Thursday 14 February 2019
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 17:30 - 18:15
Location: Auditoriet
Official opening of LitFestBergen
Hissa Hilal, Cecilie Løveid, Marte Mjøs Persen, Miss Tati
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Location: Auditoriet
Identity and populism
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Carsten Jensen, Jonas Bals.
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 18:30 - 19:15
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Premiers: three texts on identity
Linnea Axelsson, Hissa Hilal, Nell Irvin Painter.
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 19:30 - 20:00
Location: Alver
Listening Post: Carmona-Alvarez, Nilssen and Øyehaug (Changed)
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Eivind Riise Hauge, Gunnhild Øyehaug
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 20:45
Location: Auditoriet
The unbearable whiteness of being
Kei Miller, Angela Saini, Tonje Vold
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 20:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Sea and love
Yann Queffélec, Per Anders Todal, Margunn Vikingstad.
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 21:00 - 21:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Memories of violence
Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Edurne Portela.
Date: 14.02.2019
Time: 21:00 - 21:45
Location: Auditoriet
East versus west – which is best?
Frode Helmich Pedersen, Siss Vik, Trond-Viggo Torgersen
Friday 15 February 2019
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 09:15 - 10:00
Location: Auditoriet
The women who declared war
Closed youth event with Marta Breen
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 09:15 - 10:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
The girls who disappeared
Closed youth event with Helon Habila
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Location: Alver
Seminar on French literature and criticism
with Raphaëlle Leyris (Le Monde)
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 13:15 - 13:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Listening Post: Birgisson, Slapgard, Vatne
Bergsveinn Birgisson, Sigrun Slapgard, Bjørn Vatne
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: Auditoriet
Film: Stories of Courage
Asieh Amini, Mansur Rajih
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 14:15 - 15:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Translating sorrow
James E Montgomery, Daniel Medin
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 15:15 - 15:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Geniuses, groupies, muses and men
Marta Breen
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: Auditoriet
What is literary quality?
Ane Farsethås, Jennifer Makumbi, Kari Marstein, Daniel Medin, Peter Nielsen, Eirik Vassenden.
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 15:30 - 19:00
Location: Zinken hopp
PEN postcard campaign
Asieh Amini, Mansur Rajih
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 16:00 - 16:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
What are we doing with the billions?
Camilla Bakken Øvald, Torfinn Harding
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Auditoriet
What he said
Angela Saini, Helene Uri, Kari Jegerstedt.
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 17:00 - 17:45
Location: Alver
Will he see the world again? (CHANGED)
Nilas Johnsen, Jørgen Lorentzen
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 18:15 - 19:15
Location: Olav H. Hauge
What does the fox say?
Dubravka Ugrešić, Daniel Medin.
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 18:15 - 19:15
Location: Auditoriet
What is a human being?
