Stories From Sweden
Stories from Sweden are crossing borders and finding new readers through live author events across the UK and Ireland. From fiction to poetry, children’s literature to the essay, Stories From Sweden presents the freshest new writing in translation from across the country’s diverse and dynamic literary scene. Supported by the Swedish Arts Council in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in the UK.
Stories from Sweden 2026
Monday 20 April
Balsam Karam
Burley Fisher, London
6.30pm
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Tuesday 21 April
Balsam Karam and Saskia Vogel
Topping, Edinburgh
7.00pm
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Wednesday 22 April
Balsam Karam
Voce Books, Birmingham
7.00pm
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Friday 24 April
Balsam Karam and Saskia Vogel
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
7.00pm
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Saturday 25 April
Balsam Karam and Saskia Vogel
Cork World Book Fest
3.00pm
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Sunday 17 May
Hanna Johansson
International Literature Festival Dublin
5.00pm
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Sunday 17 May
Hanna Johansson – film screening event
International Literature Festival Dublin
7.30pm
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Monday 18 May
Balsam Karam
International Literature Festival Dublin
6.00pm
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Friday 22 May
Anders Sparring and Per Gustavsson
International Literature Festival Dublin
11.30am
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Saturday 23 May
Anders Sparring and Per Gustavsson
International Literature Festival Dublin
10.30am
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Tuesday 26 May
Anders Sparring and Per Gustavsson
Hay Festival
10am
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Tuesday 2 June
Jonas Enander
Cheltenham Science Festival
4.00pm
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Monday 8 June
Jonas Enander
Waterstones – Trafalgar Square
7.00pm
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Wednesday 15 July
Agnes Lidbeck and Nichola Smalley
West Cork Literary Festival
10.00am
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Thursday 16 July
Mats Strandberg
West Cork Literary Festival
2.00pm
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Sunday 16 August
Lisa Ridzén and Patrick Gale
Edinburgh International Book Festival
10.15am
Wednesday 26 August
Tahmima Anam and Balsam Karam
Edinburgh International Book Festival
3.15pm
Thursday 27 August
Agnes Lidbeck
Topping, York
6.30pm
https://www.toppingbooks.co.
Friday 28 August
Agnes Lidbeck and Angela Flournoy
Edinburgh International Book Festival
5pm
Thursday 1 October
Swedish Poetry Celebration: Jörgen Gassilewski and Anna Hallberg
European Poetry Festival
7pm
https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/sweden26
Saturday 3 October
NCS* – 80th Anniversary Bash featuring Bim Eriksson
LICAF (Lakes International Comic Arts Festival)
10am
https://licaf.co.uk/festival/
*National Cartoonists’ Society of America
Saturday 3 October
Petteri Tikkanen and Bim Eriksson
LICAF (Lakes International Comic Arts Festival)
11.45am
https://licaf.co.uk/festival/e
Saturday 3 October
Bim Eriksson – meet the author and signing session
LICAF (Lakes International Comic Arts Festival)
4pm
https://licaf.co.uk/festival/
Saturday 28 November
Johan Sandberg McGuinne
Poetry in Indigenous Languages
Dublin Small Press Fair
https://dublinsmallpressfair.com/
Stories from Sweden 2025
Tuesday 20 May
Karolina Ramqvist
International Literature Festival Dublin
6.00pm
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Wednesday 21 May
Karolina Ramqvist
Blackwell’s Manchester
6.30pm
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Monday 16 June
Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley
Collected Books, Durham
Time 6.30pm
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Tuesday 17 June
Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley
Toppings, Bath
Time 6.30pm
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Wednesday 18 June
Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley
Stroud Library, Stroud
Time 1pm
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Thursday 19 June
Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley
Hackney Library Library, London
Time 6pm
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Monday 30 June
Judith Kiros
Ledbury Poetry Festival
12.00pm
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Thursday 3 July
Judith Kiros
European Poetry Festival – National Centre for Writing, Norwich
6.30pm
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Wednesday 9 July
Lina Scheynius and Saskia Vogel
Tender Books, London
6.00pm
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Thursday 10 July
Lina Scheynius and Saskia Vogel
East Bristol Books
7.00pm
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Saturday 12 July
Lina Scheynius and Saskia Vogel
West Cork Literary Festival
5.00pm
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Monday 14 July
Balsam Karam
West Cork Literary Festival
2.30pm
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Monday 14 July
Quynh Tran
West Cork Literary Festival
5.00pm
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Saturday 4 October
Hanna Johansson and Agnes Lidbeck
Wigtown Book Festival
3.00pm
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Monday 6 October
Hanna Johansson and Agnes Lidbeck
Veranda Books, London
6.30pm
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Tuesday 7 October
Andrev Walden
Mr B’s Emporium, Bath
6.30pm
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Wednesday 8 October
Agnes Lidbeck and Nichola Smalley
East Bristol Books 6.30pm
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Thursday 9 October
Agnes Lidbeck and Nichola Smalley
Five Leaves, Nottingham
7.00pm
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Thursday 9 October
Andrev Walden
Max Minerva’s Bristol
6.30pm
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Friday 10 October
Lisa Ridzen and Andrev Walden
Cheltenham Literature Festival
6.30pm
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Sunday 12 October
Jennie Godfrey and Andrev Walden
Cheltenham Literature Festival
2pm
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Sunday 12 October
Agnes Lidbeck and Lisa Ridzen
Cheltenham Literature Festival
4.30pm
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Saturday 15 November
Bim Eriksson – A Hand-drawn Tale: Dystopian Comics
Thought Bubble Festival, Harrogate
12.15pm
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Monday 17 November
Bim Eriksson signing
Gosh! Comics, London
6.00pm