Upcoming events
Read-aloud creative writing session at Prismatic Pages with Innfall
Welcome to an open read-aloud session hosted by Prismatic pages in collaboration with Innfall, a community for creative writers in Oslo.
This event is free, but registration is required due to limited space. Sign up with the form at the link below.
When: 11 September, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Talking about writing with the Tuesday Writers' Group
The Tuesday Writers' Group is so-called because since April 2022 these six writers have met once a month on a Tuesday to discuss each other's work. Now entering its third year, the group is made up of six writers, all incidentally originally from Ireland, working across genres including fiction, poetry, non-fiction and more.
The group will visit Prismatic Pages and share about their writing processes, writing as a practice, as a business, and more.
You're invited to stay for mingling after with refreshments kindly provided by the Embassy of Ireland in Norway.
When: 18 September, 17.15-18.45
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
September book swap
Welcome to another book swap at Prismatic Pages. Do you have some books that you won't be reading again and need a new home? Bring them us on September 24 and swap them for something new with the others at the swap.
Books in all languages are welcome!
You receive a voucher for each book you bring -- the more you bring the more you can take.
When: 24 September, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Book launch: A Frog in the Fjord
Join us for an exclusive book launch from the popular and beloved author of the blog A Frog in the Fjord!
Tickets available at the link below, which include a personalized signed copy of the book.
Lorelou, a French woman in her mid-20s from Provence region gets a job in Oslo, Norway. She is not too inspired by this Arctic country. Are Norwegian people as cold as their weather?
So many things are weird about Norwegian people: they go skiing in the middle of the city, take their holidays in cabins with neither water nor electricity, lit candles to make things koselig and have strange names like Odd and Bored. Learning Norwegian language, making local friends and dating are proving to be much harder than she thought. She has one year to figure out whether she wants to live there for good and make Norway her home.
Described by Forbes Magazine as one of the 5 most revealing books about Scandinavia, “A Frog in the Fjord - One Year in Norway” is the ultimate guide to understanding Norway, its people and its language as well as Scandinavian culture in general. Whether you are interested in Norway for travels, because of your family’s heritage, your love for a special Norwegian person, or because you work or study here, this book is a must-read.
Lorelou Desjardins is the author of a bestselling book in Norway “The Art of Being Norwegian” and a columnist in Norway’s most read newspaper Verdens Gang. She is often interviewed in international media on her expertise and unique view on Norwegian culture.
When: 2 October, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Concert: stripped down EP showcase with Sarah Gardenvalley
Welcome to our first ever concert at Prismatic Pages.
Sarah Gardenvalley will showcase her new EP, headspace.
When: 6 October, 16.15-17.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Sarah Gardenvalley is a singer/songwriter in the genre indie folk. She tells stories about her private life, starting off with writing solely about young love, and as she made it to her twenties she started to explore every corner of life and this EP’s theme, her thoughts. Everything started when she wrote poems as a kid, and little did she know she opened a door to creativity that was going to give her a lifetime of joy and fulfillment. Sarah Gardenvalley welcomes you to her world of thoughts, her headspace.
The Learning (book) Club
A book club where the only requirement is that the book makes you learn something.
Our book for October is "This is Not Propaganda" by Peter Pomerantsev.
When: 9 October, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Halloween collaging
After the success of our first workshop making zines, Prismatic Pages with Marta Crosta will host a Halloween-themed collage evening!
Collaging is the art of mixing various media to form new works. That can include cut outs from magazines, old books, scraps of paper found, but also larger objects or knick knacks.
Artist and educator Marta will guide you through collage techniques before we have time for collaging together. No previous experience necessary!
This workshop costs 250 NOK, which includes the cost of instruction and materials.
When: 15 October, 17.00-19.00
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
The workshop will be led by Marta Crosta:
I'm an artist and art therapist, I completed my education in Italy and brought my creativity to Norway in the middle of the pandemic. I write poetry and produce mostly collage and mixed media art. I work at Barnekunstmuseet here in Oslo, where I organise workshops and courses. I spend most of my free time reading, that's why Prismatic Pages is the perfect place for this course!
