Göteborg Book Fair next week
Icelandic authors Sjón, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Andri Snær Magnason and Lani Yamamoto will be at the 2014 Göteborg Book Fair. Welcome to the Icelandic stand in Göteborg number C02:01.
Icelandic authors Sjón, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Andri Snær Magnason and Lani Yamamoto will be at the 2014 Göteborg Book Fair. Welcome to the Icelandic stand in Göteborg number C02:01.
The Icelandic Literature Center participates in the Göteborg Book Fair, which takes place September 25-28 this year. This will mark the 30th time that the event, which annually attracts roughly 100,000 guests, takes place.
As part of the ILC's Nordic push, a special effort will be made to increase the visibility of Icelandic authors and literature in the Göteborg Book Fairs schedule in the next three years. This year, the Icelandic authors Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Andri Snær Magnason, Sjón and Lani Yamamoto appear at the event, with details below:
Friday 26/9
Meet two nominees for the 2014 Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize – Andri Snær Magnason and Máret Ánnes Sara (SAM).
11:30 - 11:50
Ung Scen, A03:22
En nordisk timme med von Wright, Glaz Serup, Eiríkur Örn Norddahl & Klougart
14:00 - 15:00
Rum för Poesi, R2
Meet two nominees for the 2014 Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize – Lani Yamamoto and Bardur Oskarsson (FÄR).
15:00 - 15:20
Ung Scen, A03:22
Om det litauiska arvet och den isländska nazismen – Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
17:30 - 17:55
Internationella Torgets Lilla Scen, H-hallen
Saturday 27/9
Readings with Firan, Andri Snær Magnason, Åkesson & Beber
12:00 - 13:00
Rum för Poesi, R2
A new generation of Icelandic writers – Andri Snær Magnason and Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
14:00 - 14:45
H1
Readings with Sjón, Linde, Sângeorzan & Farrokhzad
14:00 - 15:00
Rum för Poesi, R2
Sunday 28/9
Is there a male and a female way of solving crimes? – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Ingrid Hedström.
12:00 - 12:45
H1
Icelandic transition - Sjón
13:00 - 13:45
J1
Att skildra ondskan – Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
14:00 - 14:20
F3
The next steps of the Nordic promotional push
In spring 2015, the ILC will give presentations of Icelandic literature to Norwegian and Finnish publishers, in collaboration with the Icelandic embassies in Oslo and Helsinki, in the same vein as it did for Danish and Swedish publishers in May.
At the 2015 Göteborg Book Fair, Icelandic literature and authors will be placed in the spotlight at the dedicated programme Voices from / Röster Från. For the occasion, a group of Icelandic authors will be invited to take part in book fair's schedule of events, the Icelandic stall will be bigger, and various other Icelandic cultural events will take place in Göteborg during the book fair. In 2014, the programme is dedicated to Catalonian literature.
