“Reading connects me with other people. It trains us with empathy, exposes us to the world we are never able to see or meet. It teaches us about different emotions we’ve never had.”

Literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk is joined by senior advisor of global public health at Karolinska Institutet, Mariam Claeson, in a conversation investigating how we talk about, and care for, our psychological state, and how best to nurture mental fitness. Tokarczuk speaks about the transformative power of reading and writing, and their profound impact on our mental health.

This talk was recorded at the 2024 Nobel Week Dialogue.