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Swedish Authors in Conversation
The Gothenburg Book Fair, the Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish Institute are launching a new partnership to disseminate conversations about Swedish literature to an international audience.
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Hanna Nordenhök’s book ‘Caesaria’ engages with the dawn of modern gynaecology. Mian Lodalen’s novel, ‘Lisa and Lilly’, is based on the true story of two working class girls’ forbidden love.
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Someone at a high school in a small Swedish town starts up an Instagram account with the handle Ugly Girls. A conversation about feminism, social media and writing together.
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A conversation about the craze for nature and how we find our existential footholds in the natural world. Is today’s digital society and the pressure to be constantly available at the root of our desire to be part of something bigger?
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There is a debate about whether authors from privileged backgrounds can – or even have the right – to tell stories about the working classes or those of different ethnicities.
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The three suspense writers Camilla Läckberg, Mattias Edvardsson and Rebecka Edgren Aldén come together in conversation about a popular genre sometimes referred to as ‘slow crime’.
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The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, teacher and author of the textbook ‘Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey Through Sweden’, and one of Sweden’s best known writers globally.
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How does the setting add to the suspense? Hans Rosenfeldt and Stina Jackson share a love for the Swedish province of Norrland and both write suspense fiction set in the sparsely populated far north.
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Alex Schulman, Stephan Mendel-Enk and Kjell Westö meet in a conversation about proximity and distance, and about brotherhood and male friendship.
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Philosopher Martin Hägglund’s book ‘This Life’ is based on the idea that even atheists possess and require a (secular) faith. A conversation about what exactly humans are and what shape a good society might take.
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What are the consequences of the way that new technology is being integrated into our brains, bodies and behaviour? A conversation at the intersection between ethics, intelligence and genetic engineering.
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Majgull Axelsson’s novel, ‘Cancelled Trip to Sabarmati’, is about the search for identity and the self-doubt of parenthood. Klas Östergren’s ‘Gentlemen’ and ‘Gangsters’, are modern Swedish classics. The trilogy is now being brought to a close with ‘Renegades’.
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Why do we react so strongly when a female protagonist breaks the norms? A conversation about women’s space and freedom to act, and about doing what you want despite the costs.
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Cultural debate is rarely as heated as it is when the content of children’s books is being questioned. Yet books for children and young people can also create a safe environment for conversation and provide an opportunity to discuss controversial issues.
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What are the ghost stories of our time? Can we glimpse ourselves through the monsters of horror fiction? A conversation about the capacity of the horror story to examine human and inhuman dark sides.
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How can we provide children with the tools to handle their emotions? Children’s authors Lotta Olsson and Stina Wirsén, and illustrator Emma AdBåge meet children’s psychologist Reyhaneh Ahangaran.