{"id":4349,"date":"2010-04-12T01:33:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T08:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2010-04-20T03:54:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T10:54:19","slug":"2nd-international-writers-festival-2010-full-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=4349","title":{"rendered":"2nd International Writers Festival 2010 – Full Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we believe we left without having lived them, those we spent with a favorite book. Marcel Proust, On Reading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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:<\/p>\n

Monday – May 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00 – 12:00
\nAn Israeli Morning
\nReading and conversation with Meir Shalev
\nThe event will be held in Hebrew
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery<\/p>\n

13:00 \u2013 16:00
\nLiterary Tour
\nYehuda Amichai’s Jerusalem
\nA walking tour in the footsteps of Yehuda Amichai’s poetry
\nGuide: Efrat Campaniano
\nThe tour will be held in Hebrew
\nFor Registration: 02-5398888
\nYad Ben Zvi<\/p>\n

16:00 \u2013 19:00
\nChildren Literature Pavilion
\nCreative workshops, computer station to create digital books
\nDetailed program and information in page ___
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard<\/p>\n

17:00 \u2013 18:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nZeruya Shalev (Israel) and Siri Hustvedt (USA)
\nModerator: Eilat Negev
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

17:30 – 18:30
\nBetween the Lines
\nYoel Hoffman (Israel) and Dror Burstein (Israel) and musician Amir Lev,
\nOn ‘moods’, on literature, and on things that are nameless
\nThe Ticho House garden<\/p>\n

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Paolo Giordano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

18:00 \u2013 19:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nRon Leshem (Israel) and Paolo Giordano (Italy)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall<\/p>\n

18:30 \u2013 19:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nAshes and Ink: The Holocaust and Contemporary Writing
\nA panel discussion with Daniel Mendelsohn (USA), Adolfo Garcia Ortega (Spain), Nir Baram (Israel)
\nModerator: Sahra Blau
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls
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\n19:00 \u2013 20:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nGadi Taub (Israel) and Kathryn Harrison (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English
\n<\/strong>Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

20:30 \u2013 21:30
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nAmos Oz (Israel) and Simon Sebag Montefiore (UK)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

20:30 \u2013 23:00
\nBooks and Films
\nA discussion with Russel Banks about his book “The Sweet Hereafter”, followed by a screening of the film “The Sweet Hereafter”
\nDirector: Atom Egoyan
\nThe event will be held in English
\n<\/strong>For tickets: 02- 5654333
\nJerusalem Cinematheque 2<\/p>\n

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Sofi Oksanen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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21:00 \u2013 22:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWords and Beyond\/ between the lines
\n“Eyes Wide Shut”
\n\u00a0Music, writing and contemporary femininity
\nA special meeting with Sofi Oksanen, (Finland), Kathryn Harisson (USA) and Rona Kenan (Israel)
\nModerator: Meirav Michaeli
\nYellow Submarine<\/p>\n

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Tuesday – May 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

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11:00 – 12:00
\nAn Israeli Morning
\nReading and conversation with Amos Oz
\nThe event will be held in Hebrew
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery<\/p>\n

12:30 \u2013 15:00
\nWords without Borders
\nTwo Symposiums dealing with Literature, Politics and everything else.<\/p>\n

12:30 \u2013 13:30
\nSession 1 – The Essence of Freedom
\nReflections on the 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification
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\nDaniel Kehlmann (Germany), Judith Hermann (Germany), Eyal Megged (Israel), Sofi Oksanen (Finland)
\nModerator: Tzvia Greenfield<\/p>\n

13:30 \u2013 14:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nSession 2 – Coexistence in Judaeo-Arabic literature
\nNaim Araidi (Israel), Yossi Sukari (Israel) and a Guest writer from an Arab country
\nModerator: Smadar Peri
\nFree Admission to these events, sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer stiftung
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

12:30 \u2013 13:30
\nLiterary Documentary
\nThe Nature of Dreams
\nA documentary on the story of Amos Oz; the society in which he lives and the connections between them.
\nDirected by: Yonatan Zur, Masha Zur
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall<\/p>\n

13:00 \u2013 16:00
\nLiterary Tour
\nLadies and Gentlemen, Books!
\nA magical tour full of longing: tracing the libraries and forgotten treasured books of Jerusalem in the city\u2019s secondhand bookstores that will never return: Stein, Darom and even a German Antiquariat in the heart of Jerusalem.
\nThe tour will be held in Hebrew
\nFor Registration: 02-5398888
\nYad Ben Zvi<\/p>\n

