Author Moa Romanova wearing a cap and hoodie, and the cover of the book Buff Soul.

Join a book club and meet author Moa Romanova

MaU Reads is a book club for students at Malmö University. This spring, we will read Buff Soul, a graphic novel by Swedish author Moa Romanova. This book club is held in English.

The book club will meet two times in april at Orkanen library to discuss various issues and themes in the book. Participants receive the book for free and get Swedish fika at the meeting.
The book club ends with an author talk with Moa Romanova where the audicene and especially you students get the chance to ask your questions to the author.

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

Welcome to join MaU Reads!



Registration opens here 9 March.

Important dates

  • 29 March: Last day to register
  • 7 April at 17.15–18.15 – Kickoff, participants receive the book and meet their group and book club leader
  • 21 April at 17.15–18.15 – Meeting in each book club group
  • 28 April at 17.15–18.15 – Author’s talk with Moa Romanova

About the book and the author

How do you prevent history from repeating itself, and is it possible to protect the one you love from themselves? When cartoonist Moa Romanova joins her rock star bestie on a U.S. tour, life quickly turns chaotic, as adolescent trauma begins to haunt her. Buff Soul is a graphic novel about friendship and grief, and about finding oneself in relation to others.

Buff Soul tackles addiction, friendship, and loss in a rollicking road trip adventure involving selling speed, breaking bones, massive hangovers, drug withdrawal, having your entire fist inside your best friend, and shooting guns in the desert. What begins as an insanely comical, hedonistic road trip, takes a dark turn when her best friend disappears. This event triggers memories of an adolescent trauma she had yet to reckon with, along with fears that history is repeating itself, leading Romanova to confront the reality of how far she’s let her self-destruction go.

Moa Romanova is a Swedish cartoonist, artist and illustrator. She made her debut with the autobiographical graphic novel Goblin Girl, which has been published in several languages. In 2020, she received the Swedish illustrators award “Kolla!” (Look!) for her debut novel. 2021 she was awarded the Eisner Award for the American edition of the book.

 

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