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A collective tribute to Laurie Thompson (1938-2015) by his friend and colleagues

As well as being a distinguished academic, Laurie Thompson (1938-2015) was also a prolific translator.

Laurie Thompson was an outstanding and prolific literary translator. He also had a distinguished academic
career, and had a major impact on the promotion of Swedish language, literature and culture in the UK.

Silvester Mazzarella reports on Tove Jansson Centennial Conference held at the University of Stockholm, 27-28 November 2014.

Agnes Broomé and Nichola Smalley explore the rise of crossover fiction in Swedish.

There is more to Tove Jansson than the Moomins. Claire Dickenson looks at the short stories and novels she wrote for adults.

Charlotte Berry investigates the world of author and illustrator Irmelin Sandman Lilius.

An introduction to cool Swedish titles from Finland.
by Tiia Strandén

Helena Forsås-Scott examines Kerstin Ekman's Grand final i skojarbranschen and looks at why novels still matter.

Ruth Urbom reports on a 2013 literary translation workshop featuring a novel by Anna-Karin Palm.

Ian Giles examines the impact of receptive multilingualism on practising translators and uncovers some other details about their careers.

Author, translator and theatre director Eivor Martinus reveals her personal journey exploring Strindberg's craft.

Agnes Broomé examines August Strindberg's career as a journalist.

Charlotte Purkis highlights 1949 as a crucial turning point for Strindberg's reputation in Britain.

Elettra Carbone explores Strindberg's representation of the young Danish sculptor Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen in his first play, 'I Rom'.

A survey of Strindberg-inspired graphic novels and similar works, by Ruth Urbom.

Eric Dickens looks at how one author tests the limits of experimentation and readability.

Ruth Urbom and Nichola Smalley report from an afternoon-long translation workshop that explored different strategies for translating Jonas Hassen Khemiri's vivid language into English.