Around the World in 80 Books
When:
March 29, 2014 all-day
Where:
Studio @ Library of Birmingham
Centenary Square
Birmingham,West Midlands
UK
Centenary Square
Birmingham,West Midlands
UK
Cost:
£15.00
Join us for a very special readers’ day, featuring Girl With a Pearl Earring writer Tracy Chevalier, and Richard and Judy Book Club best-seller Beatrice Colin, along with a feast of other exciting writers and reading from across the world.
Discover some of the best books on favourite world cities and countries in the company of some of their most passionate enthusiasts. An exciting programme of interviews, presentations, workshops, competitions, event bookshop, and goody bags to make this a truly unforgettable readers’ day …
Introduced and compered by Oxygen Books, publishers of the city-pick travel series.
The day will run from 9.30 – 4.00 in the inspirational surroundings of the Library of Birmingham
Around the World in 80 Books: Readers’ Day
9.30 – 10.00am Registration and goody bags
10.00 – 10.30am Oxygen Books’ publisher Malcolm Burgess introduces the day and some of their favourite books set in different cities.www.oxygenbooks.co.uk
10.30 – 11.15am Tracy Chevalier in conversation with Roz Goddard The author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, set in Delft, which has sold over 4 million copies and was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson. She has written six other novels, each richly evoking particular historical times and places, including Paris and London. Her most recent novel The Last Runaway, is a story about an English Quaker who emigrates to 1850 Ohio and helps runaway slaves. www.tchevalier.com
11.15 – 11.30am Coffee break
11.35 – 12.20pm Workshop – Choice One
Discover the best writing from some of our favourite countries or else sample a special writing workshop.
Choose from the following when you sign up at Registration – first come, first served.
Turkish Delights: Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak are just the start when it comes to the untold riches of Turkish writing. Dynamic Turkish translator Feyza Howell helps you discover their myriad delights.
German Cousins: Germany has so many wonderful writers, present and past, that it’s difficult to know where to begin. This session, run by Annemarie Goodridge from London’s Goeth-Institut, looks at some of the books most popular with the Institute’s own book club. www.goethe.de/London
Going Dutch: For such a small country the Netherlands has produced a remarkable range of writers, many now available in English translation. Arnold op de Haar, writer and advisor to Holland Park Press, tells us about the prose and poetry we shouldn’t be missing: www.hollandparkpress.com
Freedom to Read, Freedom to Write: A creative writing session with a difference. English PEN works with imprisoned writers across the world. This workshop uses their words and Writers in Translation supported books as a ‘jumping-off point’ for our own creative writing – and a celebration of ways that writers courageously and imaginatively strive to liberate their ideas and writing. www.englishpen.org
12.20 – 1.20.pm Lunch. The library café offers a wide selection of lunch dishes and snacks.
1.20 – 1.30pm Competition results and prizes.
1.30 – 1.50pm The Joys of Foreign Fiction Independent Publisher of the Year Meike Ziervogel of Periene Press tells us about her innovative company and her choice of compelling novels. www.peirenepress.com
1.50 – 2.35 pm Richard and Judy Book Club favourite Beatrice Colin in conversation with Roz Goddard tells us about her novels, including The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite and The Song Writer, set in Berlin and New York respectively, and her new novels set in Paris and Barcelona – and the books that have inspired them. www.beatricecolin.co.uk
2.35 – 2.50 pm Coffee break
2.55 – 3.40 pm Workshop Choice Two. Your chance to attend another workshop of your choice – please sign up at Registration.
3.45 – 4.25 pm A Year of Reading the World. During 2012 writer Ann Morgan set herself the task of reading one book from every one of the world’s 196 countries. She tells us about the joys and surprising discoveries she has made during this amazing project. www.ayearofreadingtheworld.com
4.25 – 4.30pm Round-up.
Please note: all the books discussed are available in English language editions. No prior knowledge of any of the books or writers is needed.
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