Future Library

Welcome to the Future Library Handover 2026! We are excited to share the program, which this year also includes events in the days leading up to and following the official Handover Ceremony.

These events are free with no registration necessary (with the exception of Monday's symposium, for which there is registration and a small lunch fee).

Thursday, 25th June, 18.00: Book launch of Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh, the 12th author — his newest novel. Hosted by and at Melahuset, with books for sale by Prismatic Pages.

Saturday, 27th June, 21.00: An evening in the forest with Nordic Black Xpress, performing an adaptation of Amitav Ghosh's Jungle Nama.

Sunday, 28th June, 10.00: Handover Ceremony in the Future Library Forest, when Amitav Ghosh and Tommy Orange will present their manuscripts.

Sunday, 28th June, 14.30: Placing of manuscripts in the Silent Room, followed by conversations with both authors, together with Professor Helge Jordheim and author Katrine Nedrejord.

Monday, 29th June 10.00-16.00 at Nordic Black Theatre: What Can Art Do for the Future?
Join the association of Long-term Art Projects, including the Future Library, for a symposium that unites creatives, thinkers, policymakers, and the public to explore how art is essential to imagining possible futures and catalyzing governance for intergenerational fairness. Registration and lunch fee details forthcoming.

"The Future Library is not a novelty. It’s one node in a quiet, distributed network of people building arks for deep time — an effort so diverse and beautiful and strange that it serves as hope-filled ballast amidst the drama and chaos of our current moment."

The Ark Builders Edition On deep time, global hiding places, and the case for forgetting.