Marcel Proust, will not, unfortunately, be attending the 2nd International Writers Festival taking place at Mishkenot Sha’ananim from May 2 – 6, but just about everyone else will! For the full program:
Monday – May 3
11:00 – 12:00
An Israeli Morning
Reading and conversation with Meir Shalev
The event will be held in Hebrew
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery
13:00 – 16:00
Literary Tour
Yehuda Amichai’s Jerusalem
A walking tour in the footsteps of Yehuda Amichai’s poetry
Guide: Efrat Campaniano
The tour will be held in Hebrew
For Registration: 02-5398888
Yad Ben Zvi
16:00 – 19:00
Children Literature Pavilion
Creative workshops, computer station to create digital books
Detailed program and information in page ___
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard
17:00 – 18:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Zeruya Shalev (Israel) and Siri Hustvedt (USA)
Moderator: Eilat Negev
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
17:30 – 18:30
Between the Lines
Yoel Hoffman (Israel) and Dror Burstein (Israel) and musician Amir Lev,
On ‘moods’, on literature, and on things that are nameless
The Ticho House garden
18:00 – 19:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Ron Leshem (Israel) and Paolo Giordano (Italy)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall
18:30 – 19:30 אוזניות
Ashes and Ink: The Holocaust and Contemporary Writing
A panel discussion with Daniel Mendelsohn (USA), Adolfo Garcia Ortega (Spain), Nir Baram (Israel)
Moderator: Sahra Blau
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
19:00 – 20:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Gadi Taub (Israel) and Kathryn Harrison (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
20:30 – 21:30
Writing Here, Writing There
Amos Oz (Israel) and Simon Sebag Montefiore (UK)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
20:30 – 23:00
Books and Films
A discussion with Russel Banks about his book “The Sweet Hereafter”, followed by a screening of the film “The Sweet Hereafter”
Director: Atom Egoyan
The event will be held in English
For tickets: 02- 5654333
Jerusalem Cinematheque 2
21:00 – 22:30 אוזניות
Words and Beyond/ between the lines
“Eyes Wide Shut”
Music, writing and contemporary femininity
A special meeting with Sofi Oksanen, (Finland), Kathryn Harisson (USA) and Rona Kenan (Israel)
Moderator: Meirav Michaeli
Yellow Submarine
Tuesday – May 4
11:00 – 12:00
An Israeli Morning
Reading and conversation with Amos Oz
The event will be held in Hebrew
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery
12:30 – 15:00
Words without Borders
Two Symposiums dealing with Literature, Politics and everything else.
12:30 – 13:30
Session 1 – The Essence of Freedom
Reflections on the 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification
Daniel Kehlmann (Germany), Judith Hermann (Germany), Eyal Megged (Israel), Sofi Oksanen (Finland)
Moderator: Tzvia Greenfield
13:30 – 14:30 אוזניות
Session 2 – Coexistence in Judaeo-Arabic literature
Naim Araidi (Israel), Yossi Sukari (Israel) and a Guest writer from an Arab country
Moderator: Smadar Peri
Free Admission to these events, sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer stiftung
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
12:30 – 13:30
Literary Documentary
The Nature of Dreams
A documentary on the story of Amos Oz; the society in which he lives and the connections between them.
Directed by: Yonatan Zur, Masha Zur
Mishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall
13:00 – 16:00
Literary Tour
Ladies and Gentlemen, Books!
A magical tour full of longing: tracing the libraries and forgotten treasured books of Jerusalem in the city’s secondhand bookstores that will never return: Stein, Darom and even a German Antiquariat in the heart of Jerusalem.
The tour will be held in Hebrew
For Registration: 02-5398888
Yad Ben Zvi
16:00 – 19:00
Children’s Literature Pavilion
Creative workshops, computer station to create digital books
Detailed program and information in page ___
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard
17:00 – 18:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Anita Shapira (Israel) with Simon Sebag Montefiore (UK)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
17:30 – 19:00
Reading and More
A Reading Session with American Writers:
Jamaica Kinkaid, Jonathan Safran Foer and Russel Banks
The event will be held in English
Free Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Café: 02-6232758
Tmol Shilshom Café
18:00 – 19:00
May 4- Chinese Literary Day
Ohad Nevo (Israel) and Yu Hua (China)
The event will be accompanied by a translator
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall
18:30 – 19:30
Writing Here, Writing There
Yoel Hoffman (Israel) and Michael Rips (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
19:30 – 20:30 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Meir Shalev (Israel) and Ludmila Ulitskaya (Russia)
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
21:00 – 22:00
Between the Lines/Books and More: A Meeting in Town
Sayed Kashua (Israel) on his new book ‘Second Person’ with the musician Yahli Sobol, with the performers Yonatan Conda and Neta Viner and the “Spoken Words” rap-fiction performance
Hosted by Amalia Rosenblum
Confederation House
21:00 – 22:30
A Jerusalem Trilogy
David Grossman (Israel) and Paul Auster (USA)
Moderator: Kobi Medan
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
Wednesday – May 5
11:00- 12:00
An Israeli Morning
Reading and conversing with Eshkol Nevo and Zruya Shalev
Moderator: Shiri Lev Ari
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery
12:30 – 15:30
Writer’s Seminar
The contemporary Israeli literature
Between ‘Israeliness’ and Universality
Entrance by invitation only
The Van Leer Institute
13:00 – 16:00
Literary Tour
S.Y Agnon’s Jerusalem
A walking tour in the footsteps of Yehuda Amichai’s poetry
