GÖTEBORG BOOK FAIR
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GÖTEBORGBOOK FAIR
www.goteborg-bookfair.com
A manifestation of literature, arts and cultureSeptember 28 – October 1, 2017
THE FAIR IS ALSO:A manifestation of arts and culture. A four-day long literary festival. A celebration of the written word and free-dom of expression.
Göteborg Book Fair is the most important event in Scandinavia for people in the book business. THE FAIR
IS WHERE:New books are presented at stages and exhibitors’ stands.Deals are closed at the International Rights Centre.Readers meet writers and writers meet readers.
The Seminar Program is the heart of the FairWriters, scholars, scientists, Nobel laureates, politicians and journalists from around the world appear in readings, talks and high-profile debates. Writers and readers get to meet in seminar halls and on the floor.
Artist, writer and visual artist Patti Smith was a guest at Göteborg Book Fair 2016.
The Nordic region’s largest exhibition
The largest book exhibition in the Nordic region. More than 800 exhibitors from the Nordic countries and from the rest of the world. A great opportunity to meet 100 000 visitors during the course of four days.
International Rights Centre
Meet the industry’s largest representation of publishing companies, agents and authors from the Nordic region. Göteborg Book Fair is the foremost venue for trading
in Nordic literary rights. This is an ideal opportunity to promote books from all parts of the world.
Göteborg Book Fair and the Swedish Arts Council /Swedish Literature Exchange pro-vide a Fellowship program for non-Nordic publishers and sub-agents as well as trans-lators from Swedish into other languages, interested in attending the Göteborg Book Fair and getting to know the Swedish book market. In 2016 we were happy to welcome 38 translators and publishers from 19 language areas. Application period: Febr 28–May 2, 2017.
Fellowship Program
Seamus Heaney
Nadine Gordimer Desmond Tutu Tomas Tranströmer
Herta Müller Wole Soyinka
Günter Grass Kenzaburo OeDerek Walcott and Joseph Brodsky Shirin Ebadi
Mario Vargas Llosa
Dario FoSvetlana Aleksijevitj
Doris Lessing
Elie Wiesel
Orhan Pamuk 422SEMINARS
EXHIBITORS
836
56 COMPANIES AND AGENTS AT INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS CENTRE 96,293
VISITS
4,190PROGRAM ITEMS
1,176ACCREDITED MEDIA
@8NUMBER OF
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
2016
Svetlana Aleksijevitj, Willy Brandt, Joseph Brodsky, Arvid Carlsson, Shirin Ebadi, Dario Fo, Nadine Gordimer, Günter Grass, Seamus Heaney, Imre Kertész, Doris Lessing, Herta Müller, Kenzaburo Oe, Orhan Pamuk, José Saramago, Isaac B. Singer, Wole Soyinka, Tomas Tranströmer, Desmond Tutu, Derek Walcott, Mario Vargas Llosa, Elie Wiesel
22 Nobel laureates have participated in the Seminar Program
A specific country or linguistic area, a region and a topical cultural issue permeates the entire fair.
September 28 – October 1, 2017:Bildung and Finland (Finnish literature in conjunction with Finland’s centennial as an independent nation).
For further information, please contact:Daniel Levin, Program Director, Göteborg Book Fair, [email protected] Bråthe, International Sales Manager, [email protected]
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