
LitFestBergen festival goes ahead
The Bergen International Literary Festival will be staged as planned on 10–14 February 2021, scaled in accordance with Norway’s applicable regulations for infection control.

The festival programme 2021 is launched
The programme for the 2021 Bergen International Literary Festival has been unveiled. With Generations as its theme, LitFestBergen is being staged for the third time on 10-14 February at the Bergen House of Literature.

Longlist international essay competition
We have chosen 19 entries for evaluation by the jury. Read more about the authors and their essays.

Reflections on an essay contest
Christina Stensland Olsen has been working as a trainee at LitFestBergen, and has read almost 550 essays from all over the world.

I wasn’t afraid. I wrote everything
We have interviewed the Iranian poet Fatemeh Ekhtesari who fled from Iran and is currently living in Lillehammer, Norway.