Liv stromquist Emil Malmborg
© Emil Malmborg
Reading and conversation

Liv Strömquist

Why are we never enough for ourselves?

6.07.2026
Admission: 19:00
Start: 20:30
Old Botanical Garden,
Live-Stream

Liv Strömquist (*1978 in Lund, Sweden) is considered the most influential comic artist of our time. She studied political science and has regularly drawn for various Swedish magazines and newspapers, as well as worked as a radio host. Her non-fiction comics are among the most successful graphic novels worldwide. Her works, translated into numerous languages, reflect her political stance as well as her sociological interest in feminist and pop-cultural phenomena. With biting humor and sharp criticism, they challenge existing social power structures and taboos.

In her latest work The Oracle Speaks, Strömquist turns her attention to the pervasive drive for self-optimization—and to why this promise so often leads to dissatisfaction.

Moderation

Simone Lappert

Language

The conversation will be in English, some book excerpts will be read in German.

German Speaker

Miriam Japp

Bookstall

Organized by the bookstore Paranoia City

Backup venue

If the weather is bad or uncertain, the event will take place indoors at Kaufleuten.

Bar

Enjoy sandwiches, snacks and drinks at the festival bar. Open from 7 pm.

Restaurant

Treat yourself to a fine dinner before the event at Kaufleuten Restaurant, open from 6pm.

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