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Today is the Saint Lucia day, a Swedish tradition leading up to Christmas. Lucia brings warmth and light in the darkness that is...

I have been to Oslo for a couple of days. Always nice to visit, even in the winter. I did not have time to read anything, and reading has...

Second hand books I love going to second hand shops. More and more people discover the pleasure of shopping there. It is exciting, since...

The Nobel Family Today is December 10th, and in Sweden it is the Nobel day - the day this year's laureates will receive their prizes in...

Christmas reading I am not really a person who reads Christmas novels. I have read, maybe the most famous one, Charles Dickens A...

Second of Advent and the day to light the second candle. Here in Sweden it is rather dark this time of the year. December is therefore a...

In the foot steps of Jo Nesbø Tomorrow, on Sunday, December 8, I am heading towards Oslo for a couple of days. I found a quote from...

Martin Cruz Smith Today is December 6, and that is also the title of a thriller by Martin Cruz Smith (In England it was published under...

I went for a walk with a friend this morning. It was fresh, and rather cold, so we went to a café for a coffee. On the way home, I passed...

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist and librarian His poetry often explored themes of mortality, loss, and the passage of...

Franz Kafka: The Master of Alienation Few literary figures have captured our imagination like Kafka. He was born in 1883 in Prague,...

Behind the cover of box 2 we have - George Saunders. George Saunders is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's...