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Dear festival visitors, Welcome to six days of festival activities! Some 400 authors and artists will be taking part in more than 200 events! Whether you are coming specifically to experience Linn Ullmann, Richard Ford, Ariana Reines or Compagnon, or are planning to take things as they come, you can rest assured that the Lillehammer festival will provide you with good experiences and pleasant people. You have made a good decision! You are welcome! We hope you will have a wonderful time!

For this year’s festival the USA is the region in focus and there is a reason for this. Norwegian books are selling like never before on the other side of the Atlantic, while the awareness of American literature is growing due to increased access, both digitally and in terms of language. It is therefore our pleasure to present a series of American authors who each in their own fashion exemplify something new within the wealth of literary flora.

In the course of the week you will meet new stars from both poetry and prose. The poets Ariana Reines, Julian T. Brolaski and CAConrad are big new names in American poetry, a genre which in recent years has been just as much about staging of the self as literary style. Rebecca Dinerstein, Alexandra Kleeman and Frank Bill are extremely diverse prose authors, but what they have in common is that they write from the inside of a reality available only through literature. A number of Richard Ford’s short story collections and novels are available in Norwegian translation. He is one of the USA’s most prominent authors and we are looking forward to welcoming him back. Are you among those who had the chance to experi-ence him at the Norwegian Festival of Litera-ture in 2005? Regardless, this spring you will again have the opportunity.

We are also putting the spotlight on the refugee crisis faced by Norway and the rest of Europe. What is the background of the refugee crisis? What are the refugees fleeing from and what are they coming to? What is taking place in the debate climate, what is happening to us and what is in fact correct and sustainable? The festival has more questions than answers, and that is why we have invited experts and writers who have in-depth expertise on the complex issues. We are looking forward to interesting discussions and hopefully proposals for solutions. The refugee theme is a leitmotif running through this year’s programme. Follow The Asylum March 2016, from Trondheim to Lillehammer, take part in the debate about radicalisation or hear a presentation of per-secuted writers from Norwegian Cities of Asylum.

Since the last festival, the Lillehammer cinema has been refurbished and expanded to house 5 theatres. The Viksjø facade from 1963 has been restored and wishes the audience welcome. We will celebrate with a diverse and interesting film programme. Before we watch the prize-winning documentary The Look of Silence, we will meet Joshua Oppenheimer in conversation with Ivo de Figueiredo through Skype. Another documentary that will be shown is The Book of Conrad. This is a true crime documentary about hate crime in the USA, and an author’s search for the truth.

The programme for children and young people is varied and comprehensive. And for adult spectators interested in children and young people’s literature, there is enough on the programme to fill no less than two whole festival days. But remember: the Norwegian Festival of Literature is also Lunch in the park, the Critics Seminar, The Translator’s Hour and the Non-fiction Seminar. It is the writers you meet on the pedestrian street, the atmosphere at Teltet just before the taps are closed for

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the night, the burgers or the wraps you buy from the food truck on the Stortorget square, the words flooding out of the loudspeakers, the trees lush with green leaves and all of the people. We have been looking forward to this for a long time. At long last it’s time for the festival!

Welcome! Marit Borkenhagen Festival Director Mathias R. Samuelsen Artistic Adviser Anne-Thea L. Haavind Head of Pegasus Annette Seglem Festival Coordinator

HighlightsThe opening Take part in a sensual and poetic journey where Norway and the world, literature and other forms of artistic expression meet. Participants include Laila Bokhari, Aasne Linnestå, Maja S. K. Ratkje, Stian Carstensen and Nama Jafari. Read more on p. 8 Closing The festival winds down as Lars Saabye Christensen reads a selection of his own poems in interaction with Mathias Eick on the trumpet and Eyolf Dale on the grand piano. Read more on p. 18

Book of Conrad The poet CAConrad describes his upbringing as follows: “born on 1 January in 1966, son of a single white trash mother who taught him how to shoplift from stores and sell flowers on the side of the road.” Today he is one of the USA’s most important poets and will come to Lillehammer with literature and a film. The film is a documentary about how he returns to Tennessee to solve the murder of his ex-lover. Read more on p.10

Laila Bokhari Lars Saabye Christensen

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New American prose Rebecca Dinerstein and Alexandra Kleeman are both under the age of 30, but with their respec-tive novels they have reached countless readers. It is not difficult to see that themes such as loneliness, dependency and distance describe central moods in the last adult generation who experienced 11 September. Read more on p. 16

IS – the world’s most dangerous terrorist network Cecilie Hellestveit in conversation with the two IS experts Michael Weiss, American author and journalist, and Petter Nesser, Norwegian terrorism researcher. Read more p. 10 Coeur de Leon in Scandinavia Some books are formative for an entire gener-ation. They stand out as an expression of their time and as a reminder that the world is in movement, or perhaps not. Ariana Reines’ Couer de Leon, named after a cheap camembert brand, is precisely such a book. It is half feminist manifesto and half a blog of woes from the mid 2000s. It is not without reason that Lena Dunham enthusiastically cites the book. Here in Europe it has also become an important work. Meet Reines in conversation with a Norwegian and a Danish poet who have a strong relation-ship to the poem. Read more on p. 14

Garden party and closing at Teltet Come along into the still-light summer evening for a barbecue, wine, readings and music in the garden of the Nansen Academy. Beate Grimsrud, Karolina Ramqvist and Birger Emanu-elsen will give readings. Later you have but to go with the flow as it moves on to the tent on Litter-aturtorget where we will round off the evening with Brødet & Eselet. Read more on p. 11

Banknatta During Banknatta it simmers and boils both inside and out at Kulturhuset Banken. Ferdigsnakka LIVE takes the stage with Rebecca Dinerstein, Vigdis Hjorth, Liv Kølzov, Hanna Dahl and Christelle Ravneberget in collaboration with Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, Nils Martin Larsen and Emilie The Duke. Dance into the early hours of the morning to the music of the marvellous live band Broen, followed by dj Vogt and Kleiva. Read more on p. 16

