Some 100,000 visitors are expected to participate in the 24th bi-annual International Book Fair at the Jerusalem International Conference Center (Binyanei Ha-uma), where over 800 publishers and writers from Israel and around the world will display their books. The prestigious Jerusalem Prize, awarded to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes freedom of the individual in society, will be presented to renowned Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.
Book Fair Program Highlights:Literary Café(an actual coffee shop at which Israeli and international writers will come together daily for discussions and interviews):Monday-Thursday, February 16-19, 2009: 11:00-12:30 and 16:30-21:30
Monday-Thursday, February 16-19, 2009: Times vary
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Librarian Day:Tuesday, February 17, 2009: 10:00-13:00Dulzin Hall
Children’s World:Monday-Thursday, February 16-19, 2009:16:00-17:00: Story Reading (Hebrew)17:00-18:00 Encounters with writers (Hebrew)
Program for Sunday, February 15, 2009: • 18.00 – Opening ceremony and Jerusalem Prize Award (ICC Jerusalem International Convention Center). In the presence of Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, Mr. Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem and Mr. Haruki Murakami, the Prize Laureate. Invitations only.
