Wennstam, Katarina p. 11 D Jin, Eun Young p. 12 O’Farrell, Maggie p. 17 Westerman, Matilda p. 9 Dahlgren, Helena p. 16 Johansson Heinö, Andreas p. 15 Ohlsson, Kristina p. 15 Whitebrook, Peter p. 19 Davies, Kate p. 18 Jones, Tayari p. 12, 16 Okamoto, Nadya p. 14 Williams, Joanna p. 13, 19 Druker, Elina p. 10 Jåma, Sharon p. 8 Ólafsdóttir, Auđur Ava p. 17 Wiman, Björn p. 18, 20, 21 Dufva, Anneli p. 14, 17, 20, 22 Olofsson, Elin p. 17 Windvogel, Kim p. 14 Duke, Yukiko p. 11, 15, 19 K Olsson, Lotta p. 8, 15 Winslow, Don p. 15, 22 Kang, Han p. 12, 19 Onyesoh, Joy Ada p. 15 Witt-Brattström, Ebba p. 11, 17 E Kangas, Helinä p. 18 Wolitzer, Meg p. 16, 20 Edström, Maria p. 16 Kappelin, Kristina p. 16, 21 P Wänblad, Mats p. 9 Egerkrans, Johan p. 8 Kempe, Mats p. 17 Palmström, Johanna p. 21 Ekis Ekman, Kajsa p. 15 Kim, Dongshik p. 19 Pánek, Josef p. 11 Y Ekström, Andreas p. 22 Kim, Haengsook p. 11 Pankhurst, Helen p. 15 Yazbek, Samar p. 17, 21 Elam, Ingrid p. 10, 18 Kim, Hyonkyong p. 9 Parvin, Shakira p. 9 Yoldas, Atilla p. 13 Eriksson, Thord p. 11 Kim, Keum Hee p. 19, 21 Pascalidou, Alexandra p. 15 Yorke, John p. 10 Espelund, Görrel p. 11, 12 Kim, Soom p. 21 Persson, Malte p. 9 Kim, Un-su p. 22 Piazza, Emma p. 16 Z F Kincaid, Jamaica p. 13, 15 Pietrantonio, Donatella di p. 16 Zuroff, Efraim p. 8 Facer, Keri p. 15 Kipowski, Pontus p. 12 Portela, Edurne p. 10 Zusak, Markus p. 19 Farrokhzad, Athena p. 12 Kiros, Judith p. 18 Porter, Max p. 17 Fernández, Nona p. 12 Koljonen, Johanna p. 20 Å Forsberg, Håkan p. 12 Koo, Kab-Woo p. 14 R Åsard, Johan p. 11 Friedenthal, Meelis p. 11 Krauss, Nicole p. 10 Rahman, Anisur p. 9 Frändén, Johanna p. 14 Kroksmark, Tomas p. 10 Recabarren, Luis p. 12 Ö Kronlöf, Bianca p. 18 Reuterskiöld, Annie p. 14 Östensson, Ida p. 15 G Kubanda, Shyaka Lwanyaaga Robinson, Peter p. 16 Östlundh, Håkan p. 16 García Robayo, Margarita p. 11 Farid p. 14 Romanoff, HH Princess Glaser, Pernilla p. 15 Kuhlmann, Torben p. 8 Olga p. 22 Glukhovsky, Dmitry p. 20, 22 Kushner, Rachel p. 18 Rydell, Anders p. 17, 20 AVSÄNDARE: BOKMÄSSAN SE-412 94 GÖTEBORG B Porto betalt

Göteborg Book Fair is one of the largest book fairs in Europe. Established in 1985, the Book Fair annually attracts more than 85,000 visitors during four days in September. The Fair takes place in Gothenburg, located on the west coast of Sweden. It is held at The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in the heart of the city.

 EXHIBITION 800+ 11,000 m2 40 Exhibiting companies Exhibition Countries and organisations area represented

International participants VISITORS

 PROGRAM 85,000Visitors + 120

% % 325Seminars 4,000 Events 40Trade visitors 60Public visitors

Stages Average time and themed 8h per visitor stay 20 squares –– Literary –– Library –– Poetry –– Scholastics and –– Translation education –– Crime and –– Management

MEDIA   suspense –– Feel-good –– Comics literature –– Fantasy and –– Children and sci-fi young adult 1,000 7,000 –– Media and –– Health and Accredited Articles and investigative lifestyle journalists broadcasted journalism –– Gardening media items –– Psychology and –– Sustainability humanities –– Food and Social media Followers –– Theology and cooking philosophy –– Esports and –– Science and digital games 29,000 8,300 9,000 popular science