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Second International Writer’s Festival: Wednesday, May 5, 2010

About This Event

Over 20 writers worldwide have confirmed their participation at the Second International Writers Festival, to be held from May 2-6, 2010 at Mishkenot She’ananim in Jerusalem.

For more information and the complete schedule in Hebrew, visit the festival’s official website: http://writersfestival.mouse.co.il/.

Festival Schedule for Wednesday, May 5, 2010

11:00- 12:00An Israeli MorningReading and conversing withEshkol NevoandZruya ShalevModerator:Shiri Lev AriMishkenot Sha’ananim – Gallery

12:30 – 15:30Writer’s SeminarThe contemporary Israeli literature Between ‘Israeliness’ and UniversalityEntrance by invitation onlyThe Van Leer Institute

13:00 – 16:00Literary TourS.Y Agnon’s JerusalemA walking tour in the footsteps of Yehuda Amichai’s poetryGuided by Efrat CampanianoThe tour will be held in HebrewFor Registration: 02-5398888Yad Ben Zvi

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

17:00 – 18:00Writing Here, Writing ThereAmir Gutfreund(Israel) andJonathan Safran Foer(USA)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium

17:00 – 18:00Writing Here, Writing ThereShimon Adaf(Israel) andJudith Hermann(Germany)Mishkenot Sha’ananim – Djanogly Hall

17:00 – 18:00Writing Here, Writing ThereEli Amir(Israel) on Israeli literature in Arab countries, withguest writerfrom Arab country (details to follow) Ticket includes a visit to the exhibition “A Home without a Home”,Museum on the Seam

18:00 – 19:00Writing Here, Writing ThereYossi Avni-Levy(Israel) andAdolfo Garcia Ortega(Spain)The event will be accompanied by a translatorFree Admission, Please register in advance at the Tmol Shilshom Café: 02-6232758Tmol Shilshom Café

19:00 – 20:00Writing Here, Writing ThereEtgar Keret(Israel) andAndre Kurkov(Ukraine)Mishkenot Sha’ananim– Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls

19:00 – 20:00Literary DocumentaryMovie: Neighbors and MurdersDirector: Menachem HadarEditor: Esther LevineCamera: Rami LitalSound: Odelia Rosentzwig Producer: Leah Levine(Introduction to session with Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million)Mishkenot Sha’ananim– Fostel

19:00 – 20:00Writing Here, Writing ThereEshkol Nevo(Israel) andRussel Banks(USA)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim– Auditorium

19:00 -20:00Writing Here, Writing ThereYehudit Katsir(Israel) andSofi Oksanen(Finland)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim- Djanogly Hall

19:00 – 21:30Between the Lines – The Music of ChancePaul Austerin a one-time session with the audience Screening ofSmokeDirector: Wayne WangThe Sergei Courtyard – Sustainable Jerusalem

20:30 – 21:30Writing Here, Writing ThereA.B. Yehoshua(Israel) andDaniel Mendelsohn(USA)The event will be held in EnglishMishkenot Sha’ananim– Events tent overlooking the Old City Walls

21:00 – 22:30Death and Humor Inspired by Russian CultureLudmila Ulitskaya(Russia),Andre Kurkov(Ukraine) andAlona Kimchi(Israel),Grubman Michail, (Israel)Moderator:Asia IstushinaMishkenot Sha’ananim – Auditorium

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Second International Writer's Festival: Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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  • 05/05/2010

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02-629-2222

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Location

The main festival program will be held at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, but events will take place in various locations in Jerusalem, including the Jerusalem Cinematheque, Anna Ticho House, the Museum On the Seam, The Yellow Submarine, The Lab, and others.