Book chat: Bicycle City by Dan Piatkowski
It took an oil crisis in the 1970s for the Dutch to realize that they simply couldn´t afford to live without bicycles, and today the Dutch lead the world in urban cycling. Fifty years later, another crisis, the pandemic, has led to a boom in bicycling and a radical rethinking of the future of urban mobility, demonstrating the possibility of a car-free urban future. The pandemic “bikeboom” is one of the very few bright spots in an otherwise terrible time – and an opportunity we cannot waste. The climate crisis is all too real, the inequities in our cities too severe, to allow the US to backslide to the status quo of car-dependence.
In Bicycle City: Riding the Bike Boom to a Brighter Future cycling expert Daniel Piatkowski argues that the bicycle is the best tool that we have to improve our cities. The car-free urban future—where cities are vibrant, with access to everything we need close by—may be less bike-centric than we think. But bikes are a crucial first step to getting Americans out of cars. Bicycle City is about making cities better with bikes rather than for bikes.
When: 16 October, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Dan will be interviewed by Anine Hartmann, who is responsible for walking, biking, and new mobility at Asplan Viak.
Dan Piatkowski is an American academic and urban planner based in Oslo, Norway where he is on the faculty at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. Before moving to Norway, Dan has worked in some area of urban planning (either academic or professional) in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Georgia. Dan got his start in the bike world in the early 2000s with a very brief stint as a bicycle messenger in New York City before finding his way to working at bike shops, riding all kinds of bikes, and getting active in bicycle advocacy. These days he spends more time writing about bicycles than riding them.
Halloween talk: Body horror and the work of E.M. Carroll
When: 23 October, 17.00-18.15
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
E.M. Carroll is a prolific, acclaimed webcomic and print comic artist who writes and draws sensational, unsettling Gothic horror, including the fairy-tale-themed Through the Woods (2015), the queer vampiric sort-of-love-story When I Arrived at the Castle (2019), and the Bluebeard-esque A Guest in the House (2023). Carroll’s art is fascinated with body horror; in their work, the body is a haunted house you can’t leave, where there could be a jump-scare at any moment.
This Halloween talk by Erik Kvistad investigates the thrilling and skin-crawling possibilities of the body in Carroll’s work.
Erika Kvistad is a literature and media scholar who works on horror, romance, and the internet, and teaches at the University of South-Eastern Norway.
Tickets available at the link below. The ticket price of 100 NOK may be used on the day as credit toward any book purchase.
October book swap
Welcome to another book swap at Prismatic Pages. Do you have some books that you won't be reading again and need a new home? Bring them us on October 29 and swap them for something new with the others at the swap.
Books in all languages are welcome!
You receive a voucher for each book you bring -- the more you bring the more you can take.
When: 29 October, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
Zine workshop
First things first, what's a Zine?
Fanzine: fan + magazine, independent publication created by enthusiasts of particular forms of art and culture. Often shortened to "zine".
Zines are a great way to experiment with art and express yourself with no previous skills needed!
We will guide you through making your first zine in a sea of magazine pages, glue, paper and scissors and you'll leave with your finished project. The course will last from 17:00 to 19:00, we don't want to rush creativity.
The workshop will cost 250 NOK, which covers the cost of materials and instruction. Buy your ticket at the link below!
The workshop will be led by Marta Crosta:
I'm an artist and art therapist, I completed my education in Italy and brought my creativity to Norway in the middle of the pandemic. I write poetry and produce mostly collage and mixed media art. I work at Barnekunstmuseet here in Oslo, where I organise workshops and courses. I spend most of my free time reading, that's why Prismatic Pages is the perfect place for this course!
When: 6 November, 17.00-19.00
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
November book swap
Welcome to another book swap at Prismatic Pages. Do you have some books that you won't be reading again and need a new home? Bring them us on November 19 and swap them for something new with the others at the swap.
Books in all languages are welcome!
You receive a voucher for each book you bring -- the more you bring the more you can take.
When: 19 November, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
The Learning (book) Club
A book club where the only requirement is that the book makes you learn something.
Our book for December is "The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd.
When: 11 December, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b
December book swap
Welcome to another book swap at Prismatic Pages. Do you have some books that you won't be reading again and need a new home? Bring them us on December 17 and swap them for something new with the others at the swap.
Books in all languages are welcome!
You receive a voucher for each book you bring -- the more you bring the more you can take.
When: 17 December, 17.00-18.30
Where: Prismatic Pages, Rathkes gate 7b