Pub hopping Saturday evening you can join two Norwegian hinterland authors of the highest calibre, Levi Henriksen and Christer Mjåset, for pub hopping. The outing will go from Haakons Pub, via Paddys and Nikkers for readings and exuberant stories, and finish with a concert by Levi Henriksen and The Babylon Badlands at Teltet on Stortorget square. Read more on p. 17

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About America in Norwegian:New American poetry in Norwegian 25 MAY | 12:00-12:50 PM | CAFÉ STIFT American poetry has in recent years really taken off and this is something that can also be noticed here in Norway. A changing of the generational guard is underway. Meet artistic adviser and poet Mathias R. Samuelsen in conversation with three people who have picked up the baton: Anna Kleiva, Gunnar Wærness and Leif Høghaug. These individuals are responsible for translations of three American poets to be featured at the festival, Ariana Reines, CAConrad and Julian T. Brolaski. NOK 120

John Williams mini seminar 25 MAY | 6:00-7:00 PM | TELTET John Williams wrote only three novels, but each of these, despite their historical bent, exemplified the decade in which they were written: Stoner from the 1950s, Butchers Crossing from the 1960s and Augustus from the 1970s. This small but dramatically strong body of work has been published in Norwegian translation in recent years. A translator, a bookseller and an author have each read their respective John Williams novel and each of them will present a book report. These three people have not been chosen solely because of their roles in Norwegian literature, but also because they possess expertise as readers that can shed light upon the books in a wholly unique manner! And not least, a Norwegian edition of Augustus will be launched, the Pulitzer prize winning novel that is the final work of Williams’ literary production. Mathias R. Samuelsen will guide Thea Selliaas Thorsen, Terje Thorsen and Hans Petter Blad through the conversation. NOK 120

Literature salon with young prose 25 MAY | 6:00-6:50 PM | STORGATA 135 IN A PRIVATE HOME A literature salon featuring three young authors well worth becoming better acquainted with: American Rebecca Dinerstein, Norwegian Maria Navarro Skavanger and Heidi Sævereid. NOK 120

Knut Ofstad on Bill Frank 26 MAY | 12:00-12:50 PM | SØNDRE PARK THE TRANSLATOR’S HOUR It’s called “speaking from the heart”. Frank Bill is an author who writes in the same way: without refinement, grammatically dubious, but on the other hand, almost carnal: violent and inelegant – wholly in keeping with the people and events he describes. His Norwegian translator Knut Ofstad will speak about Frank Bill’s books from the heart and possibly other organs. Organised by: The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators | Free of Charge

Bukowski 27 MAY | 8:00-8:40 PM | CAFÉ STIFT | BANKNATTA The American poet and novelist Charles Bukowski has been an inspiration for countless authors and musicians. His raw and sincere narrative style and not least the person Bukowski himself, created a universe that fascinated readers all over the world. Actor Torstein Andersen has combined a number of Norwegian translations, done by Geir Nergaard, in the monologue Været er varmt på baksiden av klokka mi. (“The Weather is Warm on the Back of My Watch”) This performance, filled with misery, humour and bittersweet descriptions of reality will be a segment in this year’s edition of Banknatta! NOK 350 for the entire evening

The Sunlit Night 28 MAY | 12:00-12:50 PM SØNDRE PARK | THE TRANSLATOR’S HOUR Rebecca Dinerstein’s one-year stay in Northern Norway brought about her first poetry collection Lofoten in 2012. Now she has also written a novel about art, love and cultural

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collisions, inspired by the people and nature in the north. With a good-natured humour and a New Yorker’s amazed take on everything from the midnight sun and wildflowers to Norwegian turns of phrase and traditions, she makes this part of Norway new for us. She shares her joy over the subtleties of language with her translator, Ingrid Haug, and here they talk about how The Sunlit Night became Sol hele natta. Organised by: The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators | Free of Charge

The American connection 28 MAY | 12:00-12:50 PM | KUNSTMUSEET CAFÉ In 2015 two thick novels were published, both of which have art and a relocation from Norway to the USA as a backdrop: Johan Harstad’s Max, Mischa og Tetoffensiven, (“Ma, Mischa and Leading the Charge”) and Magnet by Lars Saaby Christensen. Why is the nation on the other side of the Atlantic so important? Why does it constantly appear in Norwegian literature? Two of Norway’s most important and most beloved authors in conversation with John Erik Riley, who is an author himself and a connoisseur of American literature. NOK 120 The American presidential election 28 MAY | 3:00-3:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK Many in this corner of the world are really curious about what is wrong with the American conservatives, and during the pre-election period, one can really wonder about the current state of affairs in the United States. Commentator and journalist Frank Rossavik has written the book Blant republikanerne (“Among the Republicans”), which tries to explain to Norwegian Social Democrats how it is possible that half of the American population votes for gun-crazy Christian fundamentalists. And who is better suited to discuss this with Rossavik than the USA expert, marathon runner and crime novelist Hans Olav Lahlum. NOK 120

The Norwegian literary canon through American eyes 28 MAY | 4:00-5:00 PM | START AT LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK The American author Rebecca Dinerstein has previously lived for a couple of years in Norway, has learned the Norwegian language and is fond of Norwegian literature. Before the start of the Norwegian Festival of Literature, she will stay in Lillehammer and work in Sigrid Undset’s writer’s study at Bjerkebæk, to absorb the literary atmosphere that permeates the city. Through a guided tour, which leads us from one quotation stone to the next in the city streets, the American will give us her perspective on a selection of works from the Norwegian canon. Free of Charge

Milk and brown cheese 29 MAY | 2:00-2:50 PM | CAFÉ STIFT Rebecca Dinerstein and Tore Stavlund are two new but extremely different authors. But when it comes to dairy products, they both have an opinion to share. Dinerstein has written an ode to Norwegian brown cheese that was published in The New Yorker, and this past winter Stavlund’s book MELK, en romoddysé (“MILK, a space odyssey”) was published. Both are thus well equipped, each from their own perspective, to explain what our breakfast table says about us and how Norwegian dairy products are experienced by outsiders. Kristin Fridtun leads the conversation about milk and brown cheese’s cultural significance in Norway and in the USA. NOK 120

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Spring Tour of Bjerkebæk og Aulestad Two Nobel laureates in literature have close ties to the Lillehammer region. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson created a European urban home at the Aulestad farm in Gausdal and Sigrid Undset built her own beautiful Bjerkebæk just on the outskirts of the city of Lillehammer. A number of festival events are scheduled to take place at Bjerkebæk and Aulestad. Be sure to make time for the guided tours!

