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Your favorite English speaking writers in Morges for Le livre sur les quais
Come to Morges to meet over 280 international writers (speaking both in French and English) performing on the shores of Lake Geneva during the weekend of the 31st August - 2rd September. David Foenkinos is the President of this year’s festival, and Italy is its Guest Country of Honour.
Celebrated literary stars and debut writers, poets and translators, and authors of crime fiction, travel writing, non-fiction and books for children and teenagers will give talks, readings and join panel discussions. Events, both in French and English, will take place on the shores or during cruises on Lake Geneva or in the beautiful old town of Morges.
Friday 31stAugust
> 18h00 - 19h00 :
Nigerian Voices;
With Chibundu Onuzo and Chinelo Okparanta
Moderated by Edward Girardet
Caves de Couvaloup (60 min.)
Saturday 1st September
> 11h00 - 11h45
The Spanish Flu;
With Laura Spinney
Moderated by Helen Stubbs
Nouvelle Couronne (45 min.)
> 12h00 - 12h45
Writing Crime;
With Luke McCallin
Moderated by Helen Stubbs
Nouvelle Couronne (45 min.)
> 13h30 - 14h45
Writing Violence, War and Hope;
With Chinelo Okparanta and Geentjanli Shree
Moderated by Edward Girardet
Nouvelle Couronne (75 min.)
> 15h00 - 16h15
Urban Landscapes;
With Chibundo Onuzo and Lisa McInerney
Moderated by Matthew Wake
Nouvelle Couronne (75 min.)
> 16h30 - 17h15
GWG Writing Workshop: The Narrative Arc in Memoir
With Susan Tiberghien
Bibliotheque Espace Adulte (90 min.)
Registration by mail tasja.dorkofikis@gmail.com - Payement at the door Fr. 10.- per person
Sunday 2ndSeptembre
> 12h30 - 13h45
GWG Cruise - Memoir and Fiction;
With Maggie O'Farrell and Elena Lappin
Moderated by Elizabeth Coleman
Le Lausanne boat - sundeck or le Salon Vaud depending on the weather (75 min.)
> 13h45 - 15h00
Fictions of the Real;
With Tessa Hadley, Claire Fuller and Margriet de Moor
Moderated by Matthew Wake
Nouvelle Couronne (75 min.)
> 15h30 - 17h00
GWG Writing Workshop: Fiction What to Leave out,
With Anne Korkeakivi
Bibliotheque Espace Adulte (90 min.)
Registration by e-mail tasja.dorkofikis@gmail.com - Payement at the door Fr. 10.- per person
> 17h15 - 18h00
Ways to Wholeness: CG Jung and Writing;
With Susan Tiberghien
Moderated by Patricia Elwood
Nouvelle Couronne (90 min.)