ICORN at Kapittel 14, Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech
ICORN and ICORN guest writers are extensively involved in the programme of this year’s Kapittel International Festival for Literature and Freedom of Speech. The festival is organised annually in Stavanger, Norway, taking place from 17.-21. September this year. Approximately 15 ICORN writers are taking part in workshops, discussions, readings and perfomances throughout the festival, which has oil as the theme of the year. A delegation of special guests from the upcoming ICORN member city of Chicago is also visiting the festival, and have their own post on the programme: ”Chicago Fire”.
The full festival programme is available at www.kapittel.no. See some samples of the events where ICORN guest writers are involved here (all locations are in Stavanger):
Thursday 18.09
"Fribar"
Location: "Tou Scene" at 10:00 p.m.
Elahe Rahroniya (Iran), Philip Meyer (US), Khaled Harara (Palestine), Josefine Klougart (Denmark)
Friday 19.09
"Fribar"
Location: "Det lille hjørnet" at 9:00 p.m.
Manal Al-Sheikh (Irak), Zia Haider Rahman (UK), Erika L. Sánches (Chicago), Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe)
Saturday 20.09
Global Saturday Breakfast: Mosul is burning: A survivor’s tale
Location: "Kulturbiblioteket" at 10 a.m.
Kurdish/Iraqi journalist Nawzat Shamdin escaped Mosul just before it was invaded by the IS in June, 2014. Meet him and his ICORN guest writer colleagues Manal al-Sheikh and Basim Mardan. Chair: Elisabeth Dyvik, ICORN.
The Kapittel 14 ICORN-lecture: “Words Will Break Cement”
Location: "Kulturbiblioteket" at 5:00 p.m.
Russian writer Masha Gessen, one of Putin's sharpest critics gives this year's ICORN lecture at the Kapittel Festival. Listen to her stories about the power of words and the freedom of expression in a world of brutal change.
"Fribar"
Location: "Gaffel & Karaffel" at 9:00 p.m.
Stefan Hertmans (Belgium), Mansur Rajih (Yemen) / Yahia Hassan (Denmark), Khaled Harara (Palestine)
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