Sigrid Undset’s home – Bjerkebæk Poetic garden stroll Sigrid Undset lived side by side with flowers and nature her whole life. She created her own large and lush rock garden at Bjerkebæk. In novels, articles and letters, she paints flowers and nature in words enabling us to visualise both. Garden stroll at Bjerkebæk every day at 1:30 pm during the festival.

In the world of books Sigrid Undset created her home Bjerkebæk in two log houses in Lillehammer. Here she wrote the great novels about Kristin Lavransdatter and Olav Audunssøn for which she received the Nobel Prize. She was a single mother of three, and she often had to do her writing during the night. Before the war she spoke out against the Germans and was therefore forced to flee the country. She went to America where

she spoke in support of the cause of Norway throughout the five years of the war. Guided tour every day – once an hour – from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm (except for 1:30 pm)

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s home – Aulestad Bjørnson and Ibsen hand in hand They were in the same class at school, they both became authors and Norway’s biggest celebrities. They married two childhood friends. On top of all of this, Ibsen’s son married Bjørnson’s daughter. The wedding was held in Bjørnson’s study at Aulestad! Guided tour of Aulestad every day at 1:30 pm during the festival.

In Bjørnstjerne’s home “But peace is not so precious, as that his will man shows.” Bjørnson lived by his own words. He spoke out for the cause of freedom and justice – at home in Norway and in Europe. The word and the pen were his weapons. He was a nation builder and a Nobel laureate. Aulestad inspired him and under Karoline’s firm management it became a hospitable urban European home. Here we move more than a hundred years back in time, but the Bjørnsonian activism is always current. Every day – once an hour – from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm (except for 1:30 pm)

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Tuesday 24 May Exhibition opening: Ester Maria Bjørneboe 5:00-6:00 PM | GALLERI ZINK Welcome to an exhibition opening featuring Esther Maria Bjørneboe. In the painting exhibition “Re-novasjoner” she has worked on the basis of something she recognises as a cause, or origin for the pictures. It is a matter of memories of events, spaces and works that over time have had a direct impact on and significance for her choice of direction as an artist and her interest in the abstract image. The exhibition will be opened by Anna Lydia Svalastog with a musical segment by the artist duo Brødet & Eselet. Free of charge | The exhibition will hang until 12 June

Dylan 75! 5:00-6:00 PM | TELTET | VORSPIEL Gisle Selnes has written Norway’s first true in-depth exploration of Dylan from an academic perspective. We combine this with Bob’s 75th birthday! Meet Elistabeth Eide, professor at the Institute of Journalism and Media Studies, in a conversation with Selnes led by Fredrik Wanderup. And afterwards there will be a Dylan DJ. In other words, the perfect start for the festival. Come and celebrate Dylan’s birthday with us. NOK 120

Opening performance 7:00-8:30 PM | MAIHAUGSALEN Come along on a journey into the classroom and out into the unknown. From Pakistan, Romania, Afghanistan, Syria or Iran, and perhaps to Norway? Through words, images, dance and music, artistic experiences await, along with a glimpse into the life and dreams of people who for various reasons have left everything behind to establish a life in exile. Laila Bokhari tells of her father, Yawar Bokhari, who left Punjab and was the first Pakistani resident of Lillehammer. He travelled a long distance and met with a lot of adversity before his business dream, which eventually also financed a school in Pakistan, came true. At this school, girls learn to take the floor and we learn about what education means to Sania Bibi, who is 17 years old and a college student at LAMS. Meet also Zaki Amini, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who tells a thought provoking story from his own life. Stian Carstensen and bass player Finn Guttormsen are accompanied by Giani Lincan on the cimbalom, an outstanding musician who was a refugee from Ceaușescus, Romania. Together they also challenge young dancers of Dance Project to a battle. Lillehammer’s City of Refuge Author, Iranian Nama Jafari, reads his own poetry, and Aasne Linnestå and Maja Ratkje with Guro Skumsnes Moe, Håvard Skaset and Kristin Andersen create a musical-poetic expression on the theme of “refuge”. Awarding of the Dobloug Prize. NOK 300

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Wednesday 25 May The Mystery of Life 10:00-10:45 AM | TYRILI | Dutch Jan Paul Schutten and Floor Rieder come to Lillehammer with explanations for everything that led up to creating the world we live in today. About the age of the earth and the universe. About Darwin and birds. About what DNA is, and how the human body is still like a mackerel. A programme event for all those who find joy in life’s incredible diversity! 13−15 years of age | Free of charge The event will be in English

The rag mat that created a school 11:00-11:50 AM | KUNSTMUSEET CAFÉ The heading could have been taken from a fairy tale. The story is indeed magical but is also a part of our reality and our times. It is the story of Lillehammer’s first Pakistani resident, many years of futile struggle, an idea that joins Norwegian and Pakistani handicraft traditions, a business dream that came true and culminated in Yawar Bokhari’s establishing the school LAMS in Pakistan. Meet author and terrorism researcher Laila Bokhari, who is currently making headlines with the book Arven etter far (“My Father’s Legacy”), 17 year old Sania Bibi who is a

student at LAMS, Sajida Nawab who is a teacher at the school, and headmaster Fouzia Tabassum. Dag Hareide will lead the conversation. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

The mystery explained 12:00-12:45 PM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, HOLBØSALEN | NON-FICTION SEMINAR How was the children’s book The Mystery of Life created? Will the son of Messi also become a good football player? Where did the first living creatures on earth come from? What is DNA and why is it so often mentioned in crime series? Why do we get goose bumps? How can one manage without a backside?

