The Norwegian Literature Festival (May 27 – June 2, 2024) is the Nordic region's largest literature festival, with a varied program for readers of all ages. In 2017, Lillehammer became a member of The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), and with that was awarded the status of UNESCO city of literature, as 1 of 28 cities in the world. At the end of May, Lillehammer is filled with writers and literature. We can guarantee words that move and experiences that take you further.
With her trademark spare, crystalline prose, Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout follows the indomitable heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton through the early days of the pandemic in her new novel, Lucy by the Sea.
At the heart of the book are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart. Strout has been praised for her “radical empathy,” and in Lucy by the Sea her voice is infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post).
To register and for more information, please visit: Lucy by the Sea — An Evening with Elizabeth Strout
This in-person event will also be live-streamed on the National Arts Club YouTube channel.
Located on the beautiful waterfront campus of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, Writers in Paradise runs from January 14-21, 2023. The annual conference features professional writers at the top of their form spending quality time with motivated and talented participants seeking an intimate, unhurried climate for learning…in paradise.
Evening readings are free and open to the public. Join us for wine & book browsing half an hour before the start time, and then stay after the reading to meet the authors and have your books signed.
Elizabeth will also be teaching at the conference. Apart from the evening readings, the conference is reserved for accepted participants only. A typical day is divided into three parts: morning workshops, afternoon craft sessions, and evening readings.
For more information, please visit: Writers in Paradise
The first fully in-person ceremony since 2019 will bring together Booker Prize writers past and present with a diverse range of readers, including Her Majesty The Queen Consort, Dua Lipa and the inaugural winners of the Booker Prize Book Club Challenge, in an evening hosted by comedian Sophie Duker
As part of an ongoing partnership between the Booker Prize Foundation and the BBC, the last 45 minutes of the evening will be broadcast live as a Front Row special on BBC Radio 4, 9:15–10.00 pm BST, and presented by Samira Ahmed.
You can also follow the evening’s proceedings on the Booker Prizes’ social media channels, where we’ll be sharing updates, interviews and clips.
For more information, please visit: Booker Prize Winner Ceremony 2022
Meet the authors shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize at this special evening of readings and discussion chaired by broadcaster and journalist Bidisha.
The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. This year’s shortlist includes the shortest book and oldest author ever to be nominated.
Livestream ticketholders will receive a link to access the event a few days before.
For tickets and more information, please see: Waterstones presents the Booker Prize shortlist readings
Join ILFDublin at the historic Pepper Canister Church for a one-night-only event with Elizabeth Strout in conversation with Róisín Ingle about her brand new book Lucy by the Sea. Stick around after the event to pick up your own copy from the Dubray pop-up bookshop and get it signed by Elizabeth!
This event will be recorded as a live episode of the Irish Times The Women’s Podcast and is presented in partnership with Penguin Random House Ireland.
For tickets and more information, please see: OffThePage: Elizabeth Strout
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