400 years Turkey - The Netherlands

Turkey 2012

Sat 29 September - Sun 14 October 2012

From 1 to 8 October Writers Unlimited will have its third writers' tour to Turkey. Authors Adriaan van Dis (Netherlands), Antjie Krog (South-Africa) and Rodaan Al Galidi (Iraq/Netherlands) will perform in Istanbul, Ankara and Hatay for a general audience, for students and secondary school children.

See the menu on the left for the list of public performances.
The tour is one of the events in the celebration of 400 years relations between Turkey and The Netherlands, and is supported by the Dutch goverment.

Retrospect

Tuesday 2 October 2012

13:30 - 14:30

Oyuncak Müzesi - Istanbul

Writers Unlimited on Tour in Istanbul: Discussion

The three writers on tour for Writers Unlimited read from their work and discuss the festival theme 'Fear and the city', moderated by the Turkish writer Aslı E. Perker.

20:00 - 21:00

Karga - Istanbul

Writers Unlimited on Tour in Istanbul - Unchartered Territories

Reading and discussion with Antjie Krog, Rodaan Al Galidi, Adriaan Van Dis, Ömer Erdem, Gülşah Elikbank. The authors will discuss the particularities of writing within the confines of an unfamiliar …

Wednesday 3 October 2012

19:00 - 20:00

Cezayir Conference Hall - Istanbul

Writers On Tour in Istanbul - Remembrance of Places

Adriaan van Dis, Antjie Krog en Rodaan Al Galidi and the Turkish author Sadik Yalsizuncanlar. Places have their own memories, they in their own right interact with the narrative and set the grounds …

Thursday 4 October 2012

18:30 - 19:30

Soul Café - Ankara

Writers Unlimited on Tour in Ankara

Antjie Krog, Adriaan van Dis en Rodaan Al Galidi treden samen op met de Turkse auteur Ayşegül Çelik, met gespreksleider Aslı E. Perker.

Saturday 6 October 2012

18:30 - 19:30

Samandağ Belediyesi Kültür Merkezi - Hatay

Writers Unlimited on tour in Hatay: Portraits of Multicultural Societies

Is multiculturalism merely a rhetorical concept? Are the authors living in diaspora always marked with their national identities and always expected to write about the inevitably exotic lands they …

19:30 - 20:30

Samandağ Belediyesi Kültür Merkezi - Hatay

Writers Unlimited on Tour in Hatay - Siir Okuma/Poetry Reading

Poetry readings of Antie Krog, Rodaan Al Galidi and the Turkish author Ömer Erdem.

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