Festival spisovatelů

Sunday, 7 June

19:00 Gala Evening at Laterna Magika Theatre

Performance: Handa Gote

Hosts: Michael March President, Prague Writers' Festival

Pavel Bém Mayor, City of Prague

Presentation: Spiros Vergos Prize for Freedom of Expression

Guardian Conversation: "All tales are a tale I'm telling myself"

Adonis

Syria | France

Wolf Biermann

Germany

Robert Crumb

USA

Gao Xingjian

China | France

Max Rudin USA | moderator

simultaneous translation: Czech | English | French | German

Ensemble of Laterna Magika Theatre: Code 58.08

Gala Party hosted by the French Embassy at Laterna Magika Theatre

Admission: 300 czk

Monday, 8 June

18:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

Guardian Conversation: "Poetry"

Adonis Syria | France

Mourid Barghouti Palestine

Anne Michaels Canada

Yang Lian China | Great Britain

Anne Waldman USA | moderator

simultaneous translation: Czech | English | French

Admission: 100 czk | students 50 czk

20:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

International Reading:

Mourid Barghouti Palestine

Gao Xingjian China │ France

Anne Michaels Canada

simultaneous translation: Czech | English

Admission: 170 czk │ students 70 czk

Tuesday, 9 June

18:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

Guardian conversation: “The freedom to lie”

Iain Banks Great Britain

Wolf Biermann Germany

Ma Jian China │ Great Britain

Jaroslav Rudiš Czech Republic

Max Rudin USA | moderator

simultaneous translation: Czech | English | German

Admission: 100 czk │ students 50 czk

20:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

International Reading:

Iain Banks Great Britain

Jaroslav Rudiš Czech Republic

Jaromír Švejdík Czech Republic

Yang Lian China │ Great Britain

simultaneous translation: Czech | English

Admission: 170 czk │ students 70 czk

Wednesday, 10 June

17:00 Municipal Library

Presentation: Walter Serner Short Story Prize

in Czech | Admission: Free

17:00 American Center

Conversation: “Politics, Identity, Culture”

Mourid Barghouti Palestine

Anne Waldman USA

Yang Lian China │ Great Britain

Jiří Pehe Czech Republic | moderator

in English | Admission: Free

20:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

Presentation: Knight of Culture | Olbram Zoubek Prize

International Reading:

Adonis Syria │ France

Ma Jian China │ Great Britain

Anne Waldman USA

simultaneous translation: Czech | English

Admission: 170 czk │ students 70 czk

Thursday, 11 June

17:00 American Center

Conversation:“American Underground Comix”

Robert Crumb USA

Aline Kominsky-Crumb USA

Gilbert Shelton USA

Max Rudin USA | moderator

in English | Admission: Free

20:00 Laterna Magika Theatre

International Reading:

Wolf Biermann Germany & Jiří Suchý Czech Republic

Robert Crumb USA & Aline Kominsky-Crumb USA

simultaneous translation: Czech | English | German

Admission: 200 czk │ students 100 czk

Signings

All signings are at Big Ben Bookshop

Saturday, 6 June

13:00 Anne Michaels

Sunday, 7 June

12:00 Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Gilbert Shelton

13:30 Adonis, Mourid Barghouti

Monday, 8 June

12:00 Iain Banks, Anne Waldman

13:00 Gao Xingjian, Ma Jian, Yang Lian

Tuesday, 9 June

12:00 Jaroslav Rudiš, Jaromír Švejdík

Addresses

Prague Writers' Festival

Platýz arcade, Národní 37/416

Prague 1

Tel/fax: +420 224 241 312

email: pwf@pwf.cz

Laterna Magika Theatre

Narodni 4

Prague 1

tel. cash desk: +420 222 222 041

www.laterna.cz/en/

American Center

Tržiště 13

Prague 1

http://czech.prague.usembassy.gov/american_center.html

Municipal Library of Prague

Mariánské náměstí 1/98

Prague 1

tel. cash desk: +420 222 113 377

www.mlp.cz

Big Ben Bookshop

Malá Štupartská 636/5

Prague 1

www.bigbenbookshop.com

Hotel Josef

Rybná 20

Praha 1

www.hoteljosef.com