In Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett writes about the joy of reading, about when fiction becomes so vividly alive that you take it with you into the real world. Through a series of chapters - told in I-, she- and even we-form - we follow the main character's development from a little girl to an adult woman, through childhood, promiscuity and bad boyfriends. At the same time, there is a development from reader to author, but not without a series of derailments and tortuous detours: A meeting with a customer at the supermarket becomes the starting point for a detailed story about his background. An early self-written story emerges in the strangest directions. Claire-Louise Bennett's language is a cornucopia, and in a playful and original way she takes us into her rich and curious world.

This conversation took place at the House of Literature in Oslo. On stage Bennet was joined by the Norwegian author and poet Amalie Kasin Lerstang.

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