Thessaloniki Programme
Programme for Participants:
Tuesday 27 October
12:30 Arrival to Thessaloniki – driven to Tourist Hotel (21 Mitropoleos
street)
14:00 Gathering at hotel’s reception - lunch with Word Express participants
(Optional: walk around the city – explore Thessaloniki neighborhoods and
sights)
19:30 Gathering at hotel’s reception – walk to Word Express event venue
(UNDERGROUND ENEFKTIRIO, 9 Despere Street)
20:30 Word Express event 1 starts (Amanatidis, Greceanu, Hristov, Chantzis,
Iliopoulou)
Wednesday 28 October
10:00 Breakfast with Word Express participants - Tourist Hotel Breakfast
Lounge
(Optional: walk around the city – explore Thessaloniki neighborhoods and
sights)
14:00 Gathering at hotel’s reception - lunch with Word Express participants
(Optional: walk around the city – explore Thessaloniki neighborhoods and
sights)
19:30 Gathering at hotel’s reception – walk to Word Express event venue
(UNDERGROUND ENEFKTIRIO, 9 Despere Street)
20:30 Word Express event 2 starts (Maglinis, Braun, Hristov, Tzamiotis).
Thursday 29 October
10:00 Breakfast with Word Express participants - Tourist Hotel Breakfast
Lounge
11:00 Gathering at hotel’s reception - Checking Out
12:30 Gathering at the Thessaloniki Train Station - Welcoming incoming
Word Express Participants (GROUP 1)
15:30 Visit at the Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki http://www.cinemuseum.gr
18:30 Gathering at the Thessaloniki Train Station - departing for Istanbul.
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.