Siri Odfjell Risdal

Siri Odfjell Risdal (41) is Festival Director for Kapittel, Stavanger International Festival for Literature and Freedom of Speech at Sølvberget Library and Cultural Centre. Risdal is educated a librarian with a master’s in Literacy Studies, and has been a jury member for the Norwegian Ministry of Culture’s prizes for childrens literature, head of the jury for the Brage Prize for childrens literature and head of the Norwegian Cultural Council’s committee for comic books. From 2014 – 2019 Risdal was Project Manager for the Nordic Conference on childrens literature.

Norway

We are happy to introduce the following jury members for Norway: Kari J. Spjeldnæs, publishing director (Aschehoug Forlag), President of the jury Helén Foss, bookseller, CEO of the independent bookshops Fri Bokhandel SA Anne Merethe K. Prinos, secretary general of the Norwegian Critics’ Association and literary critic Siri Odfjell Risdal, festival director for Kapittel  
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