-Istanbul Book Fair - TUYAP 2010
From Balkans to İstanbul: A Literary Journey
Tuesday 2
ndNovember, 12 – 1pm
ULUSLARARASI SALON FORUM ALANI ETKİNLİK PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL HALL FORUM AREA
As part of our one-year anniversary, Word Express writers and translators will make an appearance at the 29 thIstanbul Book Fair – TUYAP Turkish crime writer and Word Express traveller Barış Müstecaplıoğlu will bring together writers Katerina Iliopoulou(Greece), Radu Vancu (Romania), Milan Dobricic (Serbia), Sian Melangell Dafydd(Wales, Great Britain), Efe Duyan and Gokçenur Ç (Turkey) to read and talk alongside a visual projection and soundtrack by Yiannis Isidorou (Greece)
This event is organised by Literature Across Frontiers and Delta Publishing
with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.