GÖTEBORGBOOK FAIR

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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

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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, dl@goteborg-bookfair.comEwa Bråthe, International Sales Manager, eb@goteborg-bookfair.com

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