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Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2009 to visit Göteborg Book Fair
3/12/2010Photo: Bathsheba Okwenje A new powerful writing voice from Africa will attend Göteborg Book Fair 2010. Petina Gappah is an author from Zimbabwe, with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University and the University of Zimbabwe. She lives with her son in Geneva where she works as counsel in an international organization that provides legal aid to developing countries. -
Nobel Prize favourite to visit Göteborg Book Fair
3/10/2010Photo: CAMERA PRESS/ Remo Casalli Nuruddin Farah, one of Africa's best established and talked about authors, has been tipped as a possible Nobel Prize winner for many years and will attend Göteborg Book Fair this year. Another visitor is one of Tanzania's most colourful cultural personalities - Elieshi Lema. -
Africa in focus – a presentation at
the London Book Fair on April 20
3/9/2010Africa and African literature will be in focus at the Göteborg Book Fair 2010. A presentation of the focal theme, the writers, the plans and the Fair will be held at the London Book Fair. -
Nawal El Saadawi to attend Göteborg Book Fair!
3/1/2010Photo: San Cool The Egyptian writer and doctor Nawal El Saadawi will attend the Göteborg Book Fair this year. Renowned as a leading figure in the women's movement in the Arab world, she has suffered death threats, prison time and periods of exile because of her commitment to the cause. -
Alexander McCall Smith to visit Göteborg Book Fair 2010
1/26/2010Photo: Torbjörn Andersson 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. -
Three countries – one language:
German language literature in focus at Göteborg Book Fair in 2011
12/21/2009We 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
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EU Ministerial meeting on the Debate Stage at the Book Fair 2009
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Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, stopped in Zimbabwe – a guest at the Göteborg Book Fair Sept 2009
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Nobel Prize Laureate at the Göteborg Book Fair
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Africa in focus next year
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Socially Excluded – a theme at the Book Fair
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When Finland became Sweden’s neighbour
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The Olof Palme Prize for 2007 was awarded to PARVIN ARDALAN,
9/25/2009
Africa in focus 2010
Relive Göteborg Book Fair 2009
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