In the prize-winning European best seller by the Dutch Jan Paul Schutten and Floor Rieder we find an answer to everything that has led up to creating the world we live in today. About the age of the earth and the universe. About Darwin and birds. About sexual selection and the survival of the fittest and about how the human body is still like a mackerel. Here four billion years are presented on 160 pages. The conversation is led by Hilde Østby. Organised by: NFF – The Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Organisation | NOK 120 The event will be in English

The Cloud Crew strikes again! 12:00-2:50 PM | SØNDRE PARK | THE TRANSLATOR’S HOUR The British author David Mitchell in conversation with his Norwegian translator Stian Omland about the work with Mitchell’s monumental Cloud Atlas from 2004. The collaboration between Mitchell and Omland, with time, evolved into a large team project in which translators of the book from many countries worked together with the author and one another to find solutions to the many challenges the novel represented with its six

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interlinked narrators, from 1850 to a remote, post-apocalyptic future. Meet the book, the author, the translator and The Cloud Crew! Organiser: The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators | Free of charge The event will be in English

Yu Huas Kina 2:00-2:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS MEETING With the book Brothers, Yu Hua reached many readers in Norway. This year he is making headlines with the novel The Seventh Day, and it is our pleasure to be hosts for this brilliant Chinese author. The French newspaper Libération wrote about Brothers that it “takes us from laughter to tears, from jokes to tragedy, from barbarity to globalisation,” in short, a book encompassing just about everything. Would you like to come along on a half-century’s journey through China? Here you will receive an impertinent and amusing perspective on the enormous country that can only be fully described through its fantastic literary tradition. Yu Hua in conversation with his translator and interpreter Harald Bøckman. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The conversation will be interpreted from Chinese into Norwegian

The truth behind the poetry 3:00-5:00 PM | LILLEHAMMER KINO | FILM Morgenbladet journalist Ellen-Sofie Lauritzen will discuss the documentary The Book of Conrad with the American poet CAConrad. CAConrad is one of North America’s most important poets and a pronounced voice for “a different USA”.

In the film The Book of Conrad, he is followed by a film team back to his home town in the South to investigate what truly happened to his former lover Earth. The latter’s body was found burned beyond recognition, with his hands handcuffed behind his back, but the police nonetheless dismissed the case as a suicide. This is a true crime documentary about hate crime in the USA, and an author’s search for the truth. In collaboration with Lillehammer Filmklubb | NOK 120 | The event will be in English

The vulnerable human being 5:00-5:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK NORDIC AUTHORS MEETING Sofi Oksanen and Beate Grimsrud meet for a conversation about the vulnerable human being in the city, and in the world in general. In their literary works they have both described human beings in critical situations. These Scandinavian star authors meet now for the first time and compare their novels. The conversation moderator will be Mette Karlsvik.Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

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Tickets Ticket sales online, at the festival office and festival bookstore close one hour before an event, and open one half-hour before the event at the door. Reed more p. 20

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IS - the world’s most dangerous terrorist network 6:00-6:50 PM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN The American journalist Michael Weiss, in collaboration with Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan, has written ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, one of the major works written about IS so far. Terrorism researcher Petter Nesser from Norway is making headlines with Islamic Terrorism in Europe: A history, which is the most comprehensive review of Islamic terrorism in Europe. Meet them in conversation with Cecilie Hellestveit from the International Law and Policy Institute. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

A garden party for everyone! 6:00-11:00 PM | THE NANSEN ACADEMY This year as well the Nansen Academy extends an invitation to a garden party in the academy’s lovely surroundings. There will be refreshments, mingling and readings! Readings with a Nordic profile by Beate Grimsrud, Karolina Ramqvist and Birger Emanuelsen. The band Svarte svingende will provide the music. In collaboration with The Nansen Academy | NOK 120

Late night literature 8:00-8:50 PM | TELTET Since America will be our guest at the festival, we thought it would be appropriate to present a medley of Norwegian and American literature. We will feature highlights from the programme and present these in the best Norwegian-American style! Gunnar Wærness will repeat last year’s success, Maja Lunde will read from The History of Bees, a novel published last year that quickly became an international bestseller, Alexandra Kleeman gives us an excerpt from the novel You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine, and the poet CAConrad will conclude the entire event. Hostess for the evening: Ellen-Sofie Lauritzen.NOK 120 | The event will be in English

Brødet & Eselet 10:00 PM-1:00 AM | TELTET The cabaret duo Gunnar Wærness and Henrik Skotte open a show with a bang that will leave you happy and confused. It is not easy to define what Brødet & Eselet actually are, but at the very least it’s certain that the concerts are always sharp, amusing and thought-provoking. After the concert Teltet will be open until 01:00 AM | NOK 120

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Thursday 26 May The forgotten war crime 11:00 AM-1:15 PM | LILLEHAMMER KINO | FILM The Look of Silence is the sequel to the prize-winning film The Act of Killing, in which Joshua Oppenheimer travels to Indonesia to investigate the virtually forgotten genocide of the 1960s. Because charges were never brought against the executioners, they willingly agree to do interviews and recreate the horrors for which they were partially responsible. The documentary has attracted attention all over the world, not just because of its shocking contents, but also because of the unique film editing, done by Danish Niels Pagh Andersen. In The Look of Silence the focus is instead on the victims of the tragedy, those who were spared, got away or were left behind. The film depicts their meeting with the executioners. A conversation between Ivo de Figueiredo and Joshua Oppenheimer on Skype. The film will be shown after the conversation. In collaboration with Lillehammer Film Club and The Norwegian Film School | NOK 120 The conversation will be in English

The rag mat that created a school 11:30 AM-12:15 PM | TYRILI The heading could have been taken from a fairy tale. The story is indeed magical but is also a part of our reality and our times. It is the story of Lillehammer’s first Pakistani resident, many years of futile struggle, an idea that joins Norwegian and Pakistani handicraft traditions, a business dream that came true and culminated in Yawar Bokhari’s establishing the school LAMS in Pakistan. Meet author and terrorism researcher Laila Bokhari, who is currently making headlines with the book Arven etter far (“My Father’s Legacy”), 17-year-old Sania Bibi who is a student at LAMS, Sajida Nawab who is a teacher at the school, and headmaster Fouzia Tabassum. 13–15 years of age | Free school performance | The conversation will be in English

