- Literature Live Around the World
- Wednesday
- Thursday
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- Saturday
- Sunday
- LitFest MINI
- LitFest YOUTH
Literature Live Around the World
Literature Live Around the World
Britta B., Mona B. Riise
Perth, Australia
Dr Michelle Johnston, Claire Nichols
Shanghai, China
Wang Zhanhei, Shen Dacheng, Bao Huiyi, btr
Bergen, Norway
Linn Ullmann, Bjørn Tomren, Mona B. Riise, Britta B
Jaipur, India
Navdeep Suri, Sanjoy Roy, Harpreet
Dubai, Emirates
Dr Afra Atiq, Danabelle Gutierrez, Arqam, Ahlam Bolooki
Gaborone, Botswana
Tlotlo Tsamaase, Botho Lejowa, Tomeletso Sereetsi, Cathy Malejane
Cheltenham, UK
Giles Terera
Paris, France
Xiaolu Guo, Ana Paulina Lee, Marc Marder, Marie d’Origny
Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Nélida Piñon, Milton Hatoum, Ailton Krenak, Nara Vidal, Paulo Scott, Kátia Bandeira de Mello Gerlach, Gisele Corrêa Ferreira, Decio Zylbersztajn
Budapest, Hungary
Gabor G. Gyukics, Béla Ágoston, György (George) Spiró, Kinga Tóth, Péter Závada, Ádám Nádasdy, Gábor Schein, Eszter Orbán
Toronto, Canada
Kelisha Daley, Shahaddah Jack, Martin Gomes, Desiree Mckenzie
Berkeley, USA
Greg Sarris, Cherilyn Parsons
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Opening of LitFestBergen 2022 (sold out)
Stig Holmås, Britta B, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Christine Sandtorv, Jon Fosse, Teresa Grøtan, Odin Adelsten Aunan Bohmann.
When Ziggy played guitar
Dylan Jones, Audun Vinger
Dance recital: Dust I
Marit Loe Bjørnstad, Tora de Zwart Rørholt, Eivind Riise Hauge, Borghild Rudjord Unneland
The Silver Dollar Duke interprets David Bowie
Madame Nielsen, Simon Toldam
Thursday 10 February 2022
PEN postcard campaign and festival café
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
Dance recital: Dust II (sold out)
Marit Loe Bjørnstad, Tora de Zwart Rørholt, Eivind Riise Hauge, Borghild Rudjord Unneland
Mother tongue and metaphor. A conversation on language and literature in three different countries
Selma M. Yonus, Fatemeh Ekhtesari, Abduweli Ayup, Hege Newth
Sand in the machinery. Talk by John Erik Riley
John Erik Riley
Without guilt
Abid Raja, Kristin Skare Orgeret
Stories in song before and after Dust Bowl Ballads
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, John Erik Riley, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin
Dust from a culture in dissolution
Vanessa Springora, Sandra Lillebø
Dust over history
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Kari Jegerstedt
Listening post Thursday
Vanessa Springora, Rebecca Hall
Dusting off philosophy: Søren Kierkegaard
Vigdis Hjorth, Einar Duenger Bøhn
Watching over history
Rebecca Hall, Joshua Hammer
In-depth conversation with Jan Kjærstad
Jan Kjærstad, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin
Friday 11 February 2022
Sightlines in the museum
Kathleen Jamie
Star hunt among the crystals
Jon Larsen
Weaving slowly
Ben Wenhou Yu, Yimin Mao
City walk: Torborg Nedreaas [sold out]
Jo Gjerstad, Grethe Fatima Syéd
Dusting off a classic – Gro Holm: De hvite kull
Eirik Vassenden
In the Details
Adania Shibli, Daniel Medin
Sustainable literature production
Anne Karin Sæther, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Henning Bergsvåg
Winner meeting
Niviaq Korneliussen, Heidi Bøhagen
Winner meeting – ticket to live stream
Niviaq Korneliussen, Heidi Bøhagen
Overcoming your climate anxiety
Bjørn Samset, Anja Bakken Riise, Anne Karin Sæther
Overcoming your climate anxiety – ticket to live stream
Bjørn Samset, Anja Bakken Riise, Anne Karin Sæther
From fire to ashes
Madame Nielsen, Ida Lødemel Tvedt
Forgotten memories (sold out)
Linn Ullmann, Finn Skårderud
Forgotten memories – ticket to live stream
Linn Ullmann, Finn Skårderud
Meeting of the Minds: festival special with Britta B.
