Language Festival!

Name: Language Festival!
Start: 2026-11-13
End: 2026-11-14
Location: Tranströmerbiblioteket

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 · — Sat, 14 Nov

Tranströmerbiblioteket, Stockholm

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Language Festival celebrates multilingualism and storytelling from different parts of the world. Among the international guests are Argentine ALMA Award-winner Isol and Lebanese children's book illustrator Maya Fidawa.

The programme features stage conversations, storytelling hours, activities for children, and book and author presentations. Throughout the day there is also a book fair with books for children and young people.

About the festival: Language Festival!

Annual

frequency

~6 h

program duration

20+

book fair exhibitors (2025)

Good to know

1 day (Friday 13 November 2026)
Free entry (library event)
Venue: Tranströmerbiblioteket, Medborgarplatsen, Södermalm, Stockholm
Program typically runs approx. 11:00-17:00
Book fair on site - publishers, bookshops and organisations sell children's and YA books
Family-friendly; activities for children of all ages
Professional development day for educators typically held the day before the public program

What's new

2026-11
The 2026 edition is scheduled for 13 November at Tranströmerbiblioteket, featuring Argentine ALMA laureate ISOL and Lebanese illustrator Maya Fidawa as international guests.
2025-11
The 2025 edition ran on 14-15 November, with a professional development day for educators on the Friday and a full public program on the Saturday including storytelling in Yiddish, Persian, Vietnamese and Chinese.
2024-11
The 2024 edition was held on 23 November at Tranströmerbiblioteket, co-organized with Stockholm University, and included a panel on world literature in Swedish children's books and a lecture on the history of multilingualism in Sweden.

Headliners

ISOL Maya Fidawa

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