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LitFestBergen 2022

Wake: The hidden history of women-led slave revolts

Rebecca Hall

Let's talk about 22 July

Thomas J. R. Marthinsen

No man is an island

Jørgen Watne Frydnes

How to speak out

Norwegian Youth Forum for Freedom of Expression

Poisonous conspiracies

Øyvind Strømmen

How to reduce your carbon footprint

Anja Bakken Riise

Secret life in the city

Hanna Bjørgaas

Granny and the eight children with Adele Lærum Duus

Adele Lærum Duus

269 days of rain

Roald Kaldestad, Roy Ole Førland

Volcanoes and dinosaurs

Reidar Müller, Sigbjørn Lilleeng

Call to change dusty attitudes

Tinashe Williamson

Literature Live Around the World

Britta B., Mona B. Riise

Opening of LitFestBergen 2022 (sold out)

Stig Holmås, Britta B, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Christine Sandtorv, Jon Fosse, Teresa Grøtan, Odin Adelsten Aunan Bohmann.

When Ziggy played guitar

Dylan Jones, Audun Vinger

Dance recital: Dust I

Marit Loe Bjørnstad, Tora de Zwart Rørholt, Eivind Riise Hauge, Borghild Rudjord Unneland

The Silver Dollar Duke interprets David Bowie

Madame Nielsen, Simon Toldam

Dance recital: Dust II (sold out)

Marit Loe Bjørnstad, Tora de Zwart Rørholt, Eivind Riise Hauge, Borghild Rudjord Unneland

Mother tongue and metaphor. A conversation on language and literature in three different countries

Selma M. Yonus, Fatemeh Ekhtesari, Abduweli Ayup, Hege Newth

Sand in the machinery. Talk by John Erik Riley

John Erik Riley

Without guilt

Abid Raja, Kristin Skare Orgeret

Dusting off a classic – Just Cato Frøchen: Gaa’t i Hundene. To naturhistorier

Eirik Vassenden

Stories in song before and after Dust Bowl Ballads

Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, John Erik Riley, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin

Dust from a culture in dissolution

Vanessa Springora, Sandra Lillebø

Dust over history

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kari Jegerstedt

Listening post Thursday

Vanessa Springora, Rebecca Hall

Dusting off philosophy: Søren Kierkegaard

Vigdis Hjorth, Einar Duenger Bøhn

Watching over history

Rebecca Hall, Joshua Hammer

In-depth conversation with Jan Kjærstad

Jan Kjærstad, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin

Sightlines in the museum

Kathleen Jamie

Star hunt among the crystals

Jon Larsen

Weaving slowly

Ben Wenhou Yu, Yimin Mao

City walk: Torborg Nedreaas [sold out]

Jo Gjerstad, Grethe Fatima Syéd

Dusting off a classic – Gro Holm: De hvite kull

Eirik Vassenden

In the Details

Adania Shibli, Daniel Medin

Sustainable literature production

Anne Karin Sæther, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Henning Bergsvåg

Winner meeting

Niviaq Korneliussen, Heidi Bøhagen

Overcoming your climate anxiety

Bjørn Samset, Anja Bakken Riise, Anne Karin Sæther

From fire to ashes

Madame Nielsen, Ida Lødemel Tvedt

Forgotten memories (sold out)

Linn Ullmann, Finn Skårderud

Forgotten memories – ticket to live stream

Linn Ullmann, Finn Skårderud

Meeting of the Minds: festival special with Britta B.

Britta B., Michael W. Opara

Who’s telling the truth? On credibility in criminal cases

Line Norman Hjorth, Bjørn Olav Jahr, Eirin Eikefjord

A free life

Rafia Zakaria, Rebecca Hall, Anine Bråten

Writing via the library

Claire-Louise Bennett, Ida Lødemel Tvedt

Poetic punk gala

Eira Søyseth, Kathleen JamieBritta B., Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Selma M. Yonus, Nils-Øivind Haagensen, Stig Holmås

 

Looking for stardust in a haystack

Jon Larsen, Kari Slaatsveen 

How to build fictional characters

Marit Eikemo, Jan Kjærstad, Jan H. Landro

Seeking cultural treasures in desert dust

Joshua Hammer, Tomm Kristiansen

Dusting off a classic – Jean Rhys

Grethe Fatima Syéd

The invisible traces

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Kristin Skare Orgeret, Christina Mediaas

The world on Saturday

Randi Rønning Balsvik, Kai Eide, Cecilie Hellestveit, Tomm Kristiansen

Listening post Saturday

Fernanda Melchor, Yvonne Adhambio Owour

Grand Hotel Europa

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Inger Merete Hobbelstad

Who’s afraid of the white woman?

