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CONTENTS 3 4 Turbulence and tradition Swedish lit
erature in 2020 Jonas Thente Critic’s choice: Fiction Jonas Thente 11 Emerging voices of diversity for the British market Ian Giles 14 Translator’s choice Maria Tapaninen 16 Critic’s choice: Children’s and YA fiction Hanna Jedvik 27 Focus on picture books Kristina Hoas 30 Translator’s choice Maria Ludkovskaja 31 A publisher’s perspective Mohamed El Baaly 32 Critic’s choice: Non-fiction Emi-Simone Zawall 38 Critic’s choice: Comics Fabian Göranson 42 Translator’s choice Guilherme da Silva Braga 44 Swedish Literature Exchange in numbers 46 The August Prize winners of 2019 47 Swedish Literature Exchange Grants