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Welcome to Swedish Book Review on the web! SBR was launched in 1983. It publishes two main issues every year. The main aim of SBR is to present Swedish literature to the English-speaking world. It carries translated extracts from the works of Swedish writers, often together with an introductory article.

2011:2 issue 2011:2 Issue

The 2011:2 issue includes translations of an extract from Daniel Sjölin's mischievous yet painful self-analysis The World's Last Novel, an extract from Klas Åmark's Neighbour of Evil, an essay on Selma Lagerlöf's classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a report from a workshop on translating Jonas Hassen Khemiri, a brief history of the first 25 years of SELTA, and selections from a new poetry suite by Ingela Strandberg.

2011:1 issue 2011:1 Issue

Our 2011:1 issue features extracts from Waste, which won the 2010 August Prize for Sigrid Combüchen; there are two newer authors to discover (Jonas Karlsson, one of Sweden's busiest actors, and Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo, a Finland-Swedish writer). We also present Anna Paterson's interview with Henrik Berggren on his new biography of Olof Palme, and our reporters bring you their impressions of the 2010 Gothenburg Book Fair.

2010:2 issue 2010:2 Issue

Our 2010:2 issue features one of Sweden's foremost crime writers, Håkan Nesser; one of the doyennes of Swedish literary fiction, Agneta Pleijel; the work of three Swedish poets - the witty esoteric games of Göran Printz-Påhlson, the warm social conscience and meditation on ageing offered by Ragnar Thoursie, and a Sapphic voyage through the landscape of the imagination from Eva-Stina Byggmästar. There are also tributes to the lives of Printz-Påhlsson and Thoursie.

2010:1 issue 2010:1 Issue

Our 2010:1 issue is a special dedicated to Swedish Crime Fiction. Anna Paterson presents an overview of Kerstin Ekman's crime fiction work, and we offer several extracts in translation. Paul Engles discusses Swedish Crime Fiction from the point of view of the world of publishing, and we have extracts from the work of Arne Dahl, Staffan Bruun and Viveca Sten. Paul Berf presents an overview of Swedish literature in Germany, and Laurie Thompson reports from the 2009 Gothenburg Book Fair.

Bestsellers from Sweden

This month's bestseller lists from Sweden (provided by Svensk bokhandel):

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