The USA’s role in IS 12:00-12:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK Michael Weiss, who in collaboration with the Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan, has written ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, one of the major works written about IS so far, explains the role played by the USA in the battle against the terrorist group. What will change after the election in 2016, and how did it all begin? Can the USA’s three previous wars in the Middle East be a factor behind the emergence of the terrorist group? NOK 120 | The lecture will be in English The Bjørnson lecture: The Women’s War 12:00-1:30 PM | HIL Finnish Sofi Oksanen has reaped international acclaim. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages since her literary debut with Stalinin lehmät (“Stalin’s Cows”) (2003). In 2010 she received the Nordic Council’s literature prize for the novel Purge. In 2013 she received the Swedish Academy’s Nordic Prize, and Helsingin Sanomat named Purge the best Finnish novel of the 2000s. This year’s novel, Norma, is a dark family drama spotlighting human trafficking and the exploitation of women in the world today. Oksanen’s work as an author is characterised by a strong social commitment. She has addressed themes such as family relationships, eating disorders, anxiety, violence and occupation. Introduction by Birgit Bjerck. Bus from the Nansen Academy 11:30 AM via Skysstasjonen to Lillehammer University College (HiL). Return around 1:45 PM. Free of charge. In collaboration with Lillehammer University College (HiL), The Nansen Academy and Lillehammer museum | Free of charge The lecture will be in English

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Keynote speaker: David Mitchell 2:00−2:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK Of Mitchell’s seven novels, two have been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. From the time of his literary debut in 1999 with Ghostwritten, he has consistently published critically-acclaimed novels and contributed short stories to the world’s leading literary journals. For Norwegian readers he is perhaps best known for the book Cloud Atlas which was made into a film starring Tom Hanks in the leading role. The book caused a sensation among critics and in academia; the American literature critic legend Fredric Jameson described the novel as a new sci-fi version of the historical novel and that it was “defined by its relation to future fully as much as to past”. Not a bad reference! Mitchell is currently making headlines with the novel Slade House which immediately moved onto the Top 10 list of the world-famous industry publication Publishers Weekly. He is moreover the year’s Future Library art project author. Don’t miss out on David Mitchell’s lecture about ghosts! NOK 120 | The lecture will be in English Dark Eastern Destinies 3:00−4:15 PM | THE NANSEN ACADEMY THE BJØRNSON DISCUSSION Sofi Oksanen will be featured here in a discussion with Eastern Europe expert Aage Borchgrevink about Oksanen’s focus on women’s identity and their lives in the former Soviet states. How does one live branded as a whore? How does one live with oneself? Oksanen’s female characters fight for self-understanding and self-respect when they are confronted with the idolisation of beauty, eating disorders, harassment and trafficking. How does one avoid passing on pain to subsequent generations? The audience will be invited to ask questions. In collaboration with Lillehammer University College (HiL), The Nansen Academy and Lillehammer museum | NOK 120 | The discussion will be in English

New American poetry 3:00-3:50 PM | CAFÉ STIFT The three American poets on the programme meet their Norwegian translators, and we are presented with readings in English and Norwegian. Essentially the best from the USA and the best from Norway: Ariana Reines and Anna Kleiva, CAConrad and Gunnar Wærness, Julian T. Brolaski and Leif Høghaug. Booksales and signing | NOK 120 Parts of the event will be in English

Literary gala 7:00-9:00 PM | MAIHAUGSALEN The year’s gala will give you both something new and something you knew you liked. With Rebecca Dinerstein as compère, we invite the public to a formal session with Linn Ullmann and Richard Ford, in conversation with magazine editor John Freeman. They both have a lengthy and well-recognised literary production to their names, and one of the things they have in common is that they have written about mothers, Ullmann in the autumn’s book De urolige (“The Register of Disquiet”) and Ford in the essay “My mother, in memoriam”. The literary challenges such a theme brings to the writer’s desk is one of

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the topics they will talk about. But before we get that far you will meet the crème de la crème of American poetry, friend of Norway, Ariana Reines and the poet referred to as his generation’s Allen Ginsberg, CAConrad! It is all framed in, as is geographically fitting, by Julian T. Brolaski’s old time country music. Book sales and signing | NOK 300 The event will be in English

Julian and Rio 11:00 PM-1:00 AM | TELTET Julian T. Brolaski is not just one of the most gifted poets in the USA these days, he is also among those spearheading the new queer country music movement. Together with the backing band Rio Bravo from Gjøvik, he will serve up old time country in the tradition of Hank Williams. The rumours on the Lillehammer prairie claim that the audience will both dance and weep! NOK 120

Friday 27 May Freeman’s own 11:00-11:50 AM | CAFÉ STIFT John Freeman, former editor of Granta, started his own magazine last year: Freeman’s Own. In this journal he has combined submissions from some of the world’s leading authors. This is a project worth following and at Café Stift you will experience a presentation that will make you want to take part in the journey. NOK 120 | The event will be in English

Coeur de Lion in Scandinavia 12:00-12:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM In 2007 the long-poem Coeur de Lion was published in the USA, and since then this book has become a generation-defining publication that unequivocally put Ariana Reines on the map as a poet. The book was translated into Norwegian and Danish last year, and in that context we want to find out what influence it has had in the Scandinavian countries. Translator Anna Kleiva and Ariana Reines in conversation with Danish Caspar Erik. NOK 120 | The event will be in English

Mitchell Meets Lunde 1:00-1:50 PM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN The successful author David Mitchell is predominantly known for the novel Cloud Atlas, which was also made into a film. When Maja Lunde wrote the critical and sales success Bienes historie (“The History of Bees”), she found great inspiration in precisely this novel. Magazine editor John Freeman will lead the way when Mitchell and Lunde meet for a conversation about the writing process and influences. Book sales and signing NOK 120 | The event will be in English

