Book Day

 A day of celebrating books with a published author as a keynote speaker?
Count me in!
Though this author is new to me, it was good to get exposure to a Swedish author.
Her talk was translated to our American group, thank goodness! For those of you who would like a language challenge on your own, here's her profile from Wiki.

Sara Lövestam

Sara Lövestam
Sara Lövestam 2012
Sara Lövestam 2012
Född13 juli 1980 (38 år)
Uppsala
YrkeFörfattare
NationalitetSvensk Sverige
SpråkSvenska
Verksam2009 –

Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam, född 13 juli 1980 i Uppsala, är en svensk författare. Lövestam lärde sig skriva redan som treåring och fick vid åtta års ålder en dikt om miljöförstöring publicerad i Östersunds-Posten. Det var tidigt hennes mål att bli romanförfattare, och hon hade flera bokmanus i bagaget när hon 2009 vann Piratförlagets manustävling Bok-SM 2009 med manuset till vad som blev debutromanen Udda.
Lövestam skriver såväl för vuxna, som för ungdomar och barn. Hon rör sig mellan olika genrer – historiska romaner, relationsromaner och även en spänningsserie i fyra delar om den papperslösa detektiven Kouplan. Den första delen vann hösten 2015 Svenska Deckarakademins pris för bästa kriminalromansdebut. Hennes romaner skildrar ofta möten mellan människor med olika öden och perspektiv, men också – vilket syns tydligast i Tillbaka till henne (2012), Hjärta av jazz (2013) och barnboken Gruvan (2018) – kopplingen mellan nutid och historia.
Hon har en bakgrund som SFI-lärare och språkvetare, och hennes språkintresse avspeglas i hennes romaner. Hon har även skrivit böcker om grammatik.

 Here you can see the auditorium setting with the author in front.

Following the presentation, there was a lunch break followed by two "Miniseminarier"
or mini seminars.  I was asked to present a talk about my 100 Dresses quilt project. Thankfully, I could use English as my language - I think I was the only one out of eleven who did.
I was a bit nervous. Would "20 somethings" be able to relate to a quilt and stories behind 100 dresses?  Given by a woman almost old enough to be their grandmother? 


I guess the students can only answer for themselves.  
But their kind comments and hugs afterwards meant the world to me.  
We all do have COMMON THREADS that join us no matter what age we are.
And stories are a part of each and every culture.



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  1. UnknownOctober 24, 2018 at 2:23 PM

    What is your 100 dresses quilting project? Is it a charity thing? I'm intrigued.

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