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New Book Fair CEO Aims to Engage More Young Readers

A record number of international guests, 50 seminars on love and a stage with Nordic and Baltic drama – this is what this year's book fair in Gothenburg will be like. We will get a global perspective on our time, promises its new head Oskar Ekström.

New Book Fair CEO Aims to Engage More Young Readers

She Receives Sweden's Radio Novel Prize

Karolina Ramqvist receives Swedish Radio's novel prize for "The First Book" – the novel she actually wanted to write when she debuted. What I couldn't do then was to establish this world.

She Receives Sweden's Radio Novel Prize

Beppe Wolgers' Poems Become Music

Multikonstnären Beppe Wolgers' poems are being set to music by his great-grandson Teodor Wolgers, according to SVT's "Kulturnyheterna". Teodor Wolgers began to take an interest in poetry a few years ago and found his grandfather Beppe Wolgers' poetry collection "Episod i Vikens kapell: om en händelse i somras".

Beppe Wolgers' Poems Become Music

They can get Vi's literature prize

Therese Bohman, Ella-Maria Nutti and David Norlin are the three who can receive the newspaper Vi's literature prize. .

They can get Vi's literature prize

They are nominated for Swedish Radio's Novel Prize

Karolina Ramqvist and Jessica Schiefauer are both nominated for Swedish Radio's novel prize, with "The First Book" respectively "The Thinker's Testament". .

They are nominated for Swedish Radio's Novel Prize

He tops the lending list at the largest libraries

The August winner of 2023, Andrev Walden's "Jävla karlar", tops the lending list at the largest libraries in Sweden last year. This is shown by a survey conducted by "Kulturnytt" at Sveriges Radio to the libraries in Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala, and Stockholm.

He tops the lending list at the largest libraries

The Comedy Trio Wrote the Best-Selling Book

"The Matfight" by the humor group IJustWantToBeCool was the best-selling book on Adlibris last year. It is the third year in a row that the YouTube trio tops the internet bookstore's sales list.

The Comedy Trio Wrote the Best-Selling Book

The Taube Scholarship to Sara Parkman

The magazine Vi's Taubestipendium goes this year to an artist who in tone and text "conveys hope". Sara Parkman receives the stipend, which was established in collaboration with Evert Taube in 1960.

The Taube Scholarship to Sara Parkman

Norlin receives the Music Publishers' Award

Max Martin, Ludwig Göransson, and Annika Norlin. Three of Sweden's most acclaimed songwriters are awarded at the Music Publishers' Gala.

Norlin receives the Music Publishers' Award

Krauss and Krunegård sang for Brunnsgatan 4

Theater Brunnsgatan Four in Stockholm is threatened with closure when the rent is doubled. We literally have no money, says artistic director Martina Montelius.

Krauss and Krunegård sang for Brunnsgatan 4

Heavy rain showers at Way Out West

Wind and heavy rain from the side. But at Way Out West, the visitors defy the forces of nature.

Heavy rain showers at Way Out West

Summer of Poverty 2024 – Here are Eleven Free Delights

Rents are skyrocketing, the interest rate is fixed, and strawberries cost a fortune. But you don't have to stay home just because of that.

Summer of Poverty 2024 – Here are Eleven Free Delights