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