9. POLIP - International Literature Festival (10-13.5.2019.) Priština
10.5.
Alliance Française, Prishtina
11:00-12:30 GRANFest: Conversation with Aude Samama (Fr)
Restaurant Napoli, Prishtina
14:00-15:30 Reading and discussion with Melinda Nadj Abonji (Ch/Srb) (by invitations only)
17:00-18:30 Spirou4rights - exhibition featuring the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights depicted by Spirou’s most talented artists and authors (10-17.5.2019.)
With Frank Margerin (Fr)
Civic Energy Center / Centar Gradjanske Energije, Gracanica
16:00-18:00 Reading and discussion with Petar Matović (Srb), Ivana Bodrožić (Hr) Jasna Dimitrijević (Srb), Ivana Maksić (Srb)
moderator: Alida Bremer (De/Hr)
Modalarium, Faculty of Architecture
19:00-21:30 Official opening of the GranFest
Gani Jakupi & Agron Bajrami
GranFest exhibition: Hermann (Be), Dave McKean (UK), Frank Margerin (Fr), Fumio Obata (Jp/UK), Aude Samama (Fr), Tom Kaczinsky (USA), Marcello Quintanilha (Br), Ville Ranta (Fin)
Cocktail & music by Ilija Ludvig (Srb)
Official opening of the Polip festival
Alida Bremer, Saša Ilić, Jeton Neziraj
Readings: Lindita Ahmeti (Mk), Sreten Ugričić (Srb/Ch), Besnik Mustafaj (Al), Tom Kaczynski (USA), Olga Grjasnowa (Az/De), Tanja Raich (At), Sarah Hehir (UK)
moderators: Agron Bajrami (Rks), Alida Bremer (Hr/De)
Menza Ramiz Sadiku
21:30-00:00 Live music: Ilija Ludvig (Srb)
11.5.
Menza Ramiz Sadiku
11:00-12:00 Small talk with: Besnik Mustafaj (Alb), Sreten Ugričić (Srb/Ch), Hermann Huppen (Be), Frank Margerin (Fr) & Literami (De/It/Cz)
American Corner at the National Library of Kosovo
12:00-13:30 GranFest
Workshop with Tom Kaczynski
Qendra Multimedia
14:00-15:30 Panel 1
Age of Opinions (translation into English and Albanian will be provided)
panelists: Melinda Nadj Abonji (Ch), Ivana Bodrožić (Cro), Olga Grjasnowa (Az/De), Besnik Mustafaj (Alb), Robert Prosser (At)
moderator: Alida Bremer (Cro/De)
16:00-17:30 Panel 2
Literary Deal - Revolutionary Road (translation into English and Albanian will be provided)
panelists: Veton Surroi (Rks), Sreten Ugričić (Srb/Ch)
moderator: Saša Ilić (Srb)
20:00-21:30 Readings: Melinda Nadj Abonji (Ch/Srb), Robert Prosser (At), Ivana Bodrožić (Hr), Fumio Obata (Jp/UK), Marek Šindelka (Cz), Ivana Maksić (Srb), Azem Deliu (Rks)
Homage to Bekim Lumi, with: Afrim Muçaj, Gresa Pallaska, Bujar Ahmeti
moderators: Jeton Neziraj (Rks), Sasa Ilić (Srb), Matteo Colombi (De/It)
Soma Book Station
21:30-00:00 Jam Session: Gani Jakupi (Rks/Es), Fumio Obata (Jp/UK), Dave McKean (UK)…
12.5.
Qendra Multimedia
11:00-12:30 Panel 3 (GranFest)
Creative vs. manipulative information (translation into English and Albanian will be provided)
panelists: Fumio Obata (Jp/UK), Dave McKean (UK), Sarah Hehir (UK), Ville Ranta (Fin), Tom Kaczynski (USA), Marcello Quintanilha (Arg)
moderator: Gani Jakupi (Es/Rks)
15:00-16:30 Panel 4
Paralelní polis, a dissident concept haunting the present (translation into English and Albanian will be provided)
panelists: Alida Bremer (Hrv/De), Lena Dorn (De), Marek Šindelka (Cz), Shkelzen Maliqi (Rks)
moderator: Matteo Colombi (De/It)
Menza Ramiz Sadiku
20:00-00:00 Readings & music: Jasna Dimitrijević (Srb), Mariklena Niҫo (Alb), Eleni Suela Douxi (Al/Gr), Petar Matović (Srb), Gerhard Meister (Ch), Frank Margerin (Fra), Ermirë Vrella (Rks)
Readings from The WORD LITERARY FORUM, a Spoken Word Co-op Project: Gerhard Meister, Dragan Protić Prota and Shpetim Selmani
moderators: Shpetim Selmani (Rks), Lura Limani (Rks).
Live music: Arshikët e Gjakovës (Rks)
13.5.
University of Prishtina
11:00-12:30 Reading and discussion with Gerhard Meister
University of Prizren (Library Österreich Punkt)
14:00-15:30 Reading and discussion with Tanja Raich
14.5.
University of Prishtina (amphitheater of the Philological Faculty)
11:00-13:00 Reading and discussion with Robert Prosser
Qendra Multimedia
17:00-18:30 Tom Kaczynski: Beta testing the Apocalypse - promotion of the book
Published in Albanian by GRANFest and translated by Agron Bajrami