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Harvill Secker International Writing Day headlined by A S Byatt
Harvill Secker International Writing Day headlined by A S Byatt |
 27 February 2010 11am-5pm |
Tickets: £18/15 includes goody bag w signed Eco novel
The Gallery
Foyles
Charing Cross Road
Saturday 27 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm
To mark the publishing house’s 100th birthday, Harvill Secker celebrate the breadth and diversity of contemporary international writing. Including appearances by AS Byatt and Manuel Rivas. The schedule is:
- 11.10am - 12.10pm - Books that Changed the World
Joseph O'Connor, Clare Clark and Nicholas Shakespeare discuss how literature has the power to change how we view the world and what this means in our media-weary age.
- 12.25pm - 1.15pm - Manuel Rivas
The celebrated Galician writer discusses his life and work.
- 2.00pm – 3.00pm - AS Byatt
The Man Booker Prize-winning AS Byatt appears in conversation with Sam Leith
- 3.15pm – 4.00pm - Crime Pays
Stuart Neville and Gene Kerrigan explore the question of why crime fiction is big business in every language
- 4.15pm – 5.00pm - Lost in Translation
Alon Hilu, Xiaolu Guo and Tim Parks debate the perennial question of international writing, with Sarah Ardizzone in the chair
Tickets: £18/£15 concessions, available from www.foyles.co.uk or from Foyles on Charing Cross Road. Price includes a Harvill Secker goody bag, including a signed novel by Umberto Eco. |
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