Istanbul 2009
Word Express - Poetry and Film
1st November,
14:00 - 15:30
Nazım Hikmek Cultural Centre
Word Express writers speak of their journey and read from their work. Plus a screening of films by Netalie Braun (Israel) .With Raman Mundair (UK), Adisa Basic (Bosnia), Claudiu Komartin (Romania), Aleksandra Dimitrova (Macedonia) , Uri Hollander (Israel) and Yaprak Oz.
Word Express - Poetry Reading
1st of November
18:30 - 20:00
Yerebatan Cistern
Anahit Hayrapetyan(Armenia),
Katerina Iliopoulou (Greece),
Marko Pogacar (Croatia),
Adela Greceanu (Romania),
Milan Dobričić (Serbia),
Uri Hollander (Israel),
Gokçenur Ç (Turkey) and
Efe Duyan (Turkey) present work and talk of their journey on
the Word Express.
Word Express - closing reading at Tuyap
3rd of November,
13:00 - 14:30
International Hall Forum, Hall 5
Prose readings from Owen Martell (UK), Chris Chrissopoulos (Greece), Ognjen Spahic (Montenegro), Mima Simic (Croatia), Mirt Komel (Slovenia), Igor Isakovski (Macedonia), Jaklin Celik and Baris Mustecaplioglu. Plus we present photos of the Word Express project by Anahit Hayrapetyan (Armenia).
These events happen in conjunction with two major literary events:
The inaugral Istanbul Tanipar Literature Festival, October 31st and November 3rd.
The 2009 Istanbul Book Fair, 31 October - 8th of November.
News
If you've been wondering what Word Express writers have been working on recently, you'll be pleased to hear that Owen Martell's novel 'Dyn Yr Eiliad' has been translated into Serbian by Milan Dobričić's Read the full story here.
Using photography and music from our multi-talented Word Express writer-travellers, we've put together this short slide show with music from Ivan Hristov's band Gologan.