Nordic Writers on their books
The Royal Library hosts a Nordisk Bogfest 2003 (Nordic Bookfair 2003). The fair takes place in The Black Diamond, the main seat of the library, facing the Copenhagen Waterfront, in itself worth a visit if you haven't been there before.

It is the kind of event where you get to sit quietly on chairs, listening to someone else interviewing some of the most well-known Danish, Norwegian and Swedish authors about their books. If a good interviewer, it can be really interesting and you can learn a lot, but if it is the kind of interviewer going for the housewify, bland questions like "Do you like to write?" "Do you identify with your main character?", this kind of event can be a rather nervewrecking and tedious experience.

This bookfair does however present the chance to listen to both Jan Kjærstad and Per Olov Enquist in interview; they are sharp, reflected and brilliant writers both of them, and even a mundane interview with them would likely be worthwhile to attend. If you want to pay the d.kr 80 it costs to get a seat, that is. Famous authors come at a price these days, you know.

# posted by Lisbeth at: 11:56