Britta B., Michael W. Opara
Who’s telling the truth? On credibility in criminal cases
Line Norman Hjorth, Bjørn Olav Jahr, Eirin Eikefjord
A free life
Rafia Zakaria, Rebecca Hall, Anine Bråten
Writing via the library
Claire-Louise Bennett, Ida Lødemel Tvedt
Poetic punk gala
Eira Søyseth, Kathleen Jamie, Britta B., Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Selma M. Yonus, Nils-Øivind Haagensen, Stig Holmås
Looking for stardust in a haystack
Jon Larsen, Kari Slaatsveen
PEN postcard campaign and festival café
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
Saturday 12 February 2022
PEN postcard campaign and festival café
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
How to build fictional characters
Marit Eikemo, Jan Kjærstad, Jan H. Landro
Seeking cultural treasures in desert dust
Joshua Hammer, Tomm Kristiansen
Dusting off a classic – Jean Rhys
Grethe Fatima Syéd
The invisible traces
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, Kristin Skare Orgeret, Christina Mediaas
The world on Saturday
Randi Rønning Balsvik, Kai Eide, Cecilie Hellestveit, Tomm Kristiansen
Listening post Saturday
Fernanda Melchor, Yvonne Adhambio Owour
Grand Hotel Europa
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Inger Merete Hobbelstad
Who’s afraid of the white woman?
Rafia Zakaria, Kari Jegerstedt
Who’s afraid of the white woman? – ticket to livestream
Rafia Zakaria, Kari Jegerstedt
Lecture: Philosophy in Norwegian
Einar Duenger Bøhn
Back to the future
Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjørn Samset
Back to the future – ticket to live stream
Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjørn Samset
Literary pollination
Vigdis Hjorth, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Margunn Vikingstad
Literary pollination – ticket to livestream
Vigdis Hjorth, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Margunn Vikingstad
Sightlines
Kathleen Jamie, Jan H. Landro
Translation in the spotlight
Nina Lykke, Karolina Drozdowska, Eirik Bø
New voices from the academy
Students from Skrivekunstakademiet in Bergen.
From body to dust
Trond-Viggo Torgersen, Kari Slaatsveen
Norwegian poetry slam championship [sold out]
Finalists from Tromsø, Trondheim, Bergen, Oslo, Østfold and Innlandet, with Heidi Marie Vestrheim
Ask the author
Nina Lykke, Erlend O. Nødtvedt, Frode Helmich Pedersen
Sunday 13 February 2022
PEN postcard campaign and festival café
Send a greeting to authors, journalists and bloggers who have been imprisoned or are being threatened and persecuted worldwide.
What the hurricane throws up
Fernanda Melchor, Daniel Medin
Translation winners converse
Geir Pollen, Tove Bakke, Margunn Vikingstad.
Around the world in 80 minutes
Gunnar M. Sørbø, Ina Strøm, Geir Pollen, Chris Tvedt.
With chalk dust on their hands: women and strength training
Sara Martinsson, Sandra Lillebø
Prose lounge: For dust thou art?
Kari Veiteberg, Grethe Fatima Syéd
Closing performance
Jon Fosse, Øyvind Vågnes
LitFest MINI
Granny and the eight children with Adele Lærum Duus
Adele Lærum Duus
269 days of rain
Roald Kaldestad, Roy Ole Førland
Volcanoes and dinosaurs
Reidar Müller, Sigbjørn Lilleeng
Call to change dusty attitudes
Tinashe Williamson
LitFest YOUTH
Why we need philosophy
Einar Duenger Bøhn
Sangria in the park
Nils Øyvind Haagensen
The fraternity
Anne Bitsch
Wake: The hidden history of women-led slave revolts
Rebecca Hall
Let's talk about 22 July
Thomas J. R. Marthinsen
No man is an island
Jørgen Watne Frydnes
How to speak out
Norwegian Youth Forum for Freedom of Expression
Poisonous conspiracies
Øyvind Strømmen
How to reduce your carbon footprint
Anja Bakken Riise
Secret life in the city
Hanna Bjørgaas