A conversation between Artist Ane Mette Hol, Graphic Designer Petri Henriksson and Timotheus Vermeulen, writer, art critic and Professor of media, culture and society at the University of Oslo.

A conversation between Inger Eri, Senior Advisor at Kulturdirektoratet and responsible for the art book lifting done in the recent years with her collegues at Kulturdirektoratet and Kristian Wikborg Wiese, Editor of printed matter at the National Museum of Art who recently curated the artist book festival "Kunsten og boka. En festival om kunstnerpublikasjoner" at the National museum with editor and music journalist Audun Vinger.

A conversation between Editor Abirami Logendran and chair of the Board Geir Haraldseth.

Ingen hater messing / Nobody hates brass is an exhibition and book by Kai Gjelseth. The book and exhibition was presented by Ellef Prestsæter at Blaker Gamle Meieri / Guttormsgaards archive in September. Ellef Prestsæter runs Guttormsgaards archive and has invited Kai Gjelseth to talk about his exhibition and new book as a part of Guttormsgaards arkivs participation in Kunstbok Oslo. Kai Gjelseths book will also be for sale.

Gjelseth is a Norwegian graphic designer, calligrapher, illustrator and photographer and he received the honorable award Klassikerprisen by Grafill in 2010.

A conversation between librarian Kristine Jakobsen from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and art critic and writer Nicholas Norton about how the library collects artists' books and builds their collection.

KHiO - Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo has been collecting artists' books from students for years and holds a substantial collection of books. The library are bringing a selection of their collection to be exhibited during Kunstbok Oslo.

14:00–14:30

For Northing, the Bergen-based organisation that dedicate itself to fostering cultural exchange between Norway and East Asia, books are more than vessels of knowledge—they are bridges that connect cultures and nations.

Ben Wenhou Yu, Director of Northing, will share a series of publication projects that have evolved into dynamic cross-cultural initiatives.

Northing runs Kinakaal publishing house and the bookstore Elephant books in Bergen.

An Introduction to Tidsskriftet Mellom by Editor Belén S. Urbye.