A poetry tour of images in slow motion 1:00-1:20 PM | LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM Poetry and photography. Experience the exhibition SaKte bilder (“Images in slow motion”) with a selection of the festival poets. Actress Eline Holbø Wendelboe performs texts by these poets, chosen by Mathias R. Samuelsen and Janeke Meyer Utne. In collaboration with Lillehammer Kunstmuseum | NOK 50

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David Mitchell

Julian T. Brolaski

Richard Ford about life with Frank 2:00-2:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM Frank Bascombe would most prefer to live a peaceful and retiring life in the suburbs. Over the years he has popped up in book after book by the American author Richard Ford. In Ford’s most recent novel, Let me be Frank with you, which will be released in Norwegian this spring, he is sought out by old friends, an ex-wife and complete strangers – and perhaps he needs these people just as much as they need him? Ellen-Sofie Lauritzen talks with Richard Ford about Frank and in particular his last book which is set in a hurricane-ravaged USA. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

From Indiana to Lillehammer 3:00-3:50 PM | GALLERI ZINK Terje Thorsen meets Frank Bill for a conversation about hard core prose. The universe of Bill’s short stories are far afield from the universe frequented by most Norwegians, but from cartoons, films and television series Norwegians do have a relation to the America he depicts. What is frightening is that where the author comes from, this is reality. It is no exaggeration to state that Frank Bill’s books are a real punch in the stomach. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

An abundance of persecuted voices 3:00-4:30 PM | TELTET Presentation of City of Asylum Writers in Norway In Norway there are more than 50 authors, writers and artists who are so-called City of Asylum writers. All of these individuals have experienced persecution, censorship, gag orders, and other threats as a result of their form of expression. For this reason they have been invited to and granted asylum in one of the 14 Norwegian Cities of Asylum for writers under persecution and in this manner have reclaimed their freedom of expression. City of Refuge writers in Norway come from more

than 20 different countries and are more than merely political refugees. They represent the countless independent, critical and creative voices fighting for democracy and a humane society, and who for that reason are persecuted, imprisoned and killed. This afternoon at Teltet, the audience will hear an abundance of persecuted voices. In collaboration with Norwegian PEN | Free of Charge | The event will be in Norwegian and the native languages of the writers

Capitalism under scrutiny 4:00-4:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM Professor of Economics Anwar Shaikh has taught political economics at The New School in New York for more than 40 years and is currently making headlines with his latest and important work Capitalism. Competition, Conflict, Crisis. The book takes to task the way the discipline of economics is taught in universities around the world, and offers a wholly innovative model that Shaikh hopes will provide the foundation for a more realistic teaching approach in this field. The objective, in a time of crises and increasing inequality, is to provide a better understanding of how capitalism actually works. Shaikh will be interviewed by Ola Innset, a research fellow in history and an author. In collaboration with Manifest magazine NOK 120 | The event will be in English

Digital nostalgia 4:00-4:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK Many Norwegian readers learned of the French literature professor Antoine Compagnon through the book A Summer with Montaigne. Now he is back with a book about what it would have been like had Baudelaire, Proust and Montaigne had a social media presence. The book is composed, in the same way as A Summer with Montaigne and A Summer with Proust, of 40 short pieces which reflect upon the digital reality, sewing it all together with classical French literature. The lecture is based on the recent Norwegian edition of Petits spleens numeriques (“Digital melancholy”). Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

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Hot off the press American prose 5:00-5:50 PM | TELTET Ellen Sofie Lauritzen will speak with Rebecca Dinerstein and Alexandra Kleeman about their latest novels. The two rising literary stars from New York have each in their own way described addiction and love within different traditions of the novel. Kleeman writes in the tradition of Margaret Atwood and Dinerstein in the tradition of Paul Auster, but the themes converge on a number of points. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

Banknatta 7:00 PM-3:00 AM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN During Banknatta it will simmer and boil both inside and out at Kulturhuset Banken. Join in cheering on the best poetry slammers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark who will give their all in Holbøsalen. In Festsalen you can experience an extraordinary concert when Ferdigsnakka LIVE takes the stage featuring Hanna Dahl, Christelle Ravneberget, Liv Køltzow, Rebecca Dinerstein and Vigdis Hjorth in inter-action with Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, Nils Martin Larsen and Emile The Duke. Hear Liv Gulbrand-sen tell the story of Knausgård’s My Struggle, volume by volume, and experience Torstein Andersen’s Bukowski monologue, before finally jumping into a wonderful closing with Broen.

Min kamp 1-3 19:00 Cafè Stift (My Struggle 1−3) Poetry Slam 20:00 Holbøsalen Bukowski 20:00 Cafè Stift Ferdigsnakka LIVE 21:00 Festsalen Min kamp 4-6 22:00 Cafè Stift (My Struggle 4−6) Broen 23:00 Festsalen DJ Vogt og Kleiva 00:30 Festsalen

NOK 350 for the entire evening The bank director of the night: CAConrad.

Ferdigsnakka LIVE 9:00-10:00 PM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN Again this year we will take it away with Ferdigsnakka LIVE! The concept mixes new Norwegian literature and music, in a revision of the audio book that has had a profound impact on the way we think about the performance of literature. The literature will be performed by Hanna Dahl, Christelle Ravneberget, Liv Køltzow, Rebecca Dinerstein and Vigdis Hjorth. The soundscape is supplied by Bendik Hovik Kjeldsberg, Nils Martin Larsen and Emile The Duke.

Broen 11:00 PM-00:30 AM| KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN Broen has gained a large and enthusiastic following through its exuberant mixture of Britpop, hip-hop, acid punk, Paul Simon, the spoken word and West African rhythms. When Heida Karine Jóhannesdottir Mobeck (tuba), Hans Hulbækmo (drums), Marianna S.A. Røe (vocalist), Lars Ove Fossheim (guitar) and Anja Lauvdal (synth) enter the stage, the audience finds their way to the dance floor.

