Vesterheim Bokprats: Previous Book Discussions
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Description
Vesterheim hosts a monthly bokprat (book group) where we discuss Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life.
In the past we have read and discussed the following books. Occasinally our bokprats include a discussion with the authors, editors, or translators and posted on our Youtube channel here!
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (June 2026)
- How Iceland Changed the World – The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason (May 2026)
- Shyness & Dignity by Dag Solstad (April 2026)
- Minnesota (Wolf Hour) by Jo Nesbø (March 2026)
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof (February 2026)
- The Lost Village by Camilla Sten (January 2026)
- TVprat: The Commoner (December 2025)
- Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (November 2025)
- Sister Bells Trilogy with author Lars Mytting (October 2025)
- I Talk About It All the Time by Camara Lundestad Joof (September 2025)
- The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Miller (June 2025)
- The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens with author Barbara Sjoholm (May 2025)
- Muus vs. Muus with translator Kari Lie Dorer from St. Olaf (April 2025)
- The Night of the Scourge by Lars Mytting (March 2025)
- Cabin in the Mountains by Robert Ferguson (February 2025)
- The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen (January 2025)
- Filmprat: Christmas as Usual (December 2024)
- Sagas of Luther College: Norwegian and Lutheran Identities Past, Present, and Future, edited by Dr. Maren Anderson Johnson and Rachel Faldet (November 2024)
- A Coat Dyed Black by Don Pugnetti (October 2024)
- The Lazarus Solution by Kjell Oda Dahl (September 2024)
- Filmprat: Stolen by Ann-Helene Læstadius (June 2024)
- Unto A Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg (May 2024)
- Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (April 2024)
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Naïve. Super., by Erlend Loe (March 2024)
- Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse (February 2024)
- Stolen by Ann-Helene Læstadius (January 2024)
- A House in Norway by Vigdis Hjorth (December 2023)
- Filmprat: John, the Last Cowboy (November 2023)
- Hunger by Knut Hamsun (October 2023)
- The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec (September 2023)
- Filmprat: Narvik (June 2023)
- Kristin Lavransdatter (Vol. 1 - The Wreath) by Sigrid Undset (May 2023)
- Reindeer Hunters by Lars Mytting (April 2023)
- Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen (March 2023)
- Kristine, Finding Home by Aleta Chossek (February 2023)
- TVprat: Hjem Til Jul, Season 1 (Decemeber 2022)
- A Frog in the Fjord: One Year in Norway by Lorelou Desjardins (November 2022)
- Heroes of the Primstav by Lucy O'Laghlin Tokheim (October 2022)
- The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm (April 2022)
- Searching for Nora by Wendy Swallow (March 2022)
- A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (February 2022)
- The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting (January 2022)
- We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen (December 2021)
- Viking Economics by George Lakey (October 2021)
- From Day to Day: One Man's Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps by Odd Nansen (September 2021)
- TVprat: Atlantic Crossing (June 2021)
Enrollment Information
Bokprats are a free program we offer monthly throughout the year, with a summer break in our schedule. All you have to do is sign up (and read the book) to attend. Visit the Folk Art School Heritage and Language page to see our upcoming offerings.