Guided by Efrat Campaniano
The tour will be held in Hebrew
For Registration: 02-5398888
Yad Ben Zvi
16:00 – 19:00
Children Literature Pavilion
Creative workshops, computer station to create digital books
Detailed program and information in page ___
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard
17:00 – 18:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Amir Gutfreund (Israel) and Jonathan Safran Foer (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
17:00 – 18:00 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Shimon Adaf (Israel) and Judith Hermann (Germany)
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall
17:00 – 18:00 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Eli Amir (Israel) on Israeli literature in Arab countries, with guest writer from Arab country (details to follow)
Ticket includes a visit to the exhibition “A Home without a Home”,
Museum on the Seam
18:00 – 19:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Yossi Avni-Levy (Israel) and Adolfo Garcia Ortega (Spain)
The event will be accompanied by a translator
Free Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Café: 02-6232758
Tmol Shilshom Café
19:00 – 20:00 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Etgar Keret (Israel) and Andre Kurkov (Ukraine)
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
19:00 – 20:00
Literary Documentary
Movie: Neighbors and Murders
Director: Menachem Hadar
Editor: Esther Levine
Camera: Rami Lital
Sound: Odelia Rosentzwig
Producer: Leah Levine
(Introduction to session with Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million)
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Fostel
19:00 – 20:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Eshkol Nevo (Israel) and Russel Banks (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
19:00 –20:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Yehudit Katsir (Israel) and Sofi Oksanen (Finland)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall
19:00 – 21:30 אוזניות
Between the Lines – The Music of Chance
Paul Auster in a one-time session with the audience
Screening of Smoke
Director: Wayne Wang
The Sergei Courtyard – Sustainable Jerusalem
20:30 – 21:30
Writing Here, Writing There
A.B. Yehoshua (Israel) and Daniel Mendelsohn (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
21:00 – 22:30 אוזניות
Death and Humor Inspired by Russian Culture
Ludmila Ulitskaya (Russia), Andre Kurkov (Ukraine) and Alona Kimchi (Israel), Grubman Michail , (Israel)
Moderator: Asia Istushina
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
Thursday – May 6
11:00- 12:00
An Israeli Morning
Reading and conversation with A.B. Yehoshua
Moderator: Bilha Ben Eliyahu
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery
12:30- 14:00
Literary Awards
How? To Whom?
Initiated by Mifal Ha’payis
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium
13:00 – 16:00
Literary Tour
Aharon Applefeld’s Jerusalem
Tracing Jerusalem’s café’s, the people sitting inside, and the writing that was produced there, from the 1950’s and 1960’s till today.
Guide: Reuven Gafni
The tour will be held in Hebrew
For Registration: 02-5398888
Yad Ben Zvi
16:00 – 19:00
Children Literature Pavilion
Creative workshops, computer station to create digital books
Detailed program and information in page ___
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard
17:00– 18:00
Writing Here, Writing There
Nurit Gretz (Israel) and Jamaica Kinkaid (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim Auditorium
17:30 – 18:30 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Daniel Ben Simon (Israel) and Mark Dougan (France)
Djanogly Hall, Mishkenot Sha’ananim
17:00 – 18:00
Between the Lines/Books and More
The show Stolen Party
Based on a story by Liliana Hecker
Three short stories about three women of different ages, in moments of maturation, disillusionment and change. Ten actresses and two musicians playing live and improvised music create a miniature and minimalistic world.
Translated by: Tal Nitzan
Adaptation and director: Mor Frank
Stage design and costumes: Majdale Churi
Lighting: Netta Koren
Music: Roni Brenner, Ofer Baimel
With: Ranin Abou Channa, Moriah Ofir, Anat Chadid, Dana Haiar, Keren Yossef, Iris Laufer, Dana Laor, Yulia Simanov, Einat Schwartz, Reshit Te’ena
The Jerusalem Khan Theatre, Little Khan
18:00 – 19:00 אוזניות
Writing Here, Writing There
Gavriella Avigur Rotem (Israel) and Liliana Hecker (Argentina)
In a session on her book ‘The Stolen Party’
The Jerusalem Khan Theatre, Little Khan
18:30 – 19:30
Writing Here, Writing There
Aharon Applefeld (Israel) and Nicole Krauss (USA)
The event will be held in English
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
18:30 –19:30
Books and Films
Session with author Yu Hua on his book To Live
For tickets: 02- 5654333
The event will be accompanied by a translator
Jerusalem Cinematheque 4
19:30 – 21:30
Screening the movie: To Live
Directed by: Zhang Yimou
For tickets: 02- 5654333
Jerusalem Cinematheque 1
21:30 – 20:30
Writing here, Writing there
Eyal Meged (Israel) and Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)
The event will be held in English
Djanogly Hall, Mishkenot Sha’ananim
19:30 – 20:30
Meeting in Town
Gadi Taub (Israel) and Etgar Keret (Israel)
Mishkenot Sha’ananim Auditorium
21:00 – 22:30
Closing Ceremony
Musician Shlomi Shaban hosts festival guests, and performs with a medley of the best of Migdal Ha’Pizmon
Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
Uri Dromi is the Director of Mishkenot Sha’ananim and Tal Kramer-Vadai is the Festival Director, with Zilla Hayon as Artistic Consultant.
Tickets for festival events range from 30 NIS (lectures) – 60NIS (music, tours), with tickets to the closing event at 100NIS. To purchase tickets: www.bimot.co.il, 02-6237000
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