DJ Vogt og Kleiva 00:30-2:30 AM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN Anna Kleiva returns to Gudbranddalen to DJ for us. She has brought along her author friend Stina Vogt, and together they make up DJ-Vogt og Kleiva.

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Broen

Saturday 28 May Paper marbling workshop 9:00-12:00 AM AND 12:30 PM-3:30 AM LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM Take part in a paper marbling workshop and receive an introduction to the handicraft related to classical book design! It takes many years to learn paper marbling, but through this practical workshop you will receive a quick introduction with a focus on experi-mentation and learning-by-doing. When the workshop is over, you will leave with all the basic knowledge and inspiration you need to begin on your own. The workshop will be led by Apen Apen, a project group established by Thomas Kjellberg, Mats Omland and Steinar Borø. Be sure to wear clothing that won’t mind a bit of paint splatter | NOK 600

A spring day with Compagnon 1:00-1:50 PM | LILLEHAMMER BIBLIOTEK | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS MEETING Fredrik Wandrup pays literary homage to the best-selling French author and professor of literature Antoine Compagnon. Fortunately they will both speak in English for the occasion! Compagnon, whose book A Summer with Montaigne became a surprise best seller, explains the background of the project and perhaps he has theories of his own about why the book became so popular! NOK 120 | The event will be in English

Surrealism after Saddam 2:00-2:50 PM| CAFÉ STIFT INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS MEETING Ten years ago author and filmmaker Hassan Blasim left post-Saddam Hussein’s Iraq as a refugee to seek asylum in Finland. From there he has written books that have been successful in a number of languages, and this spring the novel The Corpse Exhibition is available in Norwegian. Blasim’s mixture of humour and darkness, absurdity and gravity puts him in the tradition of Kafka and Daniil Kharms. In other words, a legacy that

should interest many Norwegian readers. In conversation with Ane Nydal. Book sales and signing | NOK 120 The event will be in English

Pub hopping 09:00 PM-01:00 AM | HAAKONS, PADDYS, NIKKERS, TELTET Join author buddies Levi Hendriksen and Christer Mjåset for an evening of pub hopping. The evening will be concluded with a concert by Levi Henriksen’s band, in our elegant Spiegeltent. Levi Henriksen & Babylon Badlands take listeners along on a furious journey with the rock music that changed their lives when they were young men, and which now, considerably further north in life, has proven to be a life-long love. That is precisely the leitmotif of “The Best Band in Heaven”. The songs are about the powerful feelings that are mobilised the first time one really listens to music and feels that the world will never be the same again, the almost Old Testament-like recognition of how important rock is for the feeling of identity. But wait, there’s more! With lyrics like «Jeg lærte å bøye både hode og knær/Mamma fødte meg i en bakevjyeby. Alt jeg ikke ble det ble jeg her/Mamma fødte meg i en bakevjeby» (“I learned to bow my head and knees/ Mama birthed me in a backwater town. Everything I never was, I became it here/ Mama birthed me in a backwater town”), the band penetrates the heart of another of rock’s important core themes: this business of not fitting in and simultaneously yearning to get away.

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Hassan Blasim

Sunday 29 May

Who’s that trip-trapping over my bridge?  12:00 noon-3:00 PM | MAIHAUGEN A Day of Trolls at Maihaugen Bring along the entire family for a day full of theatre, dance and workshops! Alexander Rybak and Dennis Storøy will assemble the hordes at Dansarvollen with their production about Trolle og den magiske fela (“Trolle and the Magic Fiddle”). Before this, Gry Moursund, the illustrator responsible for the popular Bukkene Bruse på badeland (“The Billy Goats Gruff at Swimland”) and Bukkene Bruse vender tilbake (“The Return of the Billy Goats Gruff”), will teach you how to draw trolls, Lisa Aisato will talk about Tambar, while Ove Røsbak will speak about his book Trollstenen (“The Troll Stone”). There will be dance and theatre by Gausdal Kulturskole and Fron Kulturskole, and the trolls Trollgeir and Onkel Nut will put in an appearance, played by Helena Klarén and Henrik Slåen. Organised in collaboration with Maihaugen and Teater Leven. For the whole family | Standard ticket to Maihaugen | Free of charge with Festival Pass

Sunday lunch 1:00-1:50 PM | SØNDRE PARK LUNCH IN THE PARK Hungry? For literature, for spring, for food? If you come to the park at lunchtime, you will have the chance to enjoy the festival’s final readings in the park by Frank Bill, Tomas Espedal, Hassan Blasim and Tore Stavlund. Introductions by Ane Nydal. Free of charge | Parts of the event will be in English

A hundred and one poems 7:00-8:00 PM | KULTURHUSET BANKEN, FESTSALEN | CONCERT The festival winds down as Lars Saabye Christensen reads a selection of own poems accompanied by Mathias Eick on the trumpet and Eyolf Dale on the grand piano. The concert is based on Hundre og ett dikt (“A Hundred and One Poems”), in which the poet Jan Jakob Tønseth has made a selection from a series of Lars Saabye Christensen’s poetry collections. Eick and Dale’s melodious music creates a framework for Christensen’s texts which will impress and bring joy to old and new readers and listeners. NOK 300

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Alexander Rybak

Mathias Eick

Exhibitions: Birds and fishes and everything in between GALLERI ZINK Lisa Aisato is one of Norway’s foremost illustrators and in 2015 was named one of Norway’s ten best authors under the age of 35. She is also the children’s literature project “Boklek” author for this year and has been travelling this spring through Oppland county meeting preschool children. During the festival, Aisato will exhibit illustrations from several of her books, including En fisk til Luna (“A Fish for Luna”), Odd er et egg (“Odd is an Egg”) and Fugl (“Bird”). Free of charge | In collaboration with Galleri Zink | The exhibition will hang until 12 June

Ester Maria Bjørneboe GALLERI ZINK In the painting exhibition “Re-novasjoner” Ester Maria Bjørneboe has worked on the basis of something she recognises as a cause, or origin for the pictures. These are memories of events, spaces and works which over the years have had a direct impact on and significance

for her choice of direction as an artist and her interest in the abstract image Free of charge | Organiser: Galleri Zink The exhibition will hang until 12 June

