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Programme

International literature meets art and drama, with two days and one night of talks, readings, walks and performances, at Moderna Museet in Stockholm. This is the programme!

Friday 28 October

The Auditorium/Moderna Bar

19–23 Grand opening (Eng) + Opening party at Moderna Bar

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Saturday 29 October

The Auditorium

All programme activities in the Auditorium require a supplementary ticket for 35 SEK.

11.15–12 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Key Note Speaker (Eng) Book signing at 12.10
12.15–13 Samanta Schweblin & Jerker Virdborg (Eng) Book signing at 13.10
13.15–14 Saša Stanišić & Daniel Sjölin (Eng) Book signing at 14.10
14.15–15 Dorit Rabinyan & Elisabeth Åsbrink (Eng) Book signing at 15.10
15.15–16 Almudena Grandes & Majgull Axelsson (Sp/Sw) Book signing at 16.10
16.15–17 Don DeLillo & Daniel Birnbaum (Eng) Book signing at 17.10. The Shop has extended opening hours until 18.30.

Readings

11.30–11.50 Don DeLillo reads (Eng)
12–12.20 Hiromi Itō reads with Rebecka Hemse (Ja/Sw)
12.30–12.50 Elisabeth Åsbrink/Majgull Axelsson read (Sw)
13–13.20 Dorit Rabinyan reads (Eng)
13.30–13.50 The translator behind the book: Sara Gordan & Kerstin Munck (Sw)
14–14.20 Almudena Grandes reads with Helena Bergström (Sp/Sw)
14.30–14.50 This year’s winner Henrika Ringbom reads from and talks about the Translation of the Year (Sw)
15–15.20 Jerker Virdborg/Carl-Henning Wijkmark read (Sw)
15.30–15.50 Jamaica Kincaid reads (Eng)

Exhibition/The Cinema

12–12.45 Poetry tour with Electra Hallman, Johan Holmberg, Hannes Meidal and Sofia Pekkari in the exhibition Thomas Schütte: United Enemies (Sw)
13–13.45 Translation of the Year Award Presentation in the Cinema (Sw)
14–14.45 Carl-Henning Wijkmark & Hannes Meidal in the exhibition Thomas Schütte: United Enemies (Sw)
15.30–16.15 Hélène Cixous & Adel Abdessemed in the Cinema (Eng) CANCELLED!

Zone

12–12.20 Almudena Grandes (Sp)
13–13.20 Hiromi Itō (Ja)
15–15.20 Samanta Schweblin (Sp)

Sunday 30 October

The Auditorium

All programme activities in the Auditorium require a supplementary ticket for 35 SEK.

11.15–12 Jamaica Kincaid & Kristina Sandberg (Eng) Book signing at 12.10
12.15–13 Hiromi Itō & Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson Martina Montelius (Eng) Book signing at 13.10
13.15–14 Monika Fagerholm & Astrid Svangren (Sw) Book signing at 14.10
14.15–15 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o & Sjón (Eng) Book signing at 15.10
15.15–16.15 Hélène Cixous & Mats Ek + readings from Portrait of Dora with the actors Erik Ehn, Pontus Gustafsson, Rebecka Hemse and Johan Holmberg (Eng/Sw) Book signing at 16.20. The Shop has extended opening hours until 17.30.

Readings

11.30–11.50 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o reads with Erik Ehn (Ki/Sw)
12–12.20 The translator behind the book: Niclas Nilsson (Sw)
12.30–12.50 Lina Kalmteg introduces Samanta Schweblin’s writing. Helena Bergström reads (Sw)
13–13.20 Sjón reads with his translator John Swedenmark (Ic/Sw)
13.30–13.50 Hélène Cixous reads with Rebecka Hemse (Fr/Sw)
14–14.20 Saša Stanišić reads with Pontus Gustafsson (Bo/Sw)
14.30–14.50 Monika Fagerholm reads (Sw)
15–15.20 Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson Martina Montelius reads (Sw)
15.30–15.50 Kristina Sandberg reads (Sw)

Exhibition

12–12.45 Poetry tour with Electra Hallman, Johan Holmberg, Hannes Meidal and Sofia Pekkari in the exhibition Thomas Schütte: United Enemies (Sw)
14–14.45 Poetry tour with Electra Hallman, Johan Holmberg, Hannes Meidal and Sofia Pekkari in the exhibition Thomas Schütte: United Enemies (Sw)

Zone

14–14.45 Solen (The Sun) podcast: talk with John Swedenmark (Sw)

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