WORD EXPRESS 2009 in Belgrade

U okviru međunarodnog književnog projekta Word Express u Beograd stiže grupa mladih pisaca na putu ka Solunu i Istanbulu. U Beogradu će se publici predstaviti Netali Braun (Izrael), Oven Martel (Velika Britanija), Adisa Bašić (Bosna i Hercegovina) i Milan Dobričić (Srbija). Sa njima zajedno nastupaće lokalni pisci Ana Ristović, Enes Halilović, Petar Matović i Dejan Matić. Više informacija na www.word-express.org.

As part of international literary project Word Express a group of young writers, on their way to Thessaloniki and Istanbul, arrives in Belgrade. Netalie Braun (Israel), Owen Martell (Great Britain), Adisa Bašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Milan Dobričić (Serbia). Local writers Ana Ristović, Enes Halilović, Petar Matović and Dejan Matić will participate with them. More info at www.word-express.org.

WORD EXPRESS 2009 U BEOGRADU - PROGRAM

Subota, 24.10.
12-13.30h Književni matine, Biblioteka grada Beograda, Rimska dvorana, Knez Mihailova 56

20-22h Pesničenje - trening aktivne poezije, REX, Jevrejska 16

Nedelja, 25.10.
20.30-22.30h Književno veče za šankom, španski bar Casa Garcia, Kraljevića Marka 19

Ponedeljak, 26.10.

11-12h Konferencija za novinare, Srpski PEN centar, Terazije 29/II
18-20h Poseta Beogradskom sajmu knjiga

27-30.10. Solun

31-4.11. Istanbul

WORD EXPRESS 2009 IN BELGRADE - PROGRAM

Saturday, 24.10.
12-13.30h Literary matinee, Belgrade City Library, Roman hall, Knez Mihailova 56

20-22h Pesničenje – active poetry training, REX, Jevrejska 16

Sunday, 25.10.
20.30-22.30h Literary evening at a bar, Spanish bar Casa Garcia, Kraljevića Marka 19

Monday, 26.10.

11-12h Press conference, Serbian PEN Center, Terazije 29/II
18-20h Visit to Belgrade Book Fair

27-30.10. Thessaloniki

31-4.11. Istanbul

In the second half of October 2009, twenty young writers from South-East Europe and the United Kingdom will embark on a train journey with a difference. Travelling in three separate groups, the writers will set out from Sarajevo, Bucharest and Ljubljana as part of a literary project called Word Express. Their final destination will be Istanbul, but before reaching the Turkish capital, they will stop in a number of cities along the way to be meet local writers and give readings, and eventually write about their impressions of the places they visit and the people they encounter.

The Word Express writers will arrive in Istanbul on 30 October and will spend five days meeting their Turkish colleagues and presenting their work in several venues, including the newly launched Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival and the annual Istanbul Book Fair.

Some fifty young authors and translators will be eventually involved in the project, exploring the region’s cultural, social and political legacy and meeting their colleagues from the participating countries. The participants come from the following countries: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom – and their work will be translated into the languages of the region and published in literary magazines in each of the participating countries. They will also have the opportunity to work collaboratively on projects combining writing with video and film art, photography and music, to be showcased in the second stage of the project in 2010.