Features

We report on Gothenburg Book Fair's first hybrid fair.

We present our readers' picks of books they would most like to see available in English, from tense political thrillers to experimental fiction and affecting memoirs.

Translator and physician John Litell discusses the joys of translating Andrea Lundgren's short stories, winning the Peirene Stevns Prize, and the challenges of completing a debut literary translation while working in intensive care during a pandemic.

We present some of the latest shortlists and winners in Swedish-language fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's fiction.

Swedish Book Review talks to Duncan J. Lewis, Director of Nordisk Books, about what makes a 'Nordisk' book, indie publishing in the UK, and redressing the balance of perceptions of contemporary Nordic literature.

Carin Bacho and Catharina Lantz of Koja Agency discuss the ins and outs of selling children's book rights, the key to a good children's or YA book, and the books that inspired them as children.

Urpu Strellman, Judith Toth and Sofie Voller discuss the year 2020 in rights, offering an insight into their day-to-day work.

In her inaugural speech upon induction into the Swedish Academy, Jila Mossaed discusses her poetry, and her choice to change writing language in order to bear witness. Translated by Brad Harmon.

In 2019 translator Tom Geddes was awarded the Swedish Academy prize for the promotion of Swedish literature abroad. Here he shares some of the highs and lows in his distinguished career.

Catherine Venner reports on the author and translator events held by SELTA in Edinburgh in 2019.

The six authors in this issue have all recently published their first novel. Anja Tröger explores the way their literary voices add something different to the Swedish canon of literature.

Ian Giles interviews Susanne Bergström Larsson, Head of Swedish Literature Exchange.

Marlaine Delargy has been shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger on four different occasions and has won twice. In interview with Ian Giles she explains how she came to specialise in translating crime fiction.

The triennial Bernard Shaw Prize for Swedish Translation 2018 awarded to . . .

If I had to choose one word to describe Steven T., Murray, it would be 'versatile'.

2012 was the golden year for translated Swedish literature in the UK by number of publications. To find out what has happened since, Ian Giles takes a look at the statistics.

In Elisabeth Åsbrink's remarkable book 1947 the author combines the broad sweep of history with the highly personal. In this interview with her translator Fiona Graham she reflects on the parallels with our own troubled times.

In her inaugural address to the Swedish Academy on 20 December 2016, Sara Stridsberg pays homage to her predecessor, Gunnel Vallquist, and the art of translation.
Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner.