LiS: Ukraina. En vinterreise. Erika Fatland

A toy salesman who has become a drone pilot. An artist who paints peonies to keep her nerves in check during nighttime bombing raids. A young war widow who has taken her husband's place at the front. In the fall of 2026, Erika Fatland is back with a new book: "Ukraine. A winter journey" - in November she will be Litteraturhuset in Skien !

In “Ukraine. A Winter Journey,” Fatland takes us through a country at war, during the coldest winter Ukraine has experienced in 16 years. With her close relationship with the country – she first visited it 25 years ago – she has spent a long winter with a people who refuse to be broken. The book provides powerful and honest encounters with soldiers on Europe’s front lines and with people trying to live ordinary lives in the midst of war.

Fatland is a social anthropologist and one of Norway's most widely read and recognized non-fiction writers. "The Sailor" was Norway's best-selling book in 2024 and received the Booksellers' Award. His travelogues "Sovjetistan", "Grensen" and "Høyt" have been translated into 26 languages ​​and have reached a large international audience.

At Litteraturhuset you will meet Erika Fatland in conversation with journalist and former NRK editor Steinar Nielsen.
"Ukraine. A Winter Journey" will be published in October 2026.

Book sale at NORLI Arkaden
Photo: Alex Babenko
Organizer: Litteraturhuset in Skien

Ticket prices:
Ordinary: 250
Members of the House of Literature: 200
Students: 150