In preparation, delegations of Québec publishers plan to visit Sweden, and their counterparts are to visit Québec. To date, only a handful of authors from Québec reportedly have had some of their work translated into Swedish.

The newly created Gemini Books Group, focused on nonfiction gift books and children’s books, precedes its first London Book Fair stand with three executive appointments.

From the jury: "We have found four very different writers who are injecting real energy and vitality into the literary scene. What impressed me most was their attentiveness to the world around them."