The Re-Read: Kurdo Baksi on Stieg Larsson

Kurdo Baksi and Catherine Graham 

The Re-Read: Kurdo Baksi on Stieg Larsson

Kurdo Baksi and Catherine Graham 

1:30pm

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Join us as we explore influential books and writers who define a genre and have captivated readers for decades. Each session brings a contemporary writer sharing a favourite book or author, offering their insight as an author and sharing their joy as a reader. In this session, Kurdo Baksi discusses the work of the late Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest make up Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, a series that redefined the impact of Nordic Noir. With Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s death in 2004, Baksi penned a memoir about the legacy, feminism and work of his long-time friend.

Interviewer: Catherine Graham

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book cover

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 1:30pm ET
Where: Main Loft at Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 45 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Please note, there was a change of venue for this event. It will now take place in the Main Loft at Harbourfront Centre at 1:30pm ET. 

Supported by the Swedish Arts Council, and Nordic Bridges and Harbourfront Centre.

Swedish Arts Council logo      Nordic Bridges Logo     Harbourfront centre logo

Join us as we explore influential books and writers who define a genre and have captivated readers for decades. Each session brings a contemporary writer sharing a favourite book or author, offering their insight as an author and sharing their joy as a reader. In this session, Kurdo Baksi discusses the work of the late Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest make up Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, a series that redefined the impact of Nordic Noir. With Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s death in 2004, Baksi penned a memoir about the legacy, feminism and work of his long-time friend.

Interviewer: Catherine Graham

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo book cover

Ticket Info:
Date & Time: June 4 at 1:30pm ET
Where: Main Loft at Harbourfront Centre
Duration: 45 minutes
Ticket prices: $16.50 – Regular; $12.50 – Youth; or Get the All-Access Pass
*This event will be followed by a book signing

Please note, there was a change of venue for this event. It will now take place in the Main Loft at Harbourfront Centre at 1:30pm ET. 

Supported by the Swedish Arts Council, and Nordic Bridges and Harbourfront Centre.

Swedish Arts Council logo      Nordic Bridges Logo     Harbourfront centre logo

Featured Authors

Kurdo Baksi was born in 1965 in northern Kurdistan, and in 1980 came to settle in Sweden. In 1987 he first published the magazine Black and White, which dealt with integration and racial issues across Europe. He is the author of 10 books on human rights, racism, emigration and exile, and in 2000 he was awarded the International Olof Palme Peace Prize. Baksi was the closest friend of Stieg Larsson between 1992–2004. Kurdo Baksi is also a character in the third Millenium book with his real name and life. In January 2010, Baksi published Stieg Larsson, My Friend which was translated into multiple languages. Kurdo Baksi’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Swedish Arts Council.

Read more about Kurdo Baksi

Catherine Graham’s collection, Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, Toronto Book Award and won the Fred Kerner Book Award. Her sixth collection of poems, The Celery Forest, was named a CBC Best Book of the Year, and was a finalist for the Fred Cogswell Award. Her debut novel Quarry won The Miramichi Reader Award for Best Fiction, an IPPY Gold Medal for Fiction and was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award. The Most Cunning Heart is included in The Miramichi Reader’s Best Fiction Book of the Year list. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award and co-hosts The Hummingbird Podcast. Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead: New and Selected Poems appears 2023. Visit her online at www.catherinegraham.com and @catgrahampoet.

Read more about Catherine Graham 

1:30pm

Saturday, June 4

What to read

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