It is the oldest and the most internationally acclaimed literature festival in Norway.
A series of festivals is organised in the city, including mystery plays, a summer music festival and a literature festival.
A. "The Word," a new literature festival, is scheduled to take place across London from March 19 to 23.
The festival is the largest literature festival in the Nordic countries.
It is the site of Bjørnsonfestivalen, an annual international literature festival has been held in August every year since 1992.
So nobody was really surprised when, 24 years ago, a recent graduate called Peter Florence decided to put on a literature festival.
It is the longest-running literature festival in the world.
Realising there was nothing of its kind in the north, he began work to establish a literature festival in his home town of Ilkley.
'I hope it reminded festival goers that in many countries, freedom of expression through words, never mind a literature festival, is just a dream.'
Memories: The second performance of the project was performed some months after the first one and formed part of an annual literature festival.