Nordic Book Circle: Contemporary Nordic Literature in Translation

Contemporary Nordic literature is full of diverse literary voices, styles, and genres. This monthly reading group will read a sampling of these voices from across the Nordic region available in English translation with particular emphasis given to women, queer, and/or BIPOC writers. Literary forms covered will center on novels, along with one collection of short stories, one memoir, and one collection of poetry. If you love to read and discuss literature and would like to expand your appreciation of literature from various parts of the world (the Nordic world in particular), we would love to have you join us!

September author bio: Johannes Anyuru, born in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish poet and author.

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• They Will Drown in their Mothers’ Tears, Johannes Anyuru (Sweden, translator Saskia Vogel) – September 24, 2023.
• My Cat Yugoslavia, Pajtim Statovci (Finland, translator David Hackston) – October 22, 2023. Click here to register now.
• Love, Hanne Ørstavik, (Norway, translator Martin Aikten) – November 26, 2023. Click here to register now.
• Last Night in Nuuk, Niviaq Korneliussen (Greenland, translator Anna Halagar) – December 17, 2023. Click here to register now.
• White Blight, Athena Farrokhzad (Sweden, translator Jennifer Hayashida) – January 28, 2024. Click here to register now.

Registration Opens for Feb-Apr programs on November 24 (ASI members) and November 27 (general public).

• Dark Paradise, Rosa Liksom (Sápmi/Finland, translator David McDuff) – February 25, 2024
• A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast, Dorthe Nors (Denmark, translator Caroline Waight ) – March 24, 2024
• Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was, Sjón (Iceland, translator Victoria Cribb) – April 28, 2024
• Stolen, Ann-Helén Laestadius (Sápmi/Sweden, translator Rachel        Willson-Broyles) – May 26, 2024