Welcome to the goteborg book fair september 2629, 2019. A 4 days trade show, goteborg book fair is going to be held in gothenburg, sweden from 24 sep 2020 to 27 sep 2020. At the book fair, there were a total of 579 stalls and one of them was the jamaats stall 16 m 2 and the theme for the stall was ask a muslim. The gothenburg tercentennial jubilee exposition, or in swedish jubileumsutstallningen i goteborg was a worlds fair held in gothenburg, in 1923, marking 300 years since the city was founded. Princess madeleine visited goteborg book fair 2019 in. Swedens gothenburg book fair plays safe with a 100% digital. Sep 27, 2019 on september 27, 2019, princess madeleine of sweden visited goteborg book fair 2019 held at svenska massan in gothenburg. According to the organisers, there were representatives from 32 countries in the seminars and exhibitors from 29 countries.
The university of gothenburg participate with seminars, debates and activities. South korea will be the theme country the guest of honour and theme country at the gothenburg book fair 2019 from september 2629. Goteborg book fair sep 2020, gothenburg sweden trade show. Sep 18, 2019 bibliophiles should be sure to visit scandinavias largest literary festival, the gothenburg book fair. Goteborg book fair sep 2020 gothenburg, sweden trade show. The show will be continuing for the duration of four days in gothenburg, sweden. Officials from the department of arts and culture have attended the goteborg book fair in sweden. The goteborg book fair is the largest cultural event in scandinavia.
If you are a visitor to the book fair and you have purchased an entrance ticket or seminar card for the book fair 2020 or are considering doing so your purchase will be valid for the gothenburg book fair 2021 if the book fair 2020 should not be possible to arrange due to covid19. Established in 1985, the book fair receives around 90000 visitors every year. The fair runs over four days, attracting around 100,000 visitors from all over sweden and abroad. Bokmassan goteborg book fair 2020 gothenburg books. This year, we received 175 applications, which is 50 more than last year. This will enable the countrys korean ministry of culture, the korean publishers association, the writers association of korea, the literature translatio.
The 2019 book fair welcomed 798 exhibitors from 23 countries. For more entertaining infos and personal stories from and about sweden subscribe to my hej sweden newsletter. The gothenburg book fair is an annual event held in gothenburg, sweden, since 1985. The city is also a major center for sports, chosen last year by swedish television as the. Welcome to gothenburg explore our beautiful coastal city, famous for volvo, magical islands and some of the best seafood in the world.
The yearly international book fair in gothenburg was held for 4 days between 2730 september 2018. With over 100,000 visitors each year, the fair claims to be the regions largest cultural event, and it offers a wide variety of activities to help it live up to the title. Sep 25, 2019 four icelandic authors will represent their countrys literature at the goteborg gothenburg book fair in sweden this week. The gothenburg book fair, also known as goteborg book fair, is an annual international book fair that takes place in the swedish city of gothenburg. The 2018 book fair ended successfully in gothenburg aka goteborg with 85,371 visitors attending the four day event. Sep 26, 2015 peter karlsson, swedish hungarian editor of norstedts, swedens oldest publishing house. Kenyan author ditches swedish book fair over farright newspaper. The goteborg book fair is a manifestation of literature, arts, and culture. South africa guest of honour at the gothenburg book fair 2020. May 29, 2020 the months difference between the september gothenburg book fair and the october frankfurt book fair is no time at all in pandemic terms, and the decision to hold a hybrid inperson and virtual buchmesse this year has raised many eyebrows. Mexican student doing a msc in automotive engineering at chalmers. Gothenburg book fair gothenburg local business facebook. The dates are fixed with arrival on 23th september and departure on 26th september.
Established in 1985, the book fair receives around 90,000 visitors every year. Gothenburg book fair 2020 is the leading meeting place for people interested in literature from the nordic countries. Gothenburg book fair focus on bildung and cultivation british authors in sweden 28th september 1st october this year, the gothenburg book fair considers the place of democracy and its meaning in 2017. It started primarily as a trade fair for librarians and teachers, but is now. Goteborg book fair, which is scandinavias largest cultural event, takes place on september 2629, 2019. Every september the city also hosts the gothenburg book fair, the biggest such event in the nordic region. It is a 4 day event organised by svenska massan and will conclude on 27sep2020. Uk authors at gothenburg book fair 2019 british council. The organizers have identified 3 issues to focus upon. Goteborg book fair, goteborg, sweden international publishers. The gothenburg book fair caused a stir last year, when it opened the door for the first time to nya tider, an extremist publication that counts some 7,000 subscribers. The most popular of these is the goteborg international book fair, which is held at the centre each autumn.
Moose shot on his way to the gothenburg book fair hej sweden. Swedens literati wrestle with the far right politico. Neoclassical architecture lines its tramrattled streets, locals sun themselves beside canals, and theres always an interesting cultural or social event going on. Trade fairs in sweden, trade shows in sweden, sweden. Once again, the swedish literature exchange team had the great pleasure to host the international fellowship program for both publishers and translators during the gothenburg book fair at the end of. Gothenburg book fair welcome to the goteborg book fair. Broadcasting will take place in cooperation with swedish dailies aftonbladet, expressen. News that the publication would attend again on saturday dominated national coverage and prompted a host of literary figures to boycott the festival. Established in 1985, the book fair receives around 100,000 visitors every year, and offers a comprehensive program of seminars and events, as well as a rights center for publishers and agents to do business. The international science festival in gothenburg is an annual festival since april 1997, in central gothenburg with thoughtprovoking science activities for the public. Of the visitors, approximately 35 % are trade visitors and 65 % represent public visitors.
