During educational days for teachers and school librarians poets talk about how to use poetry in education and how to write poetry together with the pupils. The poets are also participating in poetry days, poetry festivals and reading tours. Immigrant writers Many writers from other countries are living and working in our country. For instance, we engage writers from Iran, the US, Greece, Turkey, Kurdistan, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Some of them talk about their home country and its literature, others talk about how it is to be a fugitive and immigrant and about prejudices.
Writers are experts on writing.
A poem for a graduation or a wedding. A story for a magazine. The Administration of Culture in Uppsala wanted someone to investigate the language of politicians and civil servants. A writer was commissioned and wrote an entertaining book. The results prove successful, as the writer is in command of his language and can adjust it to the subject and the readers.