International Authors' Stage
In-depth conversations with internationally recognised authors.
Meet the greatest writers from around the world for in-depth conversations in The Black Diamond's beautiful event hall, Dronningesalen.
Founded in 2008, International Authors' Scene has since hosted more than 150 authors from around the world - from Nobel Prize winners like Annie Ernaux (FR) and Abdulrazak Gurnah (TZ) to new voices like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (NG) and Édouard Louis (FR) and beloved bestselling authors like Isabel Allende (CL), Salman Rushdie (UK), Karl Ove Knausgaard (NO) and Margaret Atwood (CA).
Koehi Saito (JP) in conversation with Matthias Dressler-Bredsdorff
The young, eco-socialist philosopher Kohei Saito reads Marx's ideas in the light of the global climate crisis. Concepts such as "degrowth communism" have made him an unexpected best-selling world star.
International Authors' Stage: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (IS) in conversation with Kamilla Löfström
Where can you find hope in a world with climate crisis and dying languages? In tree planting, linguistics or humanity? Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir examines this in her latest novel, Eden.
International Authors' Stage: Margaret Atwood (CA) in conversation with Lotte Folke
Award-winning author Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant and influential writers alive today, particularly within genres such as dystopian and speculative fiction.