Paper marbling, or the art of painting on water CAFÉ STIFT Marbled paper is best known from book covers and the end paper of old books, but it has also been used to decorate the inside of cans, for packaging medicine, as pictures on the wall and as wallpaper. Suminagashi or “floating ink” is the marbling of paper with water and ink to transform it into something colourful and organic. The technique arose in Japan as far back as in the 13th century. Marbled paper has a history from East Asia, Central Asia and the Islamic world, Europe and the USA. The paper marbling works have been created by Apen Apen, a project group formed by Thomas Kjellberg, Mats Omland and Steinar Borø. Free og charge

Hallvard Blekastad – Norway of Old in Paris AULESTAD Gausdølen Hallvard Blekastad (1883–1966) was a storyteller, gatherer of words and visual

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Slow Motion

Lisa Aisato

artist who continued to educate himself throughout his entire life – in Gausdal, in Norway and in Europe. He remained loyal to his Norwegian roots, but was also inspired by European art, such as the work of Cézanne and Matisse. Free of charge | Organiser: Aulestad

Images in slow motion – Contemporary photography LILLEHAMMER KUNSTMUSEUM The exhibition gives a perspective on Norwegian art photography at a time when the digital image’s ephemerality dominates. The artists participating in the exhibition renew in different ways the idea of what is specific to photography. Through different means they create delays in the experience of the images so a silence and space for reflection arises. The exhibition includes the presentation of a photography book in collaboration with Forbundet Frie Fotografer (Norway’s National Organisation of Photographers) and Fotogalleriet. Curators: Christine Hansen and Janeke Meyer Utne. Free of charge | Organiser: LIillehammer Kunstmuseum | The exhibition will hang until 11 September

Food trucks Don’t miss the hamburgers at GoGrilla or the wraps at VegetarKarnevalen. You find them at Stortorget next to the Spiegeltent.

Seminar: International Publisher seminar 24 - 27 MAY | SCANDIC VICTORIA HOTEL During the Norwegian Festival of Literature in Lillehammer, the Norwegian Publishers Association and NORLA invite foreign publishers to attend a seminar about Norwegian literature and publishing. Publishers from Italy, Spain, France, Great Britain, USA and Canada will participate. Organisers: The Norwegian Publishers Association and NORLA | Financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | For invited guests only

Practical Info

FESTIVAL OFFICE The festival and press office is located at First Hotel Breiseth, right by the train station, entrance from Jernbanegata. Open 23 May 3:00-6:00 PM, 24 - 28 May 9:00 AM−8:00 PM, 29 MAY 12:00 noon -3:00 PM. TEL: 61 24 77 24 / 970 11 516

TICKETS Tickets can be purchased in a number of ways: 1. Ticket sales close one hour before an event, and open one half-hour before the event at the door. 2. Click on «Program 2016» on our website www.litteraturfestival.no/en and find the event you want to attend. Select “kjøp billett” (buy ticket). 3. If you have a smart phone you can upload the app eBillett and add Norsk Litteraturfestival (Norwegian Festival of Literature) as a site. 4. Find Norwegian Festival of Literature (Norsk Litteraturfestival) on Facebook and click on the symbol for eBillett (eTicket). 5. Buy a ticket at the festival bookstore Gravdahl Bokhandel on Storgata in Lillehammer.

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6. Buy a ticket at the festival office at First Hotel Breiseth 7. Buy a ticket at the door

When you arrive at the event venue, you show your eTicket on your mobile phone or on paper, and the organiser will verify by scanning the QR code. (If you don’t have your ticket with the QR code, you can pick up your ticket at the festival office at First Hotel Breiseth by giving your credit card number.)

PASS* Festival pass NOK 1500 (students NOK 750. )Day pass NOK 550. IMPORTANT FOR PASSHOLDERS * Passes must be traded in for a wristband at the festival office. *The pass entitles the bearer to admission to all programme events, capacity permitting and unless otherwise specified. *You can secure a ticket for NOK 10 through the eBillett service. A number of tickets will always be reserved for audience members with a festival pass and/or sales at the door. You must show your wristband along with the discount ticket at the door.

FREE OF CHARGE EVENTS Half of our programme events are free of charge, and most of these are for children. See the price information for each individual programme event.

CERTIFIED COMPANIONS Entrance is free of charge for certified companions upon presentation of an approved companion certificate, but you may also send an email to annette.seglem@litteraturfestival.no. The accompanied individual purchases an ordinary ticket.

PEGASUS − FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE All programmes for children and young people are free of charge. The events are open to the general public, but registration is necessary for school classes and groups. Registration at Pegasus@litteraturfestival.no.

OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODIATION We are a big festival in a small city, so book your hotel room early! Our festival hotel: First Hotel Breiseth 61 24 77 77 Other hotels: Scandic Victoria Hotel 61 27 17 00 Mølla Hotell 61 05 70 80 Clarion Collection Hammer Hotel 61 26 73 73 Radisson Blu Lillehammer Hotel 61 28 60 00 Birkebeineren Hotel & Apartments 61 05 00 80 Youth hostel: Lillehammer Vandrerhjem Stasjonen 61 26 00 24

CONTACT 61 24 71 66 | post@litteraturfestival.no | PO Box 4, NO-2601 Lillehammer | www.litteraturfestival.no

DIVERSE The programme may be subject to change. The organisers cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions in the programme information. Our website pages are updated on a regular basis.

BOOK SIGNING AND SALES The festival bookstore Gravdahl will offer the sale of books for signing where indicated.

PHOTO RIGHTS Laila Bokhari. Photo: Iffit-Qureshi, Alexandra Kleeman. Photo: Graham Webster, Rebecca Dinerstein. Photo: Nina Subin, Nama Jafari. Photo: Bente Fagerlund, Linn Ullmann. Photo: Agnete Brun, Richard Ford. Photo: Arild Vågen, Hassan Blasim. Photo: Katja Bohm

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