Lahti International Writers´ Reunion

Programme 17.-21. 6. 2001
The Aim of Literature is to Combat Stupidity

Saturday 16.6.
18.00 - 20.00 Reception given by the Finnish PEN Center and WSOY (Bulevardi 12)
Sunday 17.6.
10.00 Sight-seeing tour in Helsinki, coach leaves from Hotel Klaus Kurki Please, bring your luggage to the coach.
12.00 Departure for the Sanoma House from Hotel Klaus Kurki for those not attending the sight seeing tour. Please, bring your luggage to the coach.
12.30


Literary event open for the public at the Sanoma House
(Vicent Alonso, Michel Houellebecq, Inger Edelfeldt, Andrea De Carlo, Bum-Bam-Lit.; poems read in Finnish by Leena Rapola & Reidar Palmgren)
13.30 Lunch given by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat at the Sanoma House
15.30 Departure for Lahti in front of the Sanoma House
17.00 Check-in at the Mukkula Summer Hotel in Lahti
19.30 Departure for the Reception, coaches leave from the Summer Hotel
20.00 Dinner Reception given by the City of Lahti at the City Hall
21.30 Departure of the coaches for the Mukkula Summer Hotel
Monday 18.6.
8-10.00 Breakfast
10.00 Opening of the Reunion, opening Panel Discussion (Michael Collins, Evald Flisar)
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Talks, discussions (Sinikka Nopola, Rui Zink)
18.00 Dinner
19.30 City Tour in Lahti
21.00 "Open mike": reading, improvising, music
Tuesday 19.6.
8-10.00 Breakfast
10.00 Talks, discussions (Gudbergur Bergsson, Mihail Berg)
12.30 Lunch
14.30 Talks, discussions (Hélène Lenoir, Hannu Raittila)
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Coaches leave for the Poetry Reading
19.30 International Poetry Reading at the Sibelius Hall, Congress and Concert Centre
24.00 Football Match Finland vs. the Rest of the World
(Commentators Mikko Rimminen, Kyösti Salokorpi & Thomas Wulff)
Wednesday 20.6.
8-10.00 Breakfast
10.00 Talks, discussions (Reidar Palmgren and Chuah Guat Eng)
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Closing Panel Discussion
20.15 Departure for the Farewell Party on board M/S Suomen neito
21.00 Farewell Party at Restaurant Messilä
24.00 Departure of the coaches for the Mukkula Summer Hotel
Torstai 21.6.
8-10.00 Breakfast
10.00 Departure of the coaches for Helsinki city centre and Helsinki-Vantaa airport


2001

More about the reunion in the BACKROUND & HISTORY -part. Writers who have visited the reunion and introductions in the WRITER -part. Contacts, maps and directions on the INFORMATION page.

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