16:00 \u2013 19:00
\nChildren\u2019s Literature Pavilion
\nCreative workshops, computer station to create digital books
\n\u00a0Detailed program and information in page ___
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard<\/p>\n

17:00 \u2013 18:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nAnita Shapira (Israel) with Simon Sebag Montefiore (UK)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

17:30 \u2013 19:00
\nReading and More
\nA Reading Session with American Writers:
\nJamaica Kinkaid, Jonathan Safran Foer and Russel Banks
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nFree Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Caf\u00e9: 02-6232758
\nTmol Shilshom Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

18:00 \u2013 19:00
\nMay 4- Chinese Literary Day
\nOhad Nevo (Israel) and Yu Hua (China)
\nThe event will be accompanied by a translator
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall<\/p>\n

18:30 \u2013 19:30
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nYoel Hoffman (Israel) and Michael Rips (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

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Ludmila Ulitskaya <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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19:30 \u2013 20:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nMeir Shalev (Israel) and Ludmila Ulitskaya (Russia)
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

21:00 \u2013 22:00
\nBetween the Lines\/Books and More: A Meeting in Town
\nSayed Kashua (Israel) on his new book ‘Second Person’ with the musician Yahli Sobol, with the performers Yonatan\u00a0 Conda and Neta Viner and the “Spoken Words” rap-fiction performance
\nHosted by Amalia Rosenblum
\nConfederation House<\/p>\n

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Paul Auster\/Photo: Lotte Hansen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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21:00 \u2013 22:30
\nA Jerusalem Trilogy
\nDavid Grossman (Israel) and Paul Auster (USA)
\nModerator:\u00a0 Kobi Medan
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

Wednesday – May 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00- 12:00
\nAn Israeli Morning
\nReading and conversing with Eshkol Nevo and Zruya Shalev
\nModerator: Shiri Lev Ari
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery<\/p>\n

12:30 \u2013 15:30
\nWriter’s Seminar
\nThe contemporary Israeli literature
\n\u00a0Between ‘Israeliness’ and Universality
\nEntrance by invitation only
\nThe Van Leer Institute<\/p>\n

13:00 \u2013 16:00
\nLiterary Tour
\nS.Y Agnon’s Jerusalem
\nA walking tour in the footsteps of Yehuda Amichai’s poetry
\nGuided by Efrat Campaniano
\nThe tour will be held in Hebrew
\nFor Registration: 02-5398888
\nYad Ben Zvi<\/p>\n

16:00 \u2013 19:00
\nChildren Literature Pavilion
\nCreative workshops, computer station to create digital books
\nDetailed program and information in page ___
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard
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Amir Gutfreund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

17:00 \u2013 18:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nAmir Gutfreund (Israel) and Jonathan Safran Foer (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English
\n<\/strong>Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

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Judith Hermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nShimon Adaf (Israel) and Judith Hermann (Germany)
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall<\/p>\n

17:00 \u2013 18:00 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nEli Amir (Israel) on Israeli literature in Arab countries, with guest writer from Arab country (details to follow)
\nTicket includes a visit to the exhibition “A Home without a Home”,
\nMuseum on the Seam
\n18:00 \u2013 19:00<\/p>\n

Writing Here, Writing There
\nYossi Avni-Levy (Israel) and Adolfo Garcia Ortega (Spain)
\nThe event will be accompanied by a translator
\nFree Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Caf\u00e9: 02-6232758
\nTmol Shilshom Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 20:00 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nEtgar Keret (Israel) and Andre Kurkov (Ukraine)
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 20:00
\nLiterary Documentary
\nMovie: Neighbors and Murders
\nDirector: Menachem Hadar
\nEditor: Esther Levine
\nCamera: Rami Lital
\nSound: Odelia Rosentzwig
\nProducer: Leah Levine
\n(Introduction to session with Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million)
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim \u2013 Fostel\u00a0<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 20:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nEshkol Nevo (Israel) and Russel Banks (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English
\n<\/strong>Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

19:00 \u201320:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nYehudit Katsir (Israel) and Sofi Oksanen (Finland)
\nThe event will be held in English
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall<\/p>\n

19:00 \u2013 21:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nBetween the Lines – The Music of Chance
\nPaul Auster in a one-time session with the audience
\nScreening of Smoke
\nDirector: Wayne Wang
\nThe Sergei Courtyard \u2013 Sustainable Jerusalem<\/p>\n

