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Norway is in the World Cup!

Join us for a real preview of the World Cup – but far from just talk about 3–5–2 and tactical details!

What do Jo Nesbø, Kjartan Fløgstad and Lars Saabye Christensen have in common other than the fact that they all three write damn good books? Yes, they are interested in the World Cup and the surrounding area and that all three are coming to Skien at the same time. Absolutely true, cross your neck. Talk about a hat trick for the Ibsen house.

In this World Cup lounge, football, literature, music and humor meet on the same half of the pitch. Here we mostly talk between the passes, between the lines, and try to dribble our way to verbal dream goals, and plenty of spoon kicks, together with guests who can write, think, toast and maybe make people laugh a little.

The evening's conversations revolve around why football means so much, what the sport does to us, and how it keeps appearing in literature. There will be tributes to World Cup authors Dag Solstad and Jon Michelet, reflections on Norway, Brazil, England, Germany – and the small nations that make the World Cup a commercial world drama. There will also be room for talk about villains, FIFA, good old and new heroes, culture, Brauten, politics and everything that comes with the ball rolling.

A World Cup night for everyone who loves football, language, stories – or preferably all at once. May the prettiest team win the World Cup. Without VAR.

Tonight's team managers: Tom Stalsberg and Stian Johansen.

In collaboration with the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFFO).

Book sale at Arkaden Norli

Ticket prices:

Ordinary: 300

Free admission for NFFO members

Photo: Bildbyrån

Doors open at 6:00 PM