Panel discussion on children’s literature and literacy at the Leipzig Book Fair

FILI director Tiia Strandén will be participating in the Leipzig Book Fair on 21–24 March.

FILI and NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad) will hold a joint panel discussion ‘Children and reading – Challenges and success stories’. The panel will take place at the Nordic Forum (a Nordic collective stand at hall 4, C400) on Thursday 21 March at 11:30–12:30.

Participating on the panel, moderated by Tiia Strandén, are:
Publisher Carsten Wilms (Kullerkupp Kinderbuch Verlag , Germany), Director Ilmi Villacís (The Finnish Reeading Centre), Publisher Saara Tiuraniemi (Tammi Publishers, Finland) and Author Linde Hagerup (Norway). The conversation will be in English.

For more information about the Nordic programme and Nordic authors visiting Leipzig, see the Nordic Embassies website.