Programme
75 Events found
Boon Apart – Tom Lanoye en Geert Buelens in gesprek met Bent Van Looy
Op 30 maart weten we wie de Boon literatuurprijs in ontvangst mag nemen. Het Passa Porta Festival bied je een unieke gelegenheid om de auteurs van de shortlist te ontmoeten én een ultieme kans om je stem uit te brengen. Tom Lanoye en Geert Buelens lezen voor uit hun genomineerde werk, waarna de immer bruisende Bent Van Looy met hen in gesprek gaat.
Meet the author: Ariana Harwicz
Argentine author Ariana Harwicz is considered one of the most radical figures in contemporary literature. She will engage in a conversation about writing on the cutting edge with author and theatre-maker Julie Cafmeyer.
Visites littéraires “L’Art nouveau s’affiche”
Centre névralgique du Passa Porta Festival, les Halles Saint Géry accueillent au même moment L’Art nouveau s’affiche. L'artiste et poétesse Haleh Chinikar a imaginé un tour guidé, personnel et sensible de l’exposition.
writing away from home
Alicja Gescinska and Sigrid Bousset present the special issue of the literary magazine DW B on writing in exile. What does it mean for a writer to leave their homeland?
Conversation entre Christophe Boltanski et Françoise Vergès
Un romancier français s’enferme pour la nuit dans l’AfricaMuseum de Tervuren : c’est le point de départ de King Kasai. Au micro de Safia Kessas, Christophe Boltanski et Françoise Vergès abordent la question urgente de la décolonisation des musées.
Meet the author : Maxim Osipov
Maxim Osipov entered the literary atmosphere like a comet two years ago with the short story collection Rock, Paper, Scissors. A lot has changed since then and the world has come a little more undone, Russia having invaded Ukraine and Ossipov having had to flee his homeland.
Bar refuge
Poetry has rarely been so intoxicating, spirits rarely so poetic. At the Poetry Bar, a mixologist will prepare an absinthe for you by the book while reciting a sonnet by an exiled or persecuted poet during that time.
Conversation between Claudia Durastanti and Tash Aw
Italian writer Claudia Durastanti spent her childhood in a foreign country, in a family with two deaf parents. Author Tash Aw grew up in Malaysia as the descendant of a Chinese family. In their work, both authors explore the impact of migration across generations. They will meet in Brussels for a first conversation.