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English programme

A language of his own

Patrick Chamoiseau, Synneve Sundby

Critical Quartet: Festival special

Frode Helmich Pedersen, Ida Lødemel Tvedt, Hedley Twidle and Eirik Vassenden

Dreams from the war

Mazen Maarouf and Daniel Medin

Every day in a state of emergency

Nitasha Kaul and Salil Tripathi

Lectures of the day: Hong Kong’s young demonstrators

Jason Y. Ng

Official Opening of LitFestBergen 2020

Welcome to the opening of LitFestBergen 2020!

Poetic punk gala

Poets from 10 nations.

Racism in the USA then and now

Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin

River and life

Esther Kinsky and Daniel Medin

The Ideal Norwegian State

Alt Går Bra

A lyrical response

James Byrne, Jacob Silkstone

Death, every day

Khaled Khalifa, Diana Darke

Everyday life after the violence

Njabulo Ndebele, Tonje Vold

Law and liberty in Hong Kong and China

Antony Dapiran, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde

Lectures of the day: Life with the animals

Penny Johnson

Lectures of the day: My dear Damascus

Diana Darke

Life is everywhere

Marie Darrieussecq, Margunn Vikingstad

Listening post: Arabic literature

Khaled Khalifa, Mazen Maarouf

Listening post: English literature from the whole world

Tishani Doshi, Mary Ruefle, Raja Shehadeh, Jonny Steinberg

Listening post: French literature

Patrick Chamoiseau, Marie Darrieussecq

Murder in Bethlehem

Jonny Steinberg, Hedley Twidle

Open mike

Fredrik S Hagen, Khaled Khalifa

PEN postcard campaign: Opening

Salil Tripathi, Kjersti Løken Stavrum

PEN postcard campaign

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

PEN postcard campaign

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

Performance: In other words (SOLD OUT)

Doung Anwar Jahangeer

Performance: In other words (SOLD OUT)

Doung Anwar Jahangeer

Poetic activism

Koleka Putuma, Niillas Holmberg, Michael W Opara

The accidental dancer

Tishani Doshi, Tora de Zwart Rørholt

The meaning of Mandela

Njabulo Ndebele, Jonny Steinberg, Koleka Putuma, Teresa Grøtan

What’s happening in Hong Kong?

Antony Dapiran, Jason Y Ng, Kjersti Løken Stavrum

A difficult reconciliation

Harald Gaski, Njabulo Ndebele, Kristin Skare Orgeret

Government-certified memories

Maria Stepanova, Ingunn Lunde

Listening post: Arabic literature

Khaled Khalifa, Mazen Maarouf

Man, woman and art

Susanne Christensen, Marie Darrieussecq, Kari Jegerstedt

Mary Ruefle: a head for poetry

Mary Ruefle, Ida Lødemel Tvedt

Occupied life

Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson, Kjersti G Berg

Seminar: South African literature and literary criticism

Hedley Twidle, Tonje Vold

Semi-final in Norwegian poetry slam championship

Heidi Marie Vestrheim

Blood, sweat and writing

Gloria Gervitz, Mary Ruefle and Kari Jegerstedt