Patrick Chamoiseau, Synneve Sundby
English programme

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

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