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)
• 11.00 Judit Frigyesi (Hungary) presenting her books. Hungarian stand
• 13:30-15:00 ''Don’t Call It Heimweh'' with director Thomas Halaczinsky (Germany) and protagonist Margot Friedlander (USA). Goethe Institut. German and English, Cinematheque.
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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