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20:30 \u2013 21:30
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nA.B. Yehoshua (Israel) and Daniel Mendelsohn (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

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Alona Kimhi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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21:00 \u2013 22:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nDeath and Humor Inspired by Russian Culture
\nLudmila Ulitskaya (Russia), Andre Kurkov (Ukraine) and Alona Kimchi (Israel), Grubman Michail , (Israel)
\nModerator: Asia Istushina
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

Thursday –\u00a0May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00- 12:00
\nAn Israeli Morning
\nReading and conversation with A.B. Yehoshua
\nModerator: Bilha Ben Eliyahu
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery<\/p>\n

12:30- 14:00
\nLiterary Awards
\nHow? To Whom?
\nInitiated by Mifal Ha\u2019payis
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium<\/p>\n

13:00 \u2013 16:00
\nLiterary Tour
\nAharon Applefeld’s Jerusalem
\nTracing Jerusalem\u2019s caf\u00e9’s, the people sitting inside, and the writing that was produced there, from the 1950’s and 1960’s till today.
\nGuide: Reuven Gafni
\nThe tour will be held in Hebrew
\nFor Registration: 02-5398888
\nYad Ben Zvi
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\n16:00 \u2013 19:00
\nChildren Literature Pavilion
\nCreative workshops, computer station to create digital books
\nDetailed program and information in page ___
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard<\/p>\n

17:00\u2013 18:00
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nNurit Gretz (Israel) and Jamaica Kinkaid (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim Auditorium<\/p>\n

17:30 – 18:30 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nDaniel Ben Simon (Israel) and Mark Dougan (France)
\nDjanogly Hall, Mishkenot Sha’ananim<\/p>\n

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Liliana Hecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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17:00 \u2013 18:00
\nBetween the Lines\/Books and More
\nThe show Stolen Party
\nBased on a story by Liliana Hecker
\nThree 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.<\/p>\n

Translated by: Tal Nitzan
\nAdaptation and director: Mor Frank
\nStage design and costumes: Majdale Churi
\nLighting: Netta Koren
\nMusic: Roni Brenner, Ofer Baimel<\/p>\n

With: Ranin Abou Channa, Moriah Ofir, Anat Chadid, Dana Haiar, Keren Yossef, Iris Laufer, Dana Laor, Yulia Simanov, Einat Schwartz, Reshit Te’ena
\nThe Jerusalem Khan Theatre, Little Khan<\/p>\n

18:00 \u2013 19:00 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nGavriella Avigur Rotem (Israel) and Liliana Hecker (Argentina)
\nIn a session on her book ‘The Stolen Party’
\nThe Jerusalem Khan Theatre, Little Khan<\/p>\n

18:30 – 19:30
\nWriting Here, Writing There
\nAharon Applefeld (Israel) and Nicole Krauss (USA)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

18:30 \u201319:30
\nBooks and Films
\nSession with author Yu Hua on his book To Live
\nFor tickets: 02- 5654333
\nThe event will be accompanied by a translator
\nJerusalem Cinematheque 4<\/p>\n

19:30 \u2013 21:30
\nScreening the movie: To Live
\nDirected by: Zhang Yimou
\nFor tickets: 02- 5654333
\nJerusalem Cinematheque 1<\/p>\n

21:30 – 20:30
\nWriting here, Writing there
\nEyal Meged (Israel) and Daniel Kehlmann (Germany)
\nThe event will be held in English<\/strong>
\nDjanogly Hall, Mishkenot Sha’ananim<\/p>\n

19:30 – 20:30
\nMeeting in Town
\nGadi Taub (Israel) and Etgar Keret (Israel)
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim Auditorium<\/p>\n

21:00 \u2013 22:30
\nClosing Ceremony
\nMusician Shlomi Shaban hosts festival guests, and performs with a medley of the best of Migdal Ha’Pizmon
\nMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls<\/p>\n

Uri Dromi is the Director of Mishkenot Sha’ananim and Tal Kramer-Vadai is the Festival Director, with Zilla Hayon as Artistic Consultant.<\/p>\n

Tickets for festival events range from 30 NIS (lectures) \u2013 60NIS (music, tours), with tickets to the closing event at 100NIS. To purchase tickets: www.bimot.co.il<\/a>, 02-6237000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}