Guest countries and focal themes goteborg book fair. Exhibitions see whats on in museums, galleries and other exhibition venues. Book now the show is a trade fair, open only to representatives from the business and public sectors. Global destination sustainability index is an international ranking of the sustainability performance of different destinations. Eritrean journalists took part in the book fair of gothenburg to increase awareness about the arrest of eritrean journalists and particularly dawit isaak, a swedish citizen, on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of their arrest the gothenburg book fair which is the largest book fair in the nordic region, is a literature festival, a platform of debate on political issues. The annual goteborg book fair is one of the largest events of its kind. A 4 days trade show, goteborg book fair is going to be held in gothenburg, sweden from 24 sep 2020 to 27 sep 2020. In 2015 his book, silk roads, was named the daily telegraphs history book of the. The lesefestwoche found in different places and over the entire city of viennas territory instead. Survey on knowledge about the book fair in gothenburg in sweden 2017, by degree survey on most important impressions from the book fair in gothenburg in sweden 2017 italy. Speech by alice bah kuhnke at goteborg book fair 2015. Where everyone comes together with the one and only purpose of exchanging ideas and opinions. The 2019 book fair welcomed 798 exhibitors from 23 countries.
The goteborg book fair started out as a trade fair for librarians in 1985. Goteborg book fair, the seminar programme 2015 by content. The fair is where new books are presented at stages and exhibitors stands and this site uses cookies to improve the navigation experience for users, and thirdparty analytics cookies. In his book the book thieves, the swedish author anders rydell gives us the story of how books were confiscated during the second world war. This year, the gothenburg book fair considers the place of democracy and its meaning in 2017. From turkeys 35th international istanbul book fair, information that the countrys book output rose 10.
We gather current ones here for you to pick and choose. International book fair and reading fair related industries books. Urgent mideast issues hijack scandinavias largest book fair 04102015. It is the annual event that runs simultaneously with the exhibition school and education on. Here is our annual update of the international book fairs which will be held in 2015. In 2019, there were 798 exhibitors at the largest literary event in scandinavia. This years laureate of the astrid lindgren memorial award alma, the south african organisation praesa, and daniel goldin, publisher and director of the vasconcelos library in mexico city, will participate in seminars and programs at the swedish art councils young stage ung scen. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Gothenburg calendar of festivals and events 2014 2015 january. At the goteborg book fair icelandic authors discuss tradition. It mainly presents austrian authors and their books, but also international authors are represented by their purchasers. Peter frankopan, who is half swedish, is professor of global history at oxford.
Come and mingle and hang out with colleagues and friends. The hungarian theme at the goteborg book fair 2015 was very popular. Just by reading a few lines from their website you can get an idea of what the book fair is about. The aim was to own the culture and history of the enemy, to rewrite history for the enemy to remain an enemy also for future generations. Eritrean journalists shed light on their imprisoned. Vienna austria messezentrum wien vienna exhibition centre.
This years laureate of the astrid lindgren memorial award alma, the south african organisation praesa, and daniel goldin, publisher and director of the vasconcelos library in mexico city, will participate in. Established in 1985, the book fair receives around 90,000 visitors every year. Of the visitors, approximately 35 % are trade visitors and 65 % represent public visitors. The 2015 gothenburg book fair has drawn to a close, but hungary s participation as the official country in focus may very well go down as one of the hungarian governments most notable public relations blunders in recent history. The book fair is the largest cultural event among the scandinavian countries norway, sweden, denmark. Goteborg book fair 2015 focused on hungarian literature, icelandic literature and freedom of expression. After attending this fair for many years in a row, an author represented by the agency eka kurniawan was the face of the prestigious seminar program for this years fair. The 2015 fair will take place in a new venue, olympia. It started primarily as a trade fair for librarians and teachers, but is now the largest literary festival in scandinavia and the second largest book fair in europe after the frankfurt book fair. Goteborg book fair, the seminar programme 2016 by content. This years laureate of the astrid lindgren memorial award alma, the south african organisation praesa, and daniel goldin, publisher and director of the vasconcelos library in mexico city, will participate in seminars.
The gothenburg book fair is an annual event held in gothenburg, sweden, since 1985. At the goteborg book fair, which will be held 2629 september, four icelandic authors will appear in a diverse programme on the saturday and. I meet up with exhibitors and authors to hear what they think about the fair. His latest 2019 collection of experimental poetry a letter to the president was released by mwanaka media and publishing and is both in print, on and at is featured at african books collective. At the 2017 book fair nearly 80,000 people visited the fair in four days. The gothenburg book fair which is the largest book fair in the nordic region, is. It is scandinavias largest literary festival and one of the largest book fairs in europe. Scansom publishers and international book fair gothenburg.
Over a period of four days, close to 100,000 people from across sweden paid a visit to the fair. Friday september 28 at the space called the scene on the international square at the fair. Princess madeleine attended the launch of her book stella and the secret at the gothenburg book fair. It started primarily as a trade fair for librarians and teachers, but is now.
Buch wien is an international book fair combined with a lesefestwoche. Established in 1985, the book fair receives around 90000 visitors every year. The fairs 94,715 visitors could take part in no les. It is situated by kattegat, on the west coast of sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million inhabitants in the. Welcome to the goteborg book fair gothenburg book fair.
For the fourth year in a row, gothenburg is the worlds leading sustainable destination. The international rights c entre, irc, is one of europes most. Gothenburg book fair focus on bildung and cultivation british authors in. The mix includes everything from large museums to smaller art galleries or venues. The liber international book fair returns to madrid from 9 to 11 october 2019 to celebrate its 37th year, with sharjah as guest of honour. Flextronics international sweden ab exhibitor catalogue. Welcome to the goteborg book fair september 2629, 2019. Goteborg book fair sep 2020 gothenburg, sweden trade show. The fair runs over four days, attracting around 100,000 visitors from all over sweden and abroad. Among the many exhibitors this year, you could find the farlit booth, featuring the best of faroese literature. Most of these are primarily intended as trade fairs for the book trade, but an everincreasing number have extensive programmes of cultural events and opportunities to meet authors.
The event can be regarded as one the distinguished gatherings of its kind. The goteborg book fair is the largest cultural event in scandinavia. Nobel laureate isaac b singer was the most prominent guest and the fair attracted just over 5,000 visitors. Vienna austria messezentrum wien vienna exhibition centre on nov. Budapest, september 15 mti hungary will present its contemporary literature and music, history, tourism and gastronomy as guest of honour of the international book fair in goteborg held between sept. Hungarian literature 6 freedom of speech 8 voices from iceland 10 seminars thursday september 24 friday september. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Participation contributes to the establishment of international cultural relations and promotes cultural exchange, dialogue and tourism. The goteborg book fair is also a great celebration of international authors and its inspiring to see how well attended the fair is by the public, says andy hine, foreign rights director at uk. Since then the fair has developed into one of the most important cultural event in scandinavia, a forum.
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