Free Word / Banned Books Exibition in Sigtunastiftelsen

Curator , Ragıp Zarakolu

August 22 - 23 at 10:00-16.00, Sigtunastiftelsen Library

To write in Putin‘s Russia

Masha Gessen in a conversation with her Swedish publisher Dorotea Bromberg

Sunday August 23 at 12:00, Sigtunastiftelsen, (The Sigtuna Foundation) the Library

What is it like to work as a writer or journalist in Russia today? What obstacles are encountered and what risks are the writers exposed to? Here, the Russian American author, journalist and former editor Masha Gessen talks about her journalistic experiences from Putin’s Russia, a country where censorship is commonplace and journalists are silenced.

 
Digital Publishing in a World with Limited Freedom of Expression

with Ragip Zarakolu, journalist and publisher and Sigtuna‘s ICORN guest writer and Per Helin, owner and CEO of Publit, Mediator: Lena Gustafson-Randau, director of Marsta Library

Sunday August 23 at 15:00, Sigtunastiftelsen (The Sigtuna Foundation)

Our increasingly digitized world increases the possibilities of disseminating information. By publishing books on the internet, authors have the ability to bypass traditional relationships with a publisher, distributor or reseller and sell books directly to the reader. What kind of opportunities does this create? What are the challenges and pitfalls? Does it have any impact on the book’s credibility? What is the impact on censorship?

Hear the Municipality of Sigtuna’s ICORN writer Ragip Zarakolu and Per Helin, owner and CEO of Publit, in a conversation about how the new digital society is changing the face of literature and publishing.



Arranged in cooperation with Sigtuna kommun and Sigtunastiftelsen.

1. TABOO BOOKS
2. BANNED BOOKS