The Book Town celebrates 20 years
Bokbyen is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016. They're putting a new twist on Book Night this year and moving the event to the new square in Mundal, midway between Hotel Mundal and Fjærland Fjordstove Hotel. Much of the cultural program will take place inside the hotels, so you can warm up a little during the evening. The market opens at 16:00. The bookshops open at 10 am and remain open throughout the evening.
EVENING BEFORE BOOK NIGHT, FRIDAY 24 JUNE
At 21.30: Tove Bakke: Lorca. Pub night with a Spanish atmosphere at Fjordstova.
BOKNATTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
13:00: Celebration of the 20th anniversary of Bokbyen at Hotel Mundal. Canapear and sparkling water. Speeches and talks by Ragnar Hovland, Arne Ivar Kjerland and Laura Kvamme.
16:00: Opening of Book Night by Simone Stibbe. Bodane opens.
17:00: Journeys and relationships: Literary conversation with Hilde Kvalvaag and Brynjulf Jung Tjønn. Meet two authors who, in the finest way, portray us as closely as we can get. With travel as their motif and relationships as their theme, they both write in a way that affects the reader, about the longing to belong and be loved, about the fear of loss and loneliness. But always with hope as the driving force. Both have won the Brage Prize and they write for both children and adults. Both are inspired by music and invite the audience to listen to soundtracks from their writing during the conversation led by Janne Karin Støylen. Hotel Mundal.
18:00: Children's program on the square in Mundal: Klare sjøl. Cooking in the open air with Ann Iren Ulvedal, Anne Britt Sårheim and Reidunn Otterdal based on recipes from the book, Klare sjøl.
19:00: Ove Røsbak and Henning Sommerro. The two have worked together since the early 80s. They have written several songs together and in 2004 the CD "Himmelhaik" was released, where Røsbak reads and sings and Sommerro provides the music together with saxophonist John Pål Inderberg. Sommerro and Røsbak have a lively and light-hearted style on stage, built on improvisation and a twinkle in the eye. The moods change with lightning speed, and can suddenly slip into both wistful lyricism and lush beauty. In Bokbyen Fjærland , Røsbak will read and sing works by Børli, Prøysen and himself, and Henning Sommerro will perform songs by Hyldbakk, Hoem and Røsbak that he himself has set to music.
Fjærland kyrkje.
At 20.30: Johs B. Thue: Talks about his new book, Gryta i fjorden - Om heimefiske og ulike fiskerettar i fjordane våre. Fjærland Fjordstove Hotel.
22:00: Concert: Billa and the Kid. The square.
SQUARE ATMOSPHERE WITH FRIDTJOV URDAL, EIVIND ØDEGÅRD AND OTHERS. DURING THE EVENING.
Sale of food and drinks in the square and Kaffistova. All events are open to everyone.
WELCOME TO BOKMARKNAD OG FOLKELIV!
To book a stall, call 57692210 or post@bokbyen.no.