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For more than six years politician Ingrid Betancourt was a prisoner of the FARC guerilla in Colombia. This autumn, she will visit Göteborg Book Fair to talk about how she managed to survive her captivity.
Guus Kuijer, Dutch children's author, received this year's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) – the world's largest international children's and young adult literature prize founded by the Swedish Government to honor her memory.
Malahat Nasibova, Azerbaijani journalist, has been awarded Reporters Without Borders press freedom prize. "…because she bravely continues to work for press freedom, freedom of speech, democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan," reads the award justification.
On April 17, 2012 Orange Prize announced the list of shortlisted writers. Among them are Esi Edugyan and Anne Enright.
Bertil Falck, founder of the Göteborg Book Fair, has been awarded with a King's Medal for his significant contributions as an entrepreneur and founder of the fair.
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2010, has donated his private book collection to the cultural center in his native town Arequipa.
Petra Hůlová, Czech writer is to visit the International Writers' Stage organized at the Museum of World Culture on April 18.
On November 28, twelve authors were awarded the 2011 EU Prize for Literature (EUPL) during a gala ceremony at the Hotel Plaza in Brussels.
The Swedish Academy awarded newly established Ole and Ann-Marie Söderströms prize to author Eva-Marie Liffner.
Merethe Lindstrom, who received the Nordic Council Literature Prize on March 22 for her novel "Days in the History of Silence", will inaugurate the Göteborg Book Fair 2012.
On 10 February 2012, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, will present Irish PEN's annual award to Joseph O'Connor for his remarkable achievements and contributions to Irish Literature.
"Dictatorial and authoritarian governments corrupt society" the author stressed.
This year Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. During a decade the prize has endeavoured to strengthen and increase interest in children's literature in the world. The tenth anniversary starts immediately after the book fair in Bologna, 19-22 March, where several previous winners will participate in various seminars.
American author Jonathan Franzen, who will visit Göteborg Book Fair this year, is one of three winners of the Chicago Tribune's 2011 literary awards.
A Zimbabwean writer has been awarded with this year's Cane Prize and £10,000 for her short story "Hitting Budapest".
It is now official that Romania and Romanian literature will be the focal theme at the Göteborg Book Fair 2013, scheduled to take place between 26-29 September.
Nordic literature at Göteborg Book Fair 2012
Voices from Göteborg Book Fair
Twitters about the Book Fair
Relive Göteborg Book Fair
