Audiatur!

Above, Christian Bök performing "on behalf of George W. Bush" during the final Sunday reading of the eminently successful Audiatur poetry festival in Bergen, Norway, Sept. 27 to 30, 2007 (courtesy by Martin Johs. Møller).

An almost comprehensive audio coverage, including three big evening readings, with SHARKS, Aleksandr Skidan, Caroline Bergvall, Cecilie Løveid, Christian Bök, Cia Rinne, Ellen Grimsmo Foros, Fredrik Nyberg, Gunnar Wærness, Ingvild Burkey, Jacques Roubaud, Kajsa Sundin, Karl Larsson, myself, Linn Hansén, Martin Larsen, Mette Moestrup, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Simen Hagerup, Tomomi Adachi, and Øyvind Rimbereid, plus a lecture on "Oulipoetics" by Jacques Roubaud, plus a panel discussion on "Plurilingual Poetics" with Caroline Bergvall, Christian Bök, Mette Moestrup, myself, and Paal Bjelke Andersen (prefaced by readings by Øyvind Rimbereid, Caroline Bergvall, and me) is to be found here.

For "Norwegian Ords", a "poem in Norwegian" I wrote for the festival, together with a short English introduction, and audio of both, click here.

For those with some command of Scandinavian, the event has triggered some commentary in the Danish blogosphere: see Tue Andersen Nexø, him again, and Christian Yde Frostholm.

And yes, for the fabulous 800+ page festival catalogue (in Norwegian mostly), go here.