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New Swedish Books 48 GRANTS FOR Travel, promotion
and themed events This grant covers a wide range of activities Invite Swedish authors, illustrators, playwrights for book launches, book tours, panel talks, literary festivals. The grant can cover costs for travel, accommodation, performance fees. Arrange reading events for unpublished books or theatre plays. The grant can cover translation costs for a sample of the text being read, but also for inviting the author, (see above), and for producing material in conjunction with the event. Promote the books that might need an extra push. The grant can cover some marketing costs. Arrange workshops or seminars for translators from Swedish into other languages. The grant can cover costs for a workshop/seminar leader, guest lecturers, some material costs in conjunction with the workshop/seminar. The length could be a full year or just one or two days. Produce publications on Swedish literature and drama: online magazines, blogs, special issues in papers, overviews over the Swedish literary scene. The grant can cover fees for contributors, marketing, some production costs. Arrange larger events around Swedish literature, such as a Guest of Honourship at a bookfair or a festival. The grant can cover costs for the invited authors and illustrators, as well as costs for the Swedish stand, and some marketing material and events at the fair/festival. ! The next deadlines for applications for our grants for travel, promotion and themed events are: 7 May 2020, 8 September 2020, 27 October 2020. Applications forms are available on the Swedish Arts Council homepage kulturradet.se.