The swedish section of scholars at risk will take part in the nordic book fair in gothenburg on september 2225th 2016. The gothenburg book fair, held each year in september. There are many misconceptions about muslims and of islam among the population of sweden, and so they got. Several of these will be about publishing, books, literature, novel, library, linguistics, poetry and bibliography. Heres all the information you need to get in touch. The fairs 94,715 visitors could take part in no less than 3,694 programs points, a new. Bokmassan goteborg book fairscandinavias largest book fair. Hej sweden is all about swedish culture and useful tips for your trip to sweden. Once again, the swedish literature exchange team had the great pleasure to host the international fellowship program for both publishers and. Princess madeleine attended the launch of her book stella and the secret at the gothenburg book fair.
Gregarious, chilledout gothenburg goteborg is the quintessential second city. Over the four days of the event, the fair attracts over 100,000 visitors who come to find out the latest news in the book world and to meet their favourite swedish and international authors. The focal theme for 2016 is freedom of expression and the swedish section will be one of the organizers of the 2016 theme booth. Process technologyprocess technology has become scandinavias leading, most comprehensive venue for showing and accessing the latest knowhow and technology in the process industry. Apr 28, 2020 with the news today via boktugg that norstedts is out of the gothenburg book fair, with other publishers expected to follow, the autumn 2020 book fair calendar is in serious jeopardy, with the jewel in the calendar crown, the frankfurt buchmesse, now needing to deliver a clear game plan sooner than the june deadline it. New program director the 2018 book fair will tackle the pressing issues of the time as sweden goes for general elections this year sunday, 9 september. Not so much that the announcement was a surprise the buchmesse organisers had already. 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. Scandinavias largest cultural event, the market place for nordic literature. There were 3,726 programmes ranging from sociopolitical discussions to writers and publishers talking about their books to swedish memory. It is the largest literary festival in scandinavia, and the second largest book fair in europe.
Jun 25, 2019 the gothenburg book fair fellowship is getting increasingly popular. Exhibitors goteborg book fair 2020 filter 0 filter on product antiquarian bookshop archive art art exhibitions audio and ebooks author support book club book seller book printing and bindery bookends children. Swedens gothenburg book fair plays safe with a 100% digital event as frankfurt adopts a hybrid model many see as too high a risk. In collaboration with the gothenburg book fair we arrange a fellowship programme during the book fair in the end of september each year. Svenska massan swedish exhibition and congress centre, goteborg, sweden. From tidings december 2017, by steve sycamore and david fabe on november 27, 2017 december 1, 2017. Sweden has had strong ties to south africa, which stretch back to its political and. Over the course of four days starting september 28th we manned a booth at the gothenburg book fair in sweden. News that the publication would attend again on saturday dominated national coverage and prompted a host of literary figures to. Gothenburg is the largest noncapital in the nordics and located on the beautiful west coast of sweden. Dec 03, 2015 goteborg book fair 2015 focused on hungarian literature, icelandic literature and freedom of expression. Publishers call the shots on swedens gothenburg book fair. This year, it takes place at the swedish exhibition and congress centre svenska massan and includes an exciting variety of writers from across the uk as well as over 700 authors and commentators from across the globe. The fourday fair, held from september 2629, was focused around three themes.
The 2015 gothenburg book fair has drawn to a close, but hungarys 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 gothenburg book fair bokmassan is northern europes largest literature festival. It is scandinavias largest literary festival and one of the largest book fairs in europe. Email your questions, comments or requests to andres. Swedens gothenburg book fair plays safe with a 100%. Kenyan literary icon ngugi wa thiongo, often tipped for the nobel prize, has pulled out of an annual swedish book fair in protest at the presence of farright newspaper nya tider. Jun 24, 2019 the goteborg book fair 2019 meet publishers, authors, agents, librarians, teachers, journalists, politicians and lovers of books at goteborg book fair 26th of september 29th of september.
Eritrean journalists shed light on their imprisoned. With approximately 95,000 annual visitors, gothenburg book fair is the largest literary festival in the nordic countries, and the second largest book fair in europe after the frankfurt book fair. Over the four days of the event, the fair attracts over 100,000 visitors who come to find out the latest news in the book world and to meet their favourite swedish. Oct 08, 2011 mta sweden news book fair 2011 in gothenburg urdu. Goteborg book fair international goteborg book fair 2018. Goteborg book fair opens on 27 sep and ends on 30 sep 2018 international goteborg book fair 2018 will take place at the svenska massan in gothenburg, sweden goteborg book fair is simply a stage where numerous notable products and solutions could be put on show. Trade shows by industry trade shows by month trade shows by location trade shows by organizer.