Petr Borkovec - UK and Ireland tour
24th November, 1 pm,
25th November, 7.30 pm, George Mackay Brown Library
Renowned Czech poet Petr Borkovec is to tour
The landmark book is published in English by Seren with the aid of the Welsh Literature Exchange and Wales Arts International. The events are organised jointly by Literature Across Frontiers, Wales Literature Exchange, Poetry Wales, Seren, and
International Poetry Days in Prague with Patrick McGuinness
18th November, 7:30 pm
Café and Bookshop Fra, Šafaříkova 15, Prague
19th November, 5:00 pm
Faculty of Philosophy, Ostrava University, room E315, Reální 5, Ostrava
As part of the 10th Czech and International Poetry Days in Prague
The night will be introduced by Petr Borkovec who will in return be visiting Wales for the launch of an English translation of his collected poems Vnitrozemí - From The Interior, as part of a UK and Ireland tour. The visits are part of growing literary links between Wales and the Czech Republic
[read more]Six Polish Poets - Tour
22nd - 26th October
Dublin, Manchester, Crewe, Bangor, London
Six Polish Poets edited by Jacek Dehnel, published by Arc Publications, will be launched during a UK and Ireland tour with Agnieszka Kuciak and Tomasz Różycki.The tour is organised by Literature Across Frontiers in cooperation with the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute in London and Polish Embassy in Dublin.
José Luis de Juan & Jordi Puntí
21st - 23rd October
Manchester, Leeds, London
Literature Across Frontiers brings two exceptional authors from Spain to the UK. The prose writers and journalists José Luis de Juan from Majorca and Jordi Puntí from Catalonia will appear in conversation with editor, critic and translator Martin Schifino at the Manchester Literature Festival and at Foyles Bookshop and Gallery in London. The two authors will also read at Leeds University under the auspices of Instituto Cervantes. Come along for a rare international event.
[read more]Turkish Literature in Europe
October 17th, 4pm – 5pm
After the debate join us for a drink at the Translators' Centre Cafe to celebrate the launch of the Turkish issues of the internet literary reviews Transcript and Words Without Borders.
[read more]Walestonia - Translation and Music Workshop
15th - 16th October
Aberystwyth Arts Centre,
Wales
Poet and rapper Aneirin Karadog (Wales) will be joined by poets and performers Kristiina Ehin and Jürgen Rooste (Estonia) for a translation and music workshop followed by a performance of their work at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, at 7.45pm on Thursday 16th October.
The event is organised by Literature Across Frontiers and Welsh Literature Abroad in collaboration with the Estonian Embassy in London as part of the Walestonia Festival 2008 programme which celebrates 90 years of the Republic of Estonia and its longstanding ties with Wales.
[read more]LAF at Sha’ar International Poetry Festival
17th - 23rd September
Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Nazareth
Israel
Continuing our cooperation with the Helicon Society for the Advancement of Poetry in Israel, LAF is sending Rikardo Arregi (Basque Country), Bejan Matur (Turkey), Sigurdur Pálsson (Iceland) to the Sha’ar International Poetry Festival.
[read more]Malta Mediterranean Literature festival and Translation Workshop
8th – 15th September
Couvre Porte, Birgu.
Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival is now in its third year. Chris Chryssopoulos (Greece), Hassan el Ouazzani (Morocco), Polona Glavan (Slovenia), Paola Turroni (Italy), Simone Inguanez, Caldon Mercieca, Claudia Gauci, Karl Schembri (Malta) will be joined by the Icelandic poet, musician and songwriter Adalsteinn Asberg Sigurdsson for a translation workshop followed by a series of literary events.
Lesser-Known Literatures of Europe at Vilenica
3rd - 7th September
Vilenica and Ljubljana, Slovenia
In our third year of collaboration with the Slovenian Writers’ Association – organisers of the Vilenica International Literary Festival, LAF is helping to put some of Europe’s lesser-known literary talent in the spotlight.
This year’s focus is on contemporary Lithuanian writing. LAF, Books from Lithuania and the Embassy of Lithuania in Ljubljana will be presenting Lithuanian writers Eugenijus Ališanka, Birutė Jonuškaitė, Sigitas Parulskis, Kornelijus Platelis and Tomas Venclova in a round-table discussion moderated by Marko Sosič, followed by readings and some Lithuanian Jazz on Friday the 5th of September. The publication of the third volume in the Vilenica Anthologies Series, Artuma: Contemporary Lithuanian Literature will be celebrated at the festival, alongside a number of recent translations of Lithuanian literature into Slovenian.
