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.
Teddy Hall D
Librarian Day:
Tuesday, February 17, 2009: 10:00-13:00
Dulzin 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 Wednesday, February 18, 2009:
• 11.00 - 12.30 – ''''I laugh through tears and work with joy''- Humor and Drama in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature''. Sigitas Parulskis, Herkus Kuncius, Grigorijus Kanovicius (all Lithuania). Russian. Literary Café
• 12.30 – 13.30 Hava Pinhas-Cohen (Israel) meets György Konrád (Hungary). English. Literary Café
• 14.00 – 16.00 Workshop for Teenagers around Comics. Charles Berberian and Stephane Heuet (both France). French. Teddy D Hall.
• 15.00 – 16.00 Presentation of Complete Works of Nina Cassian. (Romanian). Romanian Stand
• 16.00 – 17.00 Shmuel T. Meyer (France) introducing his new book ''Le périmètre de l’étoile'' and Jean Mattern introducing his book ''Les bains de Kiraly''. Moderator: Roselyne Déry. French. French stand.
• 16.30 – 17.30 ''Berliner Runde''. His Excellency Dr. Dr. Harald Kindermann, the Ambassador of Germany to Israel, André Schmitz, Secretary of State for Culture, Berlin, Margot Friedlander (USA), Wladimir Kaminer (Germany), Emmanuel Witzthum (Israel), Najem Wali (Germany) and Thomas Sparr (Germany). Moderator: Prof. Fanja Oz-Salzberger (Israel). English. Literary Café
• 17.00 – 18.30 ''Yddishland: past and present''. Dov-Ber Kerler (Israel), Moti Zalkin (Israel) and Mindaugas Kvietkauskas (Lithuania). Moderator: Šarunas Liekis (Lithuania). English, Teddy Hall D
• 17:30 – 18:30 17.30 – 18.30 ''Balloon from French and Israeli Comics''. Charles Berberian (France), Stephane Heuet (France), Dan Franck (France), Shaï Sharka (Israel), Uri Fink (Israel). Moderator: Dorith Daliot Rabinovitch. French and Hebrew. Literary Café
• 18.00 - Book signing: Jacek Dehnel (Poland). Polish Stand
• 18.30-19.30 – Radu Aldulescu (Romania) reading from his novel ''The Prophets of Jerusalem''. Romanian, English and Hebrew. Romanian Stand.
• 18.30 – 19.30 Wladimir Kaminer reading from his book “Ich bin kein Berliner”. German. German Stand
• 19.00 Dedication of Charles Berberian, Stephane Heuet and Dan Franck (all France). French. French stand
• 19.00 - Sandra Petrignani (Italy) and Judith Katzir (Israel). Italian and Hebrew. Italian Stand
• 19.00 – 19.45 Nir Baram & Dori Manor (both Israel) meet Michal Witkowski and Jacek Dehnel (both Poland). Polish. Translation to Hebrew. Literary Café
• 19.00 – 21.30 ''Is Peace Even Possible; Israeli Writers Distinguish between Hard Realities and Failures of Imagination''. Bernard Avishai (USA), Shraga F. Biran, Avraham Burg, Ruth Calderon, Shai Golden (all Israel), Moderator: Ethan Bronner (Israel), Jerusalem Bureau Chief, The New York Times. English. Teddy Hall D.
• 19:45 - 20:15 Roni Someck (Israel) meets Ryszard Krynicki (Poland). Polish. Translation to Hebrew. Literary Café
• 20.30 - 21.30 Aharon Appelfeld (Israel) interviews Adolfo Garcia Ortega (Spain). Hebrew and Spanish. Translator: Einat Talmon. Literary Café
• 22.00 - Russian Disco with Wladimir Kaminer (German) and Los Caparos (Russian Israeli band). German and Russian. The Yellow Submarine.
Click on a day to see the full schedule of that day's book fair events:
Sunday / Day One
Monday / Day Two
Tuesday / Day Three
Wednesday / Day Four
Thursday / Day Five
Friday / Day Six
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