10th Prague Writers' Festival Dedicated to Jaroslav Seifert “But the most beautiful of all gods is Love” Studio Ypsilon 9 – 15 April 2000 | |
Sunday, 9 April - “Tribute to Jaroslav Seifert” | |
17.00 |
Conversation: “The Genetics of Culture” Lord Mayor Jan Kasl & Alan Rusbridger editor of „The Guardian“ Viola Theatre, Národní 7, Praha 1 |
19.30 | Jaroslav Seifert Evening Viola Theatre |
Monday, 10 April - “Guardian Day” | |
12.00 | Press Conference: Susan Sontag The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 | Signing: Susan Sontag ”In America” The Globe Bookstore |
15.00 | Guardian Forum: ”In Search of Liberal Europe” Hugo Young, Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee, John Vidal, Gary Younge |
19.30 | International Evening: William Styron (USA) |
Tuesday, 11 April - „New York, New York“ |
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12.00 | Press Conference: William Styron The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 | Signing: William Styron The Globe Bookstore |
15.00 | Conversation: “Dog Wars: Liverwurst or the Banality of Evil” William Styron, Susan Sontag, Robert Stone |
19.30 | International Evening: Susan Sontag & Robert Stone (USA) |
Wednesday, 12 April - “Athens” |
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11.00 | Press Conference: Robert Stone The Globe Bookstore |
12.00 | Signing: Robert Stone The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 | Conversation:
“The Unity of Opposites: Contemporary Greek Prose”
Katerina Anghelaki - Rooke,
Amanda Michalopoulou, Demosthenes Kourtovik, Menis Koumandareas, Alexandra Büchler |
15.00 | Reading: Amanda Michalopoulou, Katerina Anghelaki - Rooke, Demosthenes Kourtovik |
17.00 | Signing: Greek Authors The Globe Bookstore |
17.00 | Signing: Aharon Appelfeld ”Delusion” Academia, Václavské nám. 34, Praha 1 |
19.30 | International Evening:
Menis Koumandareas (Greece), Aharon Appelfeld (Israel) |
Thursday, 13 April - “Prague” |
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10.00 | Signing: Ian McEwan The Globe Bookstore |
11.00 | Signing: Czech Authors & Bei Dao The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 |
Parker Prize Ceremony “The world in the next millennium or Is there any hope in our future?” |
15.00 | Reading: Petr Borkovec , Michal Ajvaz , Odillo Stradický |
19.30 | Reading:
Josef Škvorecký (Czech Republic / Canada) Bei Dao (China) |
Friday, 14 April - “Toronto – Montréal” |
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11.00 | Signing: Canadian Authors The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 | Conversation: “A Tale of Two Cultures” Margaret Atwood, Gérald Leblanc, Anne Michaels |
15.00 | Reading: Anne Michaels & Gérald Leblanc |
19.30 | International Evening:
Serge Patrice Thibodeau (Canada) Margaret Atwood |
Saturday, 15 April - “London” |
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11.00 | Signing: John Calder , Ian McEwan , Biyi Bandele The Globe Bookstore |
13.00 | Talk: “Murphy’s Law: Beckett in London” John Calder |
15.00 | Conversation: “Incidents at the Shrine: The Mythical World of British Literature” John Calder, Ian McEwan, Biyi Bandele |
19.30 | International Evening: Ian McEwan a Biyi Bandele (Great Britain) |