Place:

Elite Palace Hotel Stockholm (Sankt Eriksgatan 115, 113 43 Stockholm)

Time and Happening:

09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast

All Swedish participants are welcome to have breakfast, invited by the organizer. Please bring a book for the Chinese publisher to recognize you.

Use the code "A Sandy Dream" instead of room number, if the hotel requests. Have the book around you during breakfast so the Chinese participants can start talking to you :-)

10:00 - 11:00 Event opening, Speach and presentation

All speach will be interpreted between English/Swedish and Mandarin Chinese, that's why everything will take twice of the time.

1. Mr. Xie Gang President of China International Book Trading Corporation

2. Mrs. Elisabeth Lagerlöf, Secretary of Mårbacka Foundation

In order to get to know each other, EVERYONE will have 2 minutes to present him/herself and his/her work.

11:00 - 11:30 Discussion

A. Nobel Prize Litterature and China

B. Swedish Books for the Chinese market

C. Chinese Books coming to Scandinavia

11:30 - 11:40 Book release and Signature

11:40 - 12:00 Group Photo

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at the hotel, invited by the organizer

Plommonspäckad fläskkarré med gräddsås, pressgurka, bönsallad och gourmetpotatis

Ugnsstekt temphé med rödvinssås, bönsallad och gourmetpotatis

Plus 2 vegtarian dish reserved

Chinese Participants

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China's book industry stands at the intersection of tradition and modernity, with a rich literary history evolving alongside the rapid technological advancements. Driven by its ever-expanding middle class and urbanization, the nation’s appetite for knowledge and storytelling is growing. On average, Chinese children and teens read about 11.1 printed and digital books per year, whereas adults consumed about 8.2 books annually, compared to 6.7 books in a decade ago. The readership preferences are diverse.