Six Lithuanian Poets – The UK Tour
10th – 16th August
Manchester, Edinburgh, London
Six Lithuanian Poets, published by Arc Publications, is the fourth in the series New Poetry from Europe and Beyond. Lithuanian poets Eugenijus Al
The Music of Language Workshop
4th – 12th August 2008
Crear, By Tarbert, Argyll
and the Edinburgh International Book Festival
In collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library, LAF are facilitating a workshop bringing poetry, music, people and cultures together at Crear, an inspirational retreat on the west coast of Scotland. Gerry Cambridge (poet, musician, Scotland), Lise Sinclair (poet, musician, Scotland), Gintaras Grajauskas (poet, musician, Lithuania), Adalsteinn Ásberg Sigurdsson (poet, musician, Iceland), Ástvaldur Traustason (musician, Iceland), will all be participating together with facilitators Alexandra Büchler (Director, LAF) and Robyn Marsack (Director, Scottish Poetry Library). The creative results of the workshop will be performed at the Writers Retreat in Edinburgh on the 11th of August.
[read more]Slovenian – Turkish Translation Workshop
8th – 15th June
Ljubljana
Poets from Turkey Bejan Matur, Haydar Ergülen, Tuna Kiremitci will be joining Slovenian poets Alja Adam, MarjanStrojan, Primož Čučnik for a workshop exploring poetical expression through translation.
This event is organised by Center for Slovenian Literature and Literature Across Frontiers in cooperation with the Living Literature Festival in Ljubljana, (for more information see www.skuc.org).
[read more]Gay Poetry Workshop - Slovenia
7th - 14th June 2008
Fiesa and Ljubljana
Following the success of the first gay poetry translation workshop held in Slovenia in 2006, LAF and the Center for Slovenian Literature are organising a third workshop, with the following participants: Andras Gerevich (Hungary), Christopher Whyte (UK), Dmitri Kuzmin (Russia), Gašper Malej (Slovenia), Lawrence Schimel (Spain) and Valery Ledenyov (Russia).
This workshop is held in cooperation with Festival Ziva knjizevnost / Living Literature Festival and Galerija Skuc, see www.skuc.org for more information.
Thessaloniki International Book Fair
29th May – 1st June
Helexpo Exhibition center
154 Egnatias Street, Thessaloniki
LAF will be attending this year’s fair with a collective stand representing literary organisations from the Basque Country, Catalonia, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Flanders – Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia and Wales.
European Literature Today
17th May 2008, 7-8.30pm
Conference Centre Theatre, Goethe Institut Cairo
18th May 2008, 7.30-9pm
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
This weekend Literature Across Frontiers is in Egypt for two evenings of poetry and debate with Sylvia Geist (Germany), Adrian Grima (Malta), Jaan Kaplinski (Estonia), Marta Pessarrodona (Catalonia) and Fatima Naoot (Egypt). Literature Across Frontiers is celebrating the Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 with a landmark exchange of literary culture between Europe and the Arab World. A collection of contemporary books is being donated to the Alexandria Library to highlight the linguistic and literary diversity of today's Europe.
Israel Translation Workshop
28th April – 5th May
Following the first successful joint workshop in 2007, LAF and the Helicon Society for the Advancement of Poetry in Israel are bringing together Israeli poets Yael Globermann, Sabina Messeg and Amir Or with Doris Kareva (Estonian, Estonia) Meg Bateman (Scottish Gaelic, UK) and Pascale Petit (English, France/UK).
The poets will be reading at the Nissan International Festival of Poetry in Ma’gar in
BookWorld, Prague 2008
24th – 27th April
The 14th
In accordance with the guest of honour –
The London Book Fair 2008
14th - 16th April
Earl’s Court,
This year’s London Book Fair will be focusing on the Arab world and you can visit Literature Across Frontiers's collective stand (V345). LAF will be hosting a seminar ‘Making Literature Travel’ with Alexandra Buchler on April 15th at 17:00pm, Westminster Room, level 1.
A New European Irony?
