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Alexander McCall Smith to visit Göteborg Book Fair 2010

We can now confirm that the author of the popular series about the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith, will attend Göteborg Book Fair in 2010.

Grants for Publishers and Literary Agents

The annual Göteborg Book Fair and the Swedish Arts Council have once again jointly decided to provide funding for non-Nordic publishers and literary agents interested in attending the Göteborg Book Fair.

Nobel Prize Laureate has visited Göteborg Book Fair twice

Nobel Laureate in Literature 2009, Herta Müller, has visited Göteborg Book Fair twice; in 1993 and in 2008.

Three countries – one language: German language literature in focus at Göteborg Book Fair in 2011

We can now confirm that the 2011 Book Fair will focus especially on Germanic literature. Germany, Austria and Switzerland are working together on the theme which will draw attention to many writers, including the new post Berlin Wall generation.

Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010 nominees at Göteborg Book Fair

The Nordic Council Literature Prize aims at increasing interest in the literature and language of Nordic neighbouring countries. Several of the authors who have been nominated for the prize in 2010 have been guests at the Book Fair.

The Book Fair's Birthday Book

In 2009 the Book Fair was celebrating its 25th birthday! The Book about the Book Fair - in which Ulf Roosvald tells the story of the Book Fair's first 25 years - was published just in time for the fair 2009.

EU Ministerial meeting on the Debate Stage at the Book Fair 2009

The Swedish EU minister Cecilia Malmström, who was recently named the new EU Commissioner from Sweden, participated in the Göteborg Book Fair 2009 in a EU ministerial debate on the Debate Stage.

The Olof Palme Prize to Parvin Ardalan

The Olof Palme Prize for 2007 was awarded to PARVIN ARDALAN, who has succeeded in making the demand for equal rights for men and women a central part of the struggle for democracy in Iran.

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