As part of the Lillehammer Norwegian Literature Festival and in collaboration with EUNIC Norway, the project Writing an Archive – A Living Archive takes place in Oslo and Lillehammer from 2 to 4 June 2026.
This project is a creative laboratory exploring how personal narratives become collective cultural action. Through collaborative writing workshops, public readings, performances and a live discussion panel, writers from across Europe gather in Norway to materialise a living archive of voices that refuse to disappear. These stories have always existed, but too often, they have disappeared with the living memory, never to be recorded.
Events
In Oslo, Pride House – 2 June, 18:00
Discussion on the process of writing a story of a community across time, experiences, physical and emotional borders.
In Lillehammer, Verdensteateret – 4 June, 16:00
Performance: Writing an Archive – A Living Archive
The project Writing an Archive – A Living Archive brings together up to eight writers working across genres – poetry, fiction, memoir, hybrid and experimental forms. Through co-creation, multilingual expression and shared artistic risk-taking, participants explore writing as activism, resistance and community building. Linguistic diversity, creative solidarity and the challenges of writing a communal history are at the heart of the project.
Participants
Joelle Taylor (Creative coordinator), Elīna Kokareviča (Latvia), Giorgia Tolfo (Italy), Tiina Tuppurainen (Finland), Fleur Pierets (Belgium), Lara Well (Luxembourg), Lilly Axster (Austria/Germany), Henrie Dennis (Austria/Germany).