 |
News
|
|
|
|
| Welcome!
Välkomna!
|
|
|
| Welcome to Swedish Book Review on the web! SBR was launched in 1983. It publishes two main issues and a supplement 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. |
|
|
|
|
2009:1 issue
 Our 2009:1 issue contains features and translations from the work of Jonas Hassen Khemiri, David Lagercrantz, Isabella Lövin, Fredrik Sjöberg and Elin Wägner. Jonas Thente of Dagens nyheter provides an overview of current trends, and the new director of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award introduces its work. Sarah Death provides an upbeat report from the 2008 Gothenburg Book Fair.
· Full Details
|
|
|
|
|
2006 Supplement: Writing for Young Adults
 A few years ago, it seemed that reading amongst young people in the UK was in something of a decline. Then along came a boy called Harry Potter, and suddenly children everywhere were immersed in a world of magic and fantasy. Children's books enjoy a high profile in Sweden, and a new genre has gradually sneaked in between the traditional children's book and adult fiction. It has not been a simple task to choose authors and extracts for this supplement. The final mixture includes black humour, laid-back wit, energy, a pragmatic approach to life's difficulties, and an unshakeable social conscience. · Full Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Issue: 2009: 1
- Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Unchanged Unending
- David Lagercrantz, from Fall from Grace in Wilmslow
- Isabella Lövin, from Silent Seas
- Fredrik Sjöberg, from The Art of Flight
- Maria Ernestam, from Buster's Ears
- Elin Wägner, from Penwoman
- Jonas Thente, Beyond Crime Fiction, Handbags and Designer Suits
- Erik Titusson, The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Sarah Death, The Gothenburg Book Fair 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
