Second International Writer’s Festival: Tuesday, May 4, 2010

11:00 – 12:00An Israeli MorningReading and conversation withAmos OzThe event will be held in HebrewMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery

12:30 – 15:00Words without BordersTwo Symposiums dealing with Literature, Politics and everything else.

12:30 – 13:30Session 1 – The Essence of FreedomReflections 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 – 14:30Session 2 – Coexistence in Judaeo-Arabic literatureNaim Araidi (Israel),Yossi Sukari(Israel) and aGuest writerfrom an Arab countryModerator:Smadar PeriFree Admission to these events, sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer stiftungMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls

12:30 – 13:30Literary DocumentaryThe Nature of DreamsA documentary on the story ofAmos OzYonatan Zur, Masha ZurMishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall

13:00 – 16:00Literary TourLadies 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 HebrewFor Registration: 02-5398888Yad Ben Zvi

16:00 – 19:00Children’s Literature PavilionCreative workshops, computer station to create digital booksMishkenot Sha’ananim – Windmill Courtyard

17:00 – 18:00Writing Here, Writing ThereAnita Shapira (Israel)withSimon Sebag Montefiore (UK)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium

17:30 – 19:00Reading and MoreA Reading Session with American Writers:Jamaica Kinkaid, Jonathan Safran Foer and Russel BanksThe event will be held in EnglishFree Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Café: 02-6232758Tmol Shilshom Café

18:00 – 19:00May 4- Chinese Literary DayOhad Nevo(Israel) andYu Hua(China)The event will be accompanied by a translatorMishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall

18:30 – 19:30Writing Here, Writing ThereYoel Hoffman(Israel) andMichael Rips(USA)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium

19:30 – 20:30Writing Here, Writing ThereMeir Shalev(Israel) andLudmila Ulitskaya(Russia) Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls

21:00 – 22:00Between the Lines/Books and More: A Meeting in TownSayed Kashua(Israel) on his new book ‘Second Person’ with the musicianYahli Sobol, with the performersYonatan CondaandNeta Vinerand the “Spoken Words” rap-fiction performanceHosted byAmalia RosenblumConfederation House

21:00 – 22:30A Jerusalem TrilogyDavid Grossman(Israel) andPaul Auster(USA)Moderator:Kobi MedanThe event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim – Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls