Norwegian Authors´ Centre chooses the Arctic Arts Festival as its venue for this year´s Norwegian book day.
Celebrated authors offer up readings from new northern Norwegian literature. In addition to an impressive panel of authors there will be music by Niillas Holberg and a book launch with Morten Strøksnes, with a separate programme for children in the morning at the SNN park. A whole evening with literature at Ludo!
Programme
Musical intro: Niillas Holmberg and Roope Mäenpää
Jan Tore Noreng: #alfahann (novel for teenagers, Gyldendal)
Hallvard Kirkland: The city of Tromsø and its history of coach drivers (local history, his own publisher)
Aase Falch: Steinete Stier (novel, Falch publishers)
Helge Stangnes: Titingtanka (poems by Liv Berntine Saltnes, Poetica)
Interval contribution: Niillas Holmberg and Roope Mäenpää
Nathan Mogos: Amid the Chaos (novel, Amazon)
Roald Larsen: Dissimulation in writing (myth and legend, Arktisk publishers)
Kristin Bjørn: True enough (novellas, Gyldendal)
Niillas Holmberg: The way back (poems, Francis Boutle Publishers)
Closing reading: Niillas Holmberg and Roope Mäenpää
22.00: Book launch: Tor Eystein Øverås in conversation with Morten Strøksnes about the book Havboka
Chair: Kristine Myhre Tunheim