Interviews

Isabel Cruz Liljegren on bringing drama back into the spotlight as part of the Drama theme at Gothenburg Book Fair 2025

Editors Vendela Vida, David Katznelson and Ulf Olsson on a new anthology of classic Swedish short fiction.

Hedda Krausz Sjögren on bringing drama back into the spotlight as part of the Drama theme at Gothenburg Book Fair 2025

Marc Matthiesen on Bringing Drama into the Spotlight at Gothenburg Book Fair 2025.

As part of our series of interviews on city writing, Ukrainian poet Iryna Shuvalova discusses the importance of place to her work.

As part of our series of interviews on city writing, Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad discusses the importance of place to her work.

As part of our series of interviews on city writing, Swedish writer Tone Schunnesson discusses the importance of place to her work.

Modern Culture’s Martin Colthorpe on bringing Swedish literature to UK and Irish festival and event stages.

Foreign Affairs’ Camila França and Trine Garrett on how translation came to play an integral role in their work, and how it has shaped their practice as theatre-makers.

Ulricha Johnson, Managing Director at The Swedish Performing Arts Coalition, discusses the country's performing arts ecosystem, and some of SPAC’s many initiatives to help foster its development.

Fresh from her Bernard Shaw Prize win for her translation of Johanne Lykke Holm's Strega, Saskia Vogel speaks to SBR about her luminous translation and stretching the limits of the English language.

2021 saw the publication of an anthology of Finland-Swedish poetry covering 130 years. Swedish Book Review interviewed its editors to talk about their selection, as well as more broadly about poetry and publishing in Swedish in Finland.

Researchers and critics Maria Lassén-Seger and Mia Österlund speak to Swedish Book Review about Finland-Swedish children’s literature and the art of literary criticism

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.

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 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.