Rafia Zakaria, Kari Jegerstedt

Lecture: Philosophy in Norwegian

Einar Duenger Bøhn

Back to the future

Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjørn Samset

Literary pollination

Vigdis Hjorth, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Margunn Vikingstad

Sightlines

Kathleen Jamie, Jan H. Landro

Translation in the spotlight

Nina Lykke, Karolina Drozdowska, Eirik Bø

New voices from the academy

Students from Skrivekunstakademiet in Bergen.

From body to dust

Trond-Viggo Torgersen, Kari Slaatsveen

Norwegian poetry slam championship [sold out]

Finalists from Tromsø, Trondheim, Bergen, Oslo, Østfold and Innlandet, with Heidi Marie Vestrheim

Ask the author

Nina Lykke, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Frode Helmich Pedersen

What the hurricane throws up

Fernanda Melchor, Daniel Medin

Translation winners converse

Geir PollenTove Bakke, Margunn Vikingstad.

Around the world in 80 minutes

Gunnar M. Sørbø, Ina StrømGeir PollenChris Tvedt.

With chalk dust on their hands: women and strength training

Sara Martinsson, Sandra Lillebø

Prose lounge: For dust thou art?

Kari Veiteberg, Grethe Fatima Syéd

Closing performance

Jon Fosse, Øyvind Vågnes

Overcoming your climate anxiety – ticket to live stream

Bjørn Samset, Anja Bakken Riise, Anne Karin Sæther

Who’s afraid of the white woman? – ticket to livestream

Rafia Zakaria, Kari Jegerstedt

Literary pollination – ticket to livestream

Vigdis Hjorth, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Margunn Vikingstad

Back to the future – ticket to live stream

Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjørn Samset

Winner meeting – ticket to live stream

Niviaq Korneliussen, Heidi Bøhagen

Bergen, Norway

Linn Ullmann, Bjørn Tomren, Mona B. Riise, Britta B

Perth, Australia

Dr Michelle Johnston, Claire Nichols

Shanghai, China

Wang Zhanhei, Shen Dacheng, Bao Huiyi, btr

Jaipur, India

Navdeep Suri, Sanjoy Roy, Harpreet

Dubai, Emirates

Dr Afra Atiq, Danabelle Gutierrez, Arqam, Ahlam Bolooki

Gaborone, Botswana

Tlotlo Tsamaase, Botho Lejowa, Tomeletso Sereetsi, Cathy Malejane

Cheltenham, UK

Giles Terera

Paris, France

Xiaolu Guo, Ana Paulina Lee, Marc Marder, Marie d’Origny

Poços de Caldas, Brazil

Nélida Piñon, Milton Hatoum, Ailton Krenak, Nara Vidal, Paulo Scott, Kátia Bandeira de Mello Gerlach, Gisele Corrêa Ferreira, Decio Zylbersztajn

Budapest, Hungary

Gabor G. Gyukics, Béla Ágoston, György (George) Spiró, Kinga Tóth, Péter Závada, Ádám Nádasdy, Gábor Schein, Eszter Orbán

Toronto, Canada

Kelisha Daley, Shahaddah Jack, Martin Gomes, Desiree Mckenzie 

Berkeley, USA

Greg Sarris, Cherilyn Parsons

Why we need philosophy

Einar Duenger Bøhn

Sangria in the park

Nils Øyvind Haagensen

The fraternity

Anne Bitsch

PEN postcard campaign and festival café

Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.

PEN postcard campaign and festival café

Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.

PEN postcard campaign and festival café

Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.

PEN postcard campaign and festival café

Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.