Fredrik Backman at The Historic Artcraft Theatre

Join us on Thursday, May 8th at 6:30 pm at The Historic Artcraft Theatre for an evening with #1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman! Fredrik will discuss his new novel My Friends.

A ticket includes entry to the event and a signed hardcover copy of the book.

If you will not be attending the event, please use this link to preorder your copy for pick-up or shipping after the event.

Tickets include Fredrik's newest book in hardcover and admission to the event. Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase. We anticipate this will be a sold-out show. A ticket is required to attend the event.

We are pleased to provide accessibility accommodations for this event upon request. To arrange accommodations or request additional information about accommodations for this event please email hello@wildgeesebookshop.com

Publisher Guidelines:

An optional Signing/ Photo Line will be held after the event. 

Additional copies of Fredrik's books will be available for purchase at the event.

Event Policies:

• Outside food or drink is not permitted at this venue.
• Photo/Signing line positions are assigned first come first served upon arrival of person and ticket scanned.
• A ticket is required for every person attending this event above the age of 2. This event does not allow at-the-door sales and individuals without a ticket can not be allowed entry.
• We love it when people share memories from their night but recording long-form video of the author's talk is not allowed at this event. Long-form video is considered to be any recorded video reaching a combined total of more than 3 minutes in length.
• By attending this event you are giving consent to be photographed or recorded by Wild Geese Bookshop.
• Can't make it to the event? Please email hello@wildgeesebookshop.com to arrange for shipping or pick up of your book.
• Books not picked up after 60 days are forfeited and can not be refunded.

About the book:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.

Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

About the author:

Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, Anxious People, The Winners, My Friends, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and X @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.