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Göteborg book fair september 22–25, 2011
Ma n a g i n g Di r e c t o r
a n d p u b l i s h e r:
An n a Fa l c k
Editorial Te a m:
Jo h a n Kollén
An n i c a St a r f a l k
Ka j s a Ho l m g r e n
An n e l i Jo n a s s o n
Gunilla Sa n d i n
Tr a n s l a t i o n:
Ch a r l o t t e Ro s e n
Sve n s s o n
An d e r s Li n d a h l
Gr a p h i c De s i g n:
Th o m a s Gl a n s
Co v e r:
w w w.thesunnysideup.se
Co v e r Ph o t o g r a p h o f
Ni n a Ha g e n:
© Ag e n t u r Fo c u s/Ga b o
Gr a p h i c p r o d u c t i o n:
Rivista AB
Pr i n t:
El a n d e r s Fä l t h &
Hässler, Sweden 2011
Pa p e r:
Co v e r: Mu l t i a r t Silk
200 g/m 2
Bo d y: G-p r i n t 90 g/m 2
Ad d r e s s:
Gö t e b o rg Bo o k Fa i r
SE-412 94 Gö t e b o rg,
Sweden
Ph o n e:
+46 31 708 84 00
w w w.g o t e b o rg
-b o o k f a i r.c o m
A Book Fair for everybody
W
hat is the Book Fair, exactly One Spanish – a theme that still makes its presence known in our
might, of course, describe the event programme, as three of Spain's most talked about writers are
in the most obvious way: as a time visiting us this year. Last year's focus on Africa is also apparent in
and place where literature, old and several of our seminars.
new alike, both Swedish and foreign, Another way to measure the success of our themes is by
is presented under one roof.
observing how the number of books translated from our focus
But with every year – 27 has passed since the first instalment
– it becomes ever more apparent that so much more is going
on here. We, the people who work at the fair, are increasingly
starting to see ourselves as course co-ordinators at a huge, concentrated
forum for popular education. A place to which people
make an annual pilgrimage in order to exchange ideas and opinions
and to learn something new. With almost 100 000 yearly
language into Swedish increases, both before and after the
event. A big part of these translations come about thanks to our
commitment to literary rights embodied in the International
Rights Centre, an increasingly important feature of the fair.
Last but not least, we are very happy to welcome no less than
two Nobel Prize Laureates to this year's Book Fair: Mario Vargas
Llosa and Herta Müller!
visitors, Göteborg Book Fair is the biggest cultural manifestation
An n a Fa lc k, MD
in the Scandinavian countries.
Our view of the fair as a large institution for education is underlined
by looking at our largest categories of visitors: teachers
and librarians, people who regard the fair as a valuable opportunity
for further education.
Our selection of ‘courses’ is huge, almost 3 000 events in the
form of seminars, on-stage events and show-case conversations.
The programme in your hand contains a small, but vital, part of
everything that is going on at the fair. Here you will find all our
foreign guest lecturers, those who direct our gaze towards the
rest of the world.
This year, German language writers in particular will be the
ones to broaden our horizons. Through a great collaboration
with cultural institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
we can welcome no less than around 30 of the major modern
writers of the German-speaking world.
Our themes usually have long-lasting reverberations. Two
years ago, for example, we focused on Spain and literature in
Gu n i l la Sa n d i n, He a d o f Pr o g r a m m e
PHOTO: ADAM LUNDQUIST
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