Prague Writer’s Festival, 7-11 June 2009

[daveh]

Iain is a guest author at this Czech event.
See http://www.pwf.cz/en/home-page/

[Deep Black]

Will he be going without his passport?

[RedKing]

He got a new one when "Golden Brown" took over.

[Deep Black]

I'm supprised, especially as he wasn't even voted in

[Conscious Bob]

I hope DownNotAcross is lurking around here. This would be a good one for him.

[RedKing]

I'm supprised, especially as he wasn't even voted in

The increased Scottish quotient and the lack of being Blair, swung it, I think. Even though TMH has been told off by his GF for describing his house as 'just a mortar lob' away from the PM's.

[daveh]

The programme is up.

Iain is doing two signings. The first at the Big Ben Bookshop at 12:00 on Monday, 8 June. The second is at the Academia Bookstore at 17:00 the same day.

Then he is part of the Guardian Conversation called "The freedom to lie" at 18:00 on Tuesday, 9 June in the Laterna Magika Theatre, along with Wolf Biermann, Ma Jian, Jaroslav Rudiš, moderated by Max Rudin.

Later that evening he is part of the International Reading session in the same location at 20:00 along with Jaroslav Rudiš, Jaromir Švejdík and Yang Lian.

Both these events are listed as having simultaneous translation.

Tickets are available at the Laterna Magika, from Ticketpro http://www.ticketpro.cz or reservations can be made by email at info@pwf.cz

Programme at:
http://www.pwf.cz/en/prague-writers-festival-2009/program/

[daveh]

Interview in The Prague Post at http://www.praguepost.com/tempo/1455-on-the-cusp.html

[Deep Black]

Interesting if a little political