17 - 25 June, Fjærland, Sognefjord  
   
 
 
Festival program. For details, click the flower.
 

Sat. 17 June

Opening Day

Sun. 18 June

Nordic Wild Flower Day

Mon. 19 June

Schools Open Day

Tue. 20 June

Schools Open Day

Wed. 21 June

Tvedestrand Day

Thur. 22 June

Anniversary Day

Fri. 23 June

International Booktown Day

Sat. 24 June

Solstice

Book Fair Day

10.00 Bookshops open

Workshops and surgeries.

Course in calligraphy

Course in rubber printing

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

14.00

Opening of the 5th International Booktown festival

Finn Iunker, Henry Notaker, Linda Eide, Richard Booth.

 

 

19.00

Bookshops close

Talk and refreshments.

Welcome dinner at Hotel Mundal

10.00 Bookshops open.

Workshops and surgeries.

Courses from Saturday cont.

Course in watercolour and pencildrawing with Anita Walsmit-Sachs

Workshop in bookbinding with Loek de la Haye start up

Botanic excursions.

11.00 Flower service

Fjærland church

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

14.00 "Then and now"

- Henry Notaker

- Maureen Duke

19.00 Bookshops close

Talk and refreshments, Hotel Mundal

 

10.00 Bookshops open.

 

Schools visit

Workshops and surgeries.

Creative Writing

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

13.00 Author Sylvelin Vatle

 

 

 

 

19.00

Bookshops close

 

19.00

Astrid Riddervold, Halvor Heuch;

Norwegian food and drinking traditions.

 

10.00 Bookshops open.

Schools visit

Workshops and surgeries.

Creative Writing

11.00 Author Sylvelin Vatle

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

13.00 Author Kjartan Fløgstad

 

 

 

 

 

19.00

Bookshops close

 

Talk and refreshments, Hotel Mundal

 

10.00 Bookshops open.

Workshops and surgeries.

Maureen Duke; "A Way with Gold" Mastercraft Class. Sign up.

11.00 Walk Spot a sheep.

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

14.00 "The cat who pretended to be dead" Music and stories from Burkina Faso.

16.00 "Himmelkua" - stories for children by Peter Svalheim

19.00

Bookshops close

 

 

 

 

19.00 Presentation, Booktown of Tvedestrand

 

 

 

 

10.00 Bookshops open.

Workshops and surgeries.

Arne Bust Mykle; "A history of Norwegian Puppet theatre"

11.00 Maureen Duke; Constructing a simple book

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

Workshops and surgeries.

14.00 Anniversary seminar. Are there different cultural values between villagers and towns' people? This seminar's starting point is an article written by journalist Katrine Sele about the planned extension of the petrol station in Fjærland. The plans clashed with Pritzker-prize winner Sverre Fehn's Glacier museum, much to every architects' and architect lover's grief. (until 17.00)

18.00 Anniversary

Reception and

Dinner

10.00 Bookshops open.

Workshops and surgeries.

Course in watercolour and pencildrawing with Anita Walsmit-Sachs

Workshop in bookbinding with Loek de la Haye start up

“Future for Cooperation between Book Towns”. Open discussion and information about EU programmes.  Mr Jan Edøy from The Royal Minestry of Local Government and Regional Development and MP Odd Einar Dørum.

11.00 Emma Kråkebolle - by Arne Bust Mykle

12.00 Lunch "Uncle Mikkel visits Anchovy"

14.00 Annual Meeting of the International organization of Booktowns - IOB

"Queen Ingerid" lecture by Yngve Nedrebø, National archives in Bergen.

19.00 Bookshops close. Talk and refreshments, Hotel Mundal

20.00 Mid-summer Night's Dance at Skarestad Community House

10.00 Bookshops open.

Trip to the glacier. Tour guide: Prof. Olav Orheim

13.15 Lunchferry

Bajazz BigBand w/ Christine Bastiansen

 

15.00

Children's hour with Ingunn Wiken and Lars Nes.

17.00 Solstice

Book Fair

Books for sale!

- Book Towns of Europe exhibit

- Poetry and stories in the Book Tent

- Bajazz BigBand

- David Buchanan

etc.

Finished around 02.00 am.

 

 
20.06.2006