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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accepted Sjöjungfrun – The Mermaid Award 2025
"She is one of the most influential storytellers of our time", says Programme Director Oskar Ekström.
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Reports from this year's Fair, and the themes of 2026 announced
This year’s Gothenburg Book Fair was a powerful celebration of books. Over four days, seminar halls, stages, and exhibition spaces were filled to the brim, with record-long queues and an overwhelm...
Read moreChimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receives the Mermaid Award 2025 at the Gothenburg Book Fair
On Saturday, the Gothenburg Book Fair presented its literary prize Sjöjungfrun (The Mermaid) for the second time. This year’s laureate is Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who accepted the awa...
Read morePeter James: "I think what is forgotten is how many of the greatest writers of the past wrote what we would call crime today."
You are one of the most lauded crime writers in the UK – and loved and read by many Scandinavians. For anyone who has not yet taken part of your particular world of crime – how would you introduce the...
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