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The Norwegian Festival of Literature looks to the Nordics
Scandinavian authors such as Lena Andersson (SE), Kirsten Thorup (DK), Iben Mondrup (DK / Greenland), Sandra Lillebø, Jón Kalman Stefánsson (IS), Per Petterson, Elin Anna Labba (SE), Bergsveinn Birgisson (IS), Kjell Westö (FI), Zeshan Shakar, Katarina von Bredow (SE),...
Maja Lunde with a thought-provoking lecture
This year's Bjørnson lecture will be held by the succesful writer of The History of Bees, Maja Lunde, with English subtitles. On litteraturfestival.no, 10.30 pm (+2 GMT), Saturday 30th of May UPDATE: Watch the video here: One hour before...
The Norwegian Festival of Literature in 2020
The Norwegian Festival of Literature is the largest of its kind in the Nordic countries, with a diverse program catering to readers of all ages. This spring it is not possible to meet in the city of Lillehammer as usual, but instead we are inviting to a digital...
Experience the festival of literature live on TV, radio and online
During the last weekend in May you can follow the largest literature festival in Scandinavia via NRK, the national broadcasting company. Instead of gathering writers and audiences in Lillehammer, we will be send the festival straight to your home via TV, radio and the...
An alternative Norwegian Festival of Literature this year
We find ourselves in the midst of a corona virus pandemic – literature and culture have become more important than ever before. Increasingly, it has become clear that the Norwegian Festival of Literature cannot proceed as originally intended, however we are...
Fellowship for publishers – Children and Young Adults
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31 January 2020 Invitation for publishers to apply for fellowship to the Norwegian Festival of Literature at Lillehammer, May 2020. The fellowship program is arranged by NORLA in collaboration with the Norwegian Publishers’ Association, and is...
Three of Latin America’s most important writers are ready for the literature festival!
The Norwegian Festival of Literature is proud to present three of the most significant voices in contemporary Latin American literature - the award-winning, hard-hitting authors Samanta Schweblin, Mariana Enriquez and Valeria Luiselli. On numerous occasions we have...
The complete program for the mini festival on the Frankfurter Buchmesse
Dag Solstad in Germany, Nature and Literature and in the mind of a writer. These are the names of four of 15 program posts in total...
The literature festival 2019 is still alive – on YouTube
The Norwegian Festival of Literature 2019 is now history, but luckily we have a handful of the program posts from the Lillehammer house of literature and the festival tent at Stortorget on tape. Videos will be released during the summer and autumn at our...
Focus on Spanish language literature in 2020
The next edition of the Norwegian Festival of Literature will be held from the 25th to the 31st of May 2020. As always at Lillehammer, UNESCO City of Literature. This time the main focus of the festival will be Spanish and Latin American literature. More information...