For two days in a row, they gather outside the main entrance to read out the 293 names of journalists confirmed to have been killed by Israel. During the first occasion on Friday, several writers joined in, including Palestinian Raja Shehadeh, who lives in Ramallah in the West Bank.
It's so moving to hear their names, he told TT.
The author Johannes Anyuru was also present.
To remember all the voices and words that are not here because they have been erased, including by those who are here, he says, referring to IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus, who was invited by the Sweden-Israel Friendship Association to participate via link during the fair.
Johannes Anyuru has also recently published the book "Upplýst sten: 2023–2026", which is based on six essays he wrote about Gaza during the war.
It was healing and deeply meaningful to sort out these horrors that I carried inside, to return to the news feeds and put dates on the events that were already inside me and tormented me, that are inside many.
He has been told that many people felt less lonely after reading the book.
Because we need literature, in its deepest sense, we need it especially in a time like this.
