Nordic Contemporary Children’s Literature Exhibition "Hello, It’s Me!"

From September 21 to October 6 in the New Exhibition Hall of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture in St. Petersburg will host an exhibition of modern children’s literature of the Nordic countries "Hello, it’s me!". The exposition will introduce young readers to the works of Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish authors. Guests of the exhibition will be able to not only visit the places described on the pages of books, but also get to know the authors, get an autograph from them or attend a master class in book illustration or the basics of the craft of writing.

In addition to the modular exposition, the exhibition will feature the work of illustrators of contemporary children’s literature of the Nordic countries, which will interest not only children and their parents, but also all fans of book illustrations. You are waiting for drawings and fragments from the comics Linda Bondestam, Anders Kwamenna, Varvara Tomato, Anna Leonova and others.

One of the important parts of the exhibition will be the bookshelf, which will house works by contemporary authors of Scandinavia and Finland. These books can be taken and read by climbing into a hut on a raft, or comfortably stretched out with a book on rugs and pillows in a Greek tavern.

In parallel with the exhibition, meetings, lectures and master classes for a wide and professional audience will be held for three weeks. Among the most anticipated events are the following:

September 21, 12:00 Meeting with the authors: Annika Thor and Moni Nilson

September 22, 12:00 Literary master class with Ulf Nilson

September 27, 6:00 p.m. Discussion meeting on contemporary Norwegian children’s literature. Speakers: translator and expert in the field of children’s literature Olga Drobot, writer Björn Roervik

September 29, 3 p.m. Discussion on contemporary children’s literature in Finland. Speakers: translator, expert in the field of children’s literature in Finland Anna Sidorova, writer Reetta Niemel

October 2, 18:00 Discussion on contemporary children’s literature in Sweden. Speakers: translator, expert in the field of children’s literature Olga Mäeots.

State Museum of Urban Sculpture
St. Petersburg, Chernoretsky per., 2
Mon - sun. from 12:00 to 19:00
thu - day off

The exhibition is being implemented as part of the annual project “Children’s Reading Culture Today - Needs and Challenges. Examples and best practices of the Nordic countries and Russia. ”