Kategorier: the gothenburg book fair

22 September 2022 19:49

Culture Holds Us Together — South Africa Takes Pride of Place as Guest of Honor as The Gothenburg Book Fair Opens to The Public Again

The Gothenburg Book Fair opened today, back in full force for the first time since 2019. Guest of Honor, as well as one of the fair’s four main themes, is South Africa. South African literature and current societal issues are reflected in seminars, dialogues on the Fair premises, and poetic performances, today Thursday, and throughout the four days of the fair.

7 September 2022 08:38

Press release 070922: Protest signs available to everyone to tackle the climate crisis – the greatest challenge of our time – written by the great authors of our time.

The Gothenburg Book Fair — the largest annual cultural event in the Nordics — has the Climate Crisis as its theme this year. A crisis that has forced people around the world to demonstrate, with messages that call for action. To illustrate the power of literature, the Gothenburg Book Fair has commissioned some of our most acclaimed authors to write protest signs for the climate.