Izmir Poetry Festival Thursday 16th April Dokuz Eylül University

Izmir Poetry Festival Thursday 16th April Dokuz Eylül University

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Izmir Poetry Festival
Thursday 16th April
Dokuz Eylül University, Burgundy Hall, DESEM, Alsancak;
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09:30-11:00: Opening plenary session: paper by Will Rowe, reading by Frances
Kruk.
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11:00: Coffee break
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11:30-13:00: Antony John, Philip Terry [Chair: Hakan Dibel]
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13:00-14:00: Lunch, on your own
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14:00-15:30: Panel on Creative Translation; Jèssica Pujol i Duran, Philip Terry,
Ghazal Mosadeq, Tim Atkins, Will Rowe and Albert Pellicer.
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15:30: Coffee Break
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16:00-17:30: Peter Jaeger, Robert Kiely [Chair: Tony Patterson]
Café Del Mundo, Alsancak
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19:00-21:30:, Xing the Line Reading: John Havelda, Jeff Hilson, Richard Parker
Friday 17th April
Yasar, Bornova Campus
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10:00-12:00: Sonnet Workshop, Jeff Hilson / Tim Atkins (sign up required)
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10:00-12:00: Poetry and Film; Anthony Paraskeva, Gregorio Fontaine, Lucy
Beynon and Lisa Jeschke
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12:00-13:00: Lunch: Yasar cafeteria.
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13:00-14:30: Ghazal Mosadeq, Albert Pellicer
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15:00-16:30: Closing plenary session: paper by Peter Jaeger, reading by Zoe
Skoulding.
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17:00-20:00: Tim Atkins, Nia Davies, Jèssica Pujol i Duran, Will Rowe and Yasar
literary society open mic reading. Çati roof bar, Yasar University Bornova
Campus
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20:30: Festival dinner at Ege Lokal Restaurant, Bornova
Saturday 18th April
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09:30: Excursion to Ephesus, bus leaves from Vera Palas Hotel, Alsancak
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18:00: Bilingual session: translating Turkish poetry with Gökçenur Çelebioğlu,
Nia Davies and Zoe Skoulding. Vera Palas Hotel, Alsancak
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19:30: Montenegro Fisher. Vera Palas Hotel, Alsancak