Writers' Centre Norwich and British Council present the International Literature Showcase and full details are below:
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Welcome to the
International Literature Showcase (ILS)
18th March -
21st March 2015
March 18th
marks the start of the International Literature Showcase, an event put
together by Writers' Centre Norwich and British Council and
supported by Arts Council England. Join us in person or online, as we
bring together 54 of the world’s most talented people from the literary
world, including writers from over 20 countries, to share their
work, discuss ideas and form exciting creative plans for the future.
Over three days we'll introduce you to some wonderful writers and
writing, and to thought-provoking ideas about what literature can
achieve. If you are able, please join us in person at Wild Words: Jeanette Winterson & Helen
Macdonald (last few tickets), and the UEA Spring Literary Festival with Ali Smith.
Otherwise you can experience the Showcase through our live-stream,
which gives you front-row seat to talks, readings, debates and
performances taking place in the Cathedral Hostry.
Events include readings and discussions from Eimear McBride, Emma
Healey and Bidisha, as well as talks and debates on the state of the
literary community with Stella Duffy, and the effect of our digital
world on literature with Bill Thompson.
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Get Involved in the Showcase
- Events will be live-streamed on our website, throughout the
Showcase, so tune in from 19th March at 9am for live streaming
of each day's events, see below for our programme of events.
- To join the debates and have your say on
events, tweet using the hashtag #ILShowcase
- The events will also be podcast, and will be
available on our soundcloud page to listen
to later.
- Our video content will be archived, so don’t
worry if you miss an event, you’ll be able to catch up later
with films of each event available after the Showcase, on our website.
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Event Programme
Wednesday 18th
March
UEA Spring
Literary Festival: Ali Smith
7pm - 8pm
Leading novelist Ali Smith discusses her most recent novel How to be Both
(shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and
the Costa Book Award) in conversation with Philip Langeskov.
*This event will
not be live streamed*
Thursday 19th
March
5 x 30
Introductions
9am - 12
Midday
Each delegate will introduce themselves for exactly two and a half
minutes, accompanied by 5 slides to illustrate their talk. A fast-paced
introduction to the 54 showcase participants.
Eimear McBride
and Stella Duffy
12.30pm - 1pm
Eimear McBride, author of A
Girl is a Half-Formed Thing (winner of the 2013 Goldsmith’s
Prize and 2014 Bailey’s Prize) and Stella Duffy, writer, actor and
co-founder of the Fun Palaces campaign, read from their work.
Digital
Literatures with Bill Thompson
2pm - 3.15pm
Digital guru Bill Thompson leads a discussion on how literature’s
intersection with the digital world has changed, what it means to be ‘a
writer’ and examines the artistic and creative implications for
readers, writers and arts programmers of the information age.
Next
Generation Poets: Rebecca Goss, Luke Kennard and Zaffar Kunial
3.45pm - 5pm
Rebecca Goss, Luke Kennard and Zaffar Kunial perform their work, and discuss
their work, hosted by Patience Agbabi.
Friday 20th
March
Hannah Silva
9am - 9.30am
Hannah Silva reads and performs her powerful feminist satire - Schlock!
Literary
Communities
10am
-11.15am
The strength of a literary culture is dependent on the diversity,
literacy and confidence of its readers, and yet to many people the arts
as a whole can seem closed off, at worst exclusive and elitist. Stella
Duffy, co-founder of Fun Palaces, discusses ways in which organisations
can develop successful outreach programmes, and then chairs a panel
debate on the subject.
New Fiction: Kirsty Logan, James Scudamore and Kerry
Young
11.45am - 1pm
Readings from Kirsty Logan, James Scudamore and Kerry Young, followed
by a debate hosted by Kate Griffin (International Programme Director,
the British Centre for Literary Translation).
Alex Preston
and Diriye Osman
2pm-2.30pm
Alex Preston and Diriye Osman read from their work.
Shock of the
New
3pm - 4.15pm
The artistic mainstream is continually refreshed and invigorated by
encounters with new artistic models, outside voices and emergent forms.
Geraldine Collinge leads a conversation on literature from outside the
mainstream: be it experimental, in translation or simply deemed other.
New Fiction:
Cynan Jones, Emma Healey, Selma Dabbagh
4.45pm-6pm
Readings from Cynan Jones, Emma Healey and Selma Dabbagh, followed by a
discussion hosted by Swithun Cooper (British Council Literature).
Wild Words
with Jeanette Winterson and Helen Macdonald
7.30pm - 9pm
Norwich Playhouse
An evening considering nature, memoir and writing with two of Britain’s
finest authors.
*this event will
not be live streamed, but will be available to watch online afterwards*
Saturday 21st
March
Daljit
Nagra
9am-9.30am
Reading and performance from The
Retold Ramayana.
Nonfiction and
Memoir: Charlotte Higgins, Patrick Barkham and Bidisha
9.45am -
11am
Readings from Charlotte Higgins, Patrick Barkham and Bidisha, followed
by a discussion, hosted by Jonathan Morley (Programme Director,
Writers’ Centre Norwich).
Short Stories:
Philip Langeskov, Francesca Rhydderch and Clare Wigfall
11.30am - 12.45pm
Readings from Philip Langeskov, Francesca Rhydderch and Clare Wigfall,
followed by a discussion hosted by Sophie Wardell (British Council
Literature).
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