Jan Grue, Bjørn Vatne, Peter Nielsen
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 18:15 - 18:45
Location: Alver
Listening Post: Ganieva, Queffélec and Thomson
Alisa Ganieva, Yann Queffélec, Rupert Thomson
Date: 15.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 23:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Semi-final in Norwegian poetry slam championship
Heidi Marie Vestrheim, Doriansgrave
Saturday 16 February 2019 (12.00-18.30)
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Reading: Reply to a letter from Helga
Bergsveinn Birgisson, Ragnhild Gudbrandsen, Solrun Toft Iversen, Helge Jordal, Eivind Riise Hauge
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Alver
Non-binding contracts
Ane Farsethås, Dubravka Ugrešić, Kari Jegerstedt.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Zinken hopp
PEN postcard campaign
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 12:40
Location: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Lillelørdag (Children’s Saturday): Chemistry’s magical world
Alexander H Sandtorv
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 13:00 - 13:35
Location: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Lillelørdag (Children’s Saturday): Snill
Dominika Minkacz Sira
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 14:00 - 14:30
Location: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 15:00 - 15:30
Location: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Auditoriet
The world on Saturday: extreme national leaders
Thor Steinhovden, Ina Tin, Morten Traavik, Tomm Kristiansen.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 13:15 - 14:15
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Terrorism took our children
Helon Habila, Brit Bildøen, Aage Storm Borchgrevink.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 13:15 - 13:45
Location: Alver
Listening Post: Guo, Makumbi and Ugrešić
Xiaolu Guo, Jennifer Makumbi, Dubravka Ugrešić
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 14:15 - 14:30
Location: Alver
The dancer and the poet
Mirte Bogaert, Erlend O. Nødtvedt
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 14:30 - 15:15
Location: Olav H. Hauge
To write life (CANCELED)
Olaug Nilssen, Eivind Riise Hauge.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 14:30 - 15:30
Location: Auditoriet
Poetry captivating millions
Hissa Hilal, James E Montgomery.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 16:00 - 16:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Nature and me
Linnea Axelsson, Astrid Hygen Meyer
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 16:00 - 16:45
Location: Alver
A cursed family
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Tomm Kristiansen.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Alver
A white history
Nell Irvin Painter, Kristina Leganger Iversen.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
The explorer
Carsten Jensen, Jan H. Landro
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Location: Auditoriet
New language, new identity
Xiaolu Guo, Peter Nielsen
Saturday 16 February 2019 (20.00-00.00)
Saturday evening, 16 February 2019, you get access to all the events between 20.00-00.00 in one ticket.
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Location: Auditoriet
Everyday life
Camara Lundestad Joof, Kristina Leganger Iversen
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 20:45
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Life-changing art
Rupert Thomson, Mona B. Riise
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 20:45
Location: Alver
Brødet og eselet: Money and sorrows
Henrik Skotte, Gunnar Wærness
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 20:00 - 00:00
Location: Boksalongen/Fossestova
Open shop, open mike
Fredrik Hagen
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 21:00 - 23:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Poetical punk gala
Asieh Amini, Linnea Axelsson, Kristina Leganger Iversen, Camara Lundestad Joof, Cecilie Løveid, Kei Miller, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Mansur Rajih, Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury AKA Tutul, Gunnar Wærness, Mirte Bogaert, Henning H. Bergsvåg
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 21:15 - 22:15
Location: Auditoriet
Evil in literature
Hakan Günday, Helon Habila, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Gisle Selnes
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 21:15 - 22:15
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Does imagination still exist?
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Mona B Riise
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 22:30 - 23:00
Location: Auditoriet
Listening Post: Günday, Habila and Vásquez
Hakan Günday, Helon Habila, Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Date: 16.02.2019
Time: 23:00 - 00:00
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Night chat: Tomas Espedal and Alf van der Hagen (CHANGED)
Tomas Espedal, Alf van der Hagen
Sunday 17 February 2019
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 11:30 - 12:45
Location: Auditoriet
FILM: Vida y ficción
Edurne Portela, José Ovejero
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Around the world in 80 minutes
Marta Breen Tomas Espedal, Hilde Kvalvaag, Morten Traavik, Sigrun Slapgard
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Location: Alver
The art of being different
Jan Grue, Nell Irvin Painter, Per Buvik
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: Zinken hopp
PEN postcard campaign
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Auditoriet
Norwegian grief
Aage Storm Borchgrevink, Brit Bildøen, Cecilie Løveid, Anne Gjelsvik.
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 13:30 - 14:15
Location: Alver
Echo from the bombs
Edurne Portela, Sigrun Slapgard
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 14:15 - 15:00
Location: Auditoriet
Nature and literature
Reidar Müller, Andreas Tjernshaugen, Kjersti Sandvik.
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 15:00 - 15:30
Location: Olav H. Hauge
Coffee cups and crucifixes
Erlend Berge
Date: 17.02.2019
Time: 15:00 - 15:45
Location: Alver
Norwegian identity and cultural conflict
Kaj Skagen