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English programme 2024

Sold out. City walk: Jon Fosse

Margunn Vikingstad

Sold out. City Walk: Karl Ove Knausgård

Opening of LitFestBergen 2024

Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Nomthandazo Shandu, Andisa Mpisi, Adania Shibli, Even Aleksander Hagen, Christine Meyer, Teresa Grøtan, Hjørdis Losnedahl

Live transmission: Opening of LitFestBergen 2024

Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Nomthandazo Shandu, Andisa Mpisi, Adania Shibli, Even Aleksander Hagen, Christine Meyer, Teresa Grøtan, Hjørdis Losnedahl

Illustrating a war

Nora Krug, Karin Haugen

An introduction to Sami literature

Harald Gaski

Oil and corruption in Norway and Nigeria

Eva Joly, Nnimmo Bassey, Jostein Kobbeltvedt

Cancelled: The author as an activist: a conversation with Meena Kandasamy

Meena Kandasamy, Rasma Haidri 

Winnie and Nelson: myths about a marriage

Jonny Steinberg, Ismail Mahomed

Reading Sally Rooney

Daniel Medin, Carina Beddari, Eirik Vassenden

Found in Translation

Gunnhild Øyehaug, Frode Grytten, Daniel Medin

Women looking at men looking at women

Kristin Fridtun, Kari Jegerstedt

Listening Post: Martínez, Steinberg

Óscar Martínez

Creole stories

Ari Gautier, Anne K. Bang

Sold out. Munch: art, literature, madness

Ivo de Figueiredo, Karl Ove Knausgård, Frode Sandvik

Live transmission: Munch: art, literature, madness

We will be televising the event live on the big screen in Olav H. Hauge

Crime journalist in El Salvador

Óscar Martínez, Kjersti Løken Stavrum 

Sold out. A Time for Knausgård

Karl Ove Knausgård, Karin Haugen

Poetic Punk Gala

Priya Bains, Ruth Lillegraven, Meena Kandasamy, Erlend Nødtvedt, Pivinnguaq Mørch, Rasma Haidri, Nnimmo Bassey, Timimie Märak

Lunar New Year

Nhu Diep,  Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Tang Fu Kuen, Ben Wenhou Yu

Children in war

Romana Romanyshyn, Andryj Lesiv, Heidi Bøhagen

How do you write the truth about someone?

Ivo de Figueiredo, Jonny Steinberg, Katrine Sele

Listening Post: Kit de Waal, Judith Hermann

Kit de Waal, Judith Hermann

The world's best climate stories

Kerim Nisancioglu, Siri Veland, Teresa Grøtan, Kikki Flesche Kleiven

The world's best climate stories. YouTube-stream

Kerim Nisancioglu, Siri Veland, Teresa Grøtan, Kikki Flesche Kleiven

Young voices from Bergen and Durban

Amanda Hersvik, Lea Bakken, Nomthandazo Shandu, Andisa Mpisi, Julia Martinčič, Rita María Muñoz Farías

Cancelled: Hungry Barbie doll: a conversation with Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal, Katrine Sele

Closing: from dissolution to solution

Teresa Grøtan, Eirik Vassenden, Cherilyn Parsons

PEN’s postcard campaign – Friday

Write a message to imprisoned and persecuted authors, journalists and bloggers worldwide.

PEN’s postcard campaign – Saturday

Write a message to imprisoned and persecuted authors, journalists and bloggers worldwide.

PEN’s postcard campaign – Sunday

Write a message to imprisoned and persecuted authors, journalists and bloggers worldwide.