Thessaloniki, 2009

Thessaloniki

UNDERGROUND - ENTEFKTIRIO
9 Despere Street, Thessaloniki
Entrance Free

Tuesday Oct 27 th 20:30
"A sideways view"

Five contemporary poets (re)shape reality, memory and experience through the anorthodox geometry of language. Bilingual reading in Greek and the original languages. With: Katerina Iliopoulou (Greece) - Adela Greceanu (Romania) - Giorgos Chantzis (Greece) - Ivan Çristov (Bulgaria) - Vasilis Amanatidis (Greece).

Wednesday Oct 28 th  20:30
"A moment's story"
The lens of literature discovers the whole within the partial, traces history through isolated instances and rediscovers the collective behind the individual. Bilingual reading in Greek and the original languages. Film screening of Netalie Braun's  Gevald (18min) with English subtitles. With: Elias Maglinis (Greece) - Ongjen Spahic (Montenegro) - Konstantinos Tzamiotis (Greece) - Netalie Braun (Israel).



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News

New Word Express participant Hywel Griffiths sent us English translations of three of his poems. You can read them here alongside the originals.
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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.

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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.

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