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Writer-in-residence Jay Bernard and Sulaiman Addonia talk about and present their work during Passa Porta's summer aperitif. An inspired evening about art and politics.

Our second close-reading session will be devoted to Nicolas Mathieu’s And Their Children After Them, winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt. This book features on ‘1 stad, 19 boeken’ (1 city, 19 books), a reading list drawn up for the summer by Brussels book readers of Muntpunt.

Tout au long de l’été, laissez-vous surprendre par des dizaines d’illustrations originales tracées sur les fenêtres et vitrines bruxelloises. Des illustrateurs professionnels venus de tout le pays partagent avec nous leur version de "Bruxelles en vacances". Pour ne citer qu’eux, vous retrouverez le travail du Collectif Cuistax, Pieter Fannes, Ivonne Gargano, Collectief Grafik, Marine Schneider et Wide Vercnocke.

Let's dive (back) into Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s powerful novel. Soraya Amrani will help us to decipher this text that profoundly moved her.

Pour ce nouvel apéro littéraire, l’artiste et activiste trans Camille Pier nous propose un moment au croisement entre littérature, musique et performance avec Gérald Kurdian.

The Palestinian writer Nisma Alaklouk will take you on a tour of Brussels as described in her latest novel, Brusselse vrouwen (Women of Brussels). We will see the parks, streets, squares and cafés of the city centre through her eyes and listen to the stories of her characters, three women from the Arab world and a Belgian, whose paths cross in Brussels.

On 11 August writer-in-residence Neske Beks and dramaturge Selm Wenselaers will talk about family and their respective passion for language and how it shapes the world.

On 13 August, together with Melat Gebeyaw Nigussie, we will plunge into the Booker Prize-winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.