#BookTok: The World’s Biggest Book Club

Description

Social media has transformed reading into the favourite pastime of millions of young people around the world. #BookTok – a hashtag on TikTok that brings together everything book-related on the platform – has received in excess of 200 billion views since it first appeared in 2020, and it is now hard to find a bookshop anywhere without its own #BookTok display. BookTok influencers Jack Edwards, Ayman Chaudhary and Jasmine Darban are three of the most influential figures in the digital reading sphere with a combined following of more than 3.6 million people. They will be in conversation with Matilda Westermark about the digital reading trend that has taken the industry by storm.

Supported by Bonniers familjestiftelse and The Swedish Institute.

Saturday / 28 Sep / 2024
15:00-15:45
Track: Children
Scene: K
Program type: Seminar
Description

Social media has transformed reading into the favourite pastime of millions of young people around the world. #BookTok – a hashtag on TikTok that brings together everything book-related on the platform – has received in excess of 200 billion views since it first appeared in 2020, and it is now hard to find a bookshop anywhere without its own #BookTok display. BookTok influencers Jack Edwards, Ayman Chaudhary and Jasmine Darban are three of the most influential figures in the digital reading sphere with a combined following of more than 3.6 million people. They will be in conversation with Matilda Westermark about the digital reading trend that has taken the industry by storm.

Supported by Bonniers familjestiftelse and The Swedish Institute.

Language: Engelska
Organizer: Bokmässan