Bøkenes kretsløp

  • is a mini documentary that explores Bergen as a city of books and the journey of a book from the desk of a writer to the library, with contributions from the Bergen Academy for Creative Writing, the local publisher Kinakaal Forlag, and interviews with writers. The project was made possible with support from the National Library and project leader Hanne Rømsing Sæverås from Bergen Public Library, with cameraman and editor Johnny Holmvåg.

Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

11th January / 19:00

Where and how can we engage ourselves in local literature nowadays? How do we secure the future of the Book Town Bergen?

In the auditorium of the Bergen Public Library, a panel talk with the principal of the Bergen Academy for Creative Writing and writer Sivert Nesbø, the director of Tekstallmenningen Inga Moen Danielsen, poet Eira Søyseth, and the director of Northing and Kinakaal Forlag Ben Wenhou Yu took place following a screening of the short film "Bøkenes kretsløp," where we followed the literature mediator Marie Amdam after the footprints of books in the city of Bergen.