4th - 6th April
Dasein Club, Athens
LAF brings up-and-coming writers to the Dasein Club in Athens for a three-day gathering of talk, readings and celebration through film, music and prose. Chris Chryssopoulos (novelist, essayist, translator; Greece) Alex Epstein (fiction writer; Israel) István László Geher (pen name: László G. István; poet, translator; Hungary) Ekaterina Taratuta (novelist, fiction writer, philosopher, editor; Russia) will be appearing and join journalists, critics, bloggers and bookcrossers in a closing party on April 6th. For more information on the festival, visit www.dasein.gr
Poetry Translation Workshop - Algeria
27th March, 2:30pm,
Galerie d'art Benyaa, Bir Mourad Rais, Alger.
30th March, 5pm,
Centre Culturel Francais, 7 rue Hassani Issad, Alger.
From the 24th to the 31st of March in Algiers, LAF is bringing together poets Mohamed Al Amraoui from Morocco and France, Adrian Grima from Malta, Slovenian poet Brane Mozetič, Sigurdur Pállson from Iceland, Catalan poet Josep Piera, together with Algerian poets Samira Negrouche who writes in French, Achour Fenni writing in Arabic and Brahim Tazaghart, writing in Tamazight.
The workshop is a chance for the poets to share and translate not only words but ideas, insights and culture. There will be public readings taking place on Thursday the 27th of March at 14:30pm at Benyaa Art Gallery and on Sunday the 30th of March at 17:00pm in the garden of Centre Culturel Français.
Leipzig Book Fair
13th – 16th March
Leipziger Buchmesse
LAF is holding a collective stand at this year’s fair, representing organisations from Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Wales. The event is the spring meeting for the European publishing and media sectors and the aim is to drum up publicity for new books from across the world. The fair also marks the newest trends in the German-speaking and European literature markets; this year’s focus of attention is on Croatia. [read more]
Abu Dhabi Book Fair
11th - 16th March
Abu Dhabi
This year at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, LAF was pleased host a collective stand representing a range of organisations operating in support of literary translation and exchange from across Europe and beyond.
Throughout the fair’s professional programme and conference, discussions were held on the challenges of publishing books in translation. The fair was also host to the first International Prize for Arabic Fiction which was awarded to author Baha Taher on the eve of the fair. The Sheikh Zayed Book Awards for Arab thinkers and innovators working across the field of literature, arts and technology were also announced. Other highlights from a number of Arabic publishing figures included appearances from best-selling Egyptian author Alaa al-Aswany and ‘Talking Literature: Love Matters – Female Writing in
Changing Places - Welsh and Flemish poets in residence
March - April 2008
Wales and Brussels
In recognition that promotion of culture abroad cannot work without reciprocity, and following on from the Sealines Port Exchange project in 2005-07, Welsh Literature Abroad with the support of Literature Accross Frontiers is organising a literary exchange between
Welsh Literature Abroad will be welcoming Flemish poet Eva Cox to
Istanbul Poetry Translation Workshop
1st - 7th March
Istanbul
After two successful visits to the Istanbul Book Fair in previous years, LAF returns to Turkey to bring together four poets from Europe with their Turkish counterparts to explore each others’ work and its context through discussion and translation.
The visiting poets are Catharina Gripenberg, a Swedish-language poet from Finland, Albert Roig from Catalonia whose poetry has been widely performed on stage and set to music, the leading Polish poet Marzanna Kielar and the Estonian poet Ly Ehin who is also a translator of Turkish literature. They will appear together with the well-known poet Bejan Matur at the Can Bookshop, on Thursday, March 6, at 6pm.
European Literature Today - Bibliotheca Alexandrina
24th January,
Bibliotheca Alexandri na, Small Theatre,
Literature Across Frontiers starts the year of intercultural dialogue - 2008 - with a landmark exchange of literary culture between Europe and the Arab world. Books from all over Europe are being donated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt’s ambitious and extensive library.
To mark the project, a gala evening of literature and music is being held in the library’s Small Theatre on 25th January 2008. A reading by visiting authors Niall Griffiths and James Robertson from the United Kingdom, Anton Hykisch from Slovakia, Sandra Kalniete from Latvia, Svetlana Makarovic from Slovenia and special guest Ibrahim Abdel Meguid will be followed by a concert given by the award-winning local band Massar Egbari. The project is also being celebrated with an event on 24th January in Cairo to coincide with the opening of the Cairo International Book Fair. [read more]