Authors Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Áslaug Jónsdóttir and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir at Göteborg Book Fair September 27-30
Icelandic literature will be displayed at the Icelandic stand C03:39. All welcome!
Icelandic authors and Icelandic literature have been displayed proudly and prominently at the Icelandic stand at the Göteborg Book Fair for some years and this year will be no different.
Icelandic authors Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Áslaug Jónsdóttir and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir will appear at various events during the Fair, which will take place on September 27 to 30. They will be speaking at events on the core role of fiction, crime novels, translations and illustrations.
Love, Crime, the Visual and Cultural Clashes
It should come as no surprise that Yrsa will be speaking on the ever-increasing popularity of the crime novel in the relatively non-violent society in Iceland. Jón Kalman will join translator John Swedenmark in a discussion on poetry as the fundament of the novel, as well as speaking on his own personal literary career and his latest novel, The Story of Ásta (Saga Ástu), accompanied by his Swedish publisher, Svante Weyler. Along with Stefan Eklund, editor of Borås Tidning, Jón Kalman will also address some big questions on life and the search for love and acknowledgment. 
Áslaug will take part in a discussion with journalist Gunnilla Kindstrand on the particular characteristics of Scandinavian illustrations and imagery and will also discuss the Arabic translations of her “Monster” series and the impact of the books in a cultural sphere drastically different from the Scandinavian environment with publisher Mona Henning from Dar Al-Muna.
The themes of this year´s Fair are “Respect” (respekt), “Images” (bild) and “Media and Expression” (mediafrågor) and this year, the crime fiction event Crimetime will be featured as a special section of the Fair, for the first time.
The Icelandic Stand - C03:39
Together with Promote Iceland, The Icelandic Literature Center will host a special stand at the fair where books by Icelandic authors will be presented and available for sale. Many of those will be available in Swedish translations. The Icelandic Publishers Association will be in charge of book-selling.
The Icelandic stand has the number C03:39 and was designed by HAF studio. All visitors will be welcome!
Scandinavia´s Biggest Book Fair
The Göteborg Book Fair is Scandinavia´s largest, with around 100.000 visitors each year. The Fair´s programme features around 3000 events, more than 800 people participate as exhibitors and some 2000 authors and speakers appear at the events.
Among prominent guests this year will be Jojo Moyes, Nawal El Saadawi, Masha Gessen, Daniel Galera, Émilie Frèche, Donna Leon, Matt Haig, Sergei Lebedev, Maggie O'Farrell and Mikhail Zygar.