LitHouse podcast

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LitHouse is the English language podcast from the House of Literature (Litteraturhuset) in Oslo, presenting adapted versions of lectures and conversations featuring international writers and thinkers.
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Afrotopia: The Future of Africa with Felwine Sarr and Andreas Liebe Delsett

Oct 19 2024 62 mins

How can Africa reach its full potential when Europe is still the blueprint to model oneself after? Not only has centuries of colonization and exploitation stripped the continent of opportunities, but the term “development” has all but become synonymous with following in Europe’s footsteps.This is the argument of Senegalese academic Felwine Sarr in his book Afro

On Display: Rachel Cusk and Jessika Gedin

Sep 21 2024 60 mins

The author of twelve novels, along with a number of non-fiction books and plays, Rachel Cusk is one of our most prominent contemporary writers. Her brave, razor sharp and original voice has made her a favourite with readers and critics alike.Cusk is a truly innovative writer, pushing the boundaries of the form for each new publication. Already in 2008, when she published

The Unfree: Persecuted authors and censorship

Aug 10 2024 56 mins

Lately, much attention has been given to political attacks on prestigious writers. The attempted murder of Salman Rushdie and the deplatforming of Adania Shibli at the Frankfurt Book Fair sparked international outrage and raised awareness of ongoing threats to individual writers today.Far less attention is given to the fact that across the world, writers are prosecuted and jailed f

My African Reading List: Igoni Barrett

Aug 04 2024 32 mins

Igoni Barrett is a Nigerian writer of novels and short stories, especially well known for his award-winning novel 2015 Blackass. In 2014, he was named on the Hay Festival's Africa39 list of African writers under 40. Barrett is also part of the House of Literature's artistic council, advising in our project to promote African literature.This is Igoni Barrett's reading list:Abdulraza

A Tangled Family History: Simon Sebag Montefiore and Shazia Majid

Jul 27 2024 59 mins

What do the Mings, The Rameses’, the Romanovs, the Assads and the Clintons have in common? They are all family dynasties who, for better or worse, have influenced the history of the world.Historian and writer Simon Sebag Montefiore is a formidable storyteller, and his detailed and engaging works about historical figures such as Catherine the Great, Stalin and the Romano

Fighting mad to tell their story: Jean Rhys and Jamaica Kincaid writing in the aftermath of Jane Eyre

Jul 20 2024 45 mins

Lecture by Denise DeCaires NarainThis lecture introduces two of the most prolific Caribbean women writers, Jean Rhys and Jamaica Kincaid, comparing their distinctive styles and thematic focus. Both writers have spoken of the significance of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre in their writing lives and the lecture will explore how this plays out in their work, particularly in

My African Reading List: Leila Aboulela

Jul 14 2024 30 mins

Leila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer, currently living in Scotland. She is the author of six award winning novels, including The Translator (1999), Bird Summons (2019) and River Spirit (2023), as well as a number of plays and short story collections. Aboulela was the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for Fiction, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.This is Le

Lucy's Many Lives: Elizabeth Strout and Kjersti Skomsvold

Jul 06 2024 57 mins

Elizabeth Strout is one of the most distinct voices in contemporary American literature, and beloved by readers and critics alike. Her international breakthrough came with the novel Olive Kitteridge, which earned her the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, and which was later adapted into the award winning mini series of the same name. Since then, she has written four books in her Lucy

Just Keep Going. Personal lecture by Elizabeth Strout

Jul 06 2024 41 mins

Elizabeth Strout is one of the most distinct voices in contemporary American literature, and beloved by readers and critics alike. She started writing at an early age, but it would take her many years to finally get published. Back then, her mantra was “just keep going”.This year, Strout’s debut novel, Amy and Isabelle, is finally available in Norwegian (transl

Gender, Class and Loss: Glenn Bech, Andrew McMillan and Kristofer Folkhammar

Jun 08 2024 73 mins

Writer and therapist Glenn Bech sparked a larger debate about class issues in Denmark with his autobiographical novel The Fathership (forthcoming in Hazel Evans’ translation) and his manifesto Jeg anerkænder ikke længere jeres autoritet (“I no longer recognize your authority”).The novel The Fathership depicts a brutal childhood charac