Crime novels from the Nordic countries stand out very noticeably from the rest of the genre. British literary circles have dubbed crime writing from the region 'Nordic noir': it is dark, sometimes shocking, but always honest and believable, because it depicts real life – warts and all.
Guest speakers: Leena Lehtolainen (author, Finland); Vigdis Hjorth (author, Norway); Kerstin Bergman (crime fiction expert, secretary of the Swedish Crime Academy); Bo Tao Michaëlis (author, literary critic, member of the Danish Crime Academy); Nils Sakss (author, Latvia); and Árni Þórarinsson (author, Iceland).
Local speakers: Indrek Hargla; Ott Sandrak; Mika Keränen; and Jaan Martinson.
For a more detailed description of the event and the speakers click here.
An exhibition of Swedish crime fiction entitled 'The Crimedom of Sweden' will be on display at the Estonian National Library during the Tallinn Book Fair, while big-screen adaptations of Nordic crime novels will be shown at the Artis cinema from 6-9 April.
The third Nordic-Baltic Literature Forum is being organised in cooperation with the Estonian Publishers Association, the Estonian Association of Librarians and Tallinn Book Fair. The Nordic embassies in Estonia, the Finnish Institute and the Estonian National Library are close working partners of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia. Organisation of the forum is also supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture.
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