Book club: The Memory Theater, Karin Tidbeck

Welcome to join Mau Reads, a book club for students at Malmö University. This autumn, we will read The Memory Theater by Swedish author Karin Tidbeck. This book club will be held in english.


The book club will meet three times at Orkanen library during the fall semester to discuss various issues and themes in the book. Participants receive the book for free and free coffee at the meetings.
The book club ends with an author talk with Karin Tidbeck where participants get the chance to ask questions.

The book club is voluntary and held outside regular class hours. Limited number of places, first come first served.


Important dates for the book club - The Memory Theater

  • August 8 — Registration opens
  • September 7 — Last day to register for the book club
  • September 11, 17:15–18:00 — Kickoff, participants receive their books and meet their group and book club leader
  • September 25, 17:15–18:15 — First meeting in each book club group
  • October 9, 17:15–18:15 — Second meeting
  • October 23, 17:15–18:15 — Author’s talk with Karin Tidbeck

About the book and the author

In a parallel world exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It's a place where feasts never end, games of croquette have devastating consequences, and teenagers are punished for growing up. For a select group of Masters, it’s a decadent paradise where time stands still. For those who serve them, however, it’s a slow torture where their lives can be ended in the blink of an eye. In a bid to escape before their youth betrays them, Dora and Thistle — best friends and confidants — set out on a remarkable journey through time and space. Traveling between their world and ours, they hunt the one person who can grant them freedom. Along the way they encounter a mysterious traveler who trades in favors and never forgets debts, a crossroads at the center of the universe, our own world on the brink of war, and a traveling troupe of actors with the ability to unlock the fabric of reality.

Karin Tidbeck (born 1977) is from Stockholm but now lives in Malmö, where she works as a freelance writer, translator and teacher of creative writing. Tidbeck's own writing is mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction, and she writes both short stories and novels, both in Swedish and in English. Her debut in the English-speaking world came in 2012 with the short story collection Jagannath, which was nominated for and won several major awards.

Foto Karin Tidbeck: Severus Tenenbaum

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