Archive

16 January 2015 22:30 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

We're Not Holding Our Breath for a Good Book

Two passionate readers. In which novels do they feel at home, and in which ones would they absolutely not want to live? A playful and personal exchange.

16 January 2015 22:15 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Writers Formerly Known as African

Maaza Mengiste was born in Ethiopia and moved to the US as a child. Nii Ayikwei Parkes was born in London to Ghanaian parents. How defining is their parents' country in their work and identity? Toef Jaeger opens with a commentary. She is the biographer of the writer Henk van Woerden, who grew up in South Africa and emigrated to the Netherlands.

16 January 2015 22:05 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Milena Michiko Flašar

16 January 2015 21:45 - 22:05 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Paul Scheffer

16 January 2015 21:40 - 22:01 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Tear Down the Wall

Muhammad Aladdin (Egypt), