Archive

19 April 2017 20:30 - 22:00 uur Podium B - Centrale Bibliotheek Den Haag, Spui 68, 5e etage

War in The Dutch East-Indies - with Alfred Birney and Hans Goedkoop

15 February 2017 20:30 - 22:00 uur Podium B - Centrale Bibliotheek Den Haag, Spui 68, 5e etage

What's wrong with the elite?

22 January 2017 14:00 - 16:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

The Writers' Fest

22 January 2017 10:00 - 12:00 uur Theater aan het Spui

VPRO O.V.T. Live

21 January 2017 23:45 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dancing into the Saturday Night

21 January 2017 23:05 - 23:01 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Michel Faber

21 January 2017 23:01 - 23:45 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Colson Whitehead

21 January 2017 23:00 - 23:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

IS: The Counter-Narrative

A conversation, a video essay, a poem and music about how to counteract the horror campaign and propaganda machine of the so-called Islamic State.

21 January 2017 22:15 - 22:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

IS: The Horror Show

How should one analyze staged and theatrically planned murderous acts? What is the relationship between IS's bombastic horror-pathos and the fascist European propaganda of the 1930s? A late night show with conversations, a reading and music.

21 January 2017 22:05 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Tommy Wieringa

21 January 2017 22:01 - 22:45 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

21 January 2017 22:00 - 23:50 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Film: Under the Skin

A mysterious woman drives across Scotland in a delivery van, accosting unsuspecting passers-by in order to seduce and lure them into her trap. The film, with a.o. Scarlett Johansson and based on the equivocal novel by Michel Faber, got a five-star review in The Guardian.

21 January 2017 21:45 - 22:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Ideology as an Act of Fiction

Writers are more likely to take up the pen than the sword in order to fight injustice. Fiction becomes their ideological act.

21 January 2017 21:20 - 21:40 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Dorit Rabinyan

21 January 2017 21:05 - 22:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

My Secret City

The festival asked seven authors to write about their own "secret" cities. Not the city that they see when they walk out the door but the city that they occasionally and unexpectedly come across. They read in their own language, with English and Dutch translations projected simultaneously.

21 January 2017 21:00 - 23:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Saturday Night Wintercafé

The Wintercafé brings together writers and the public. Host Francis Broekhuijsen and multi-instrumentalist Michalis Cholevas (ney, saz, yayli tanbur) supply the enjoyable atmosphere. Drink, eat, try the poetry-machine of Roos Laan, and stop by the booksigning sessions at Van Stockum Bookshop or visit the Cultural Press Centre.

Booksigning sessions at Van Stockum Bookshop:
21.00–21.30: Tommy Wieringa
21.45–22.15: Dorit Rabinyan & Bas Heijne
22.15–22.45: Olga Grjasnowa
23.00–23.30: Rodrigo Hasbún & Colson Whitehead

21 January 2017 21:00 - 21:20 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Rodaan  Al Galidi

Writers talk about their favourite book - the book that inspires or moves them; the book that formed their moral or intellectual compass; the book that they would recommend to anyone.

21 January 2017 20:55 - 21:55 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Under the Skin – "Real" Life?

Bestselling Australian author Michael Faber interviewed about his fascination with literary works adapted to the screen. Followed by the screening of Under the Skin, based on his own hit novel.

21 January 2017 20:45 - 21:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

The Return of Sultans & Tsars?

Are the tsars and sultans back or have they never been away? A conversation about the backgrounds of the current turbulent times in Turkey and Russia.

21 January 2017 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Saturday Night Wintercafé: Spot on Young Poets

Students of The Hague's high schools read their own poetry, the result of workshops given by members of The Hague Poet's Guild. The poets Salena Godden and Maarten van der Graaff appear with them.

21 January 2017 20:00 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Saturday Night Unlimited

21 January 2017 20:00 - 20:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

The Dutch on the Couch: Tommy Wieringa

A country sees the doctor — the Netherlands is suffering from burnout, we are working ourselves to pieces. If in theory, one can lead a perfect life, should we do so? The Professor of psychiatry and, as patient NL, the writer.

21 January 2017 20:00 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

The Tale of Two Cities

Four writers, eight cities. In The tale of Two Cities, writers for whom "the city" has more than one face have their say.

21 January 2017 16:00 - 17:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

NRC Live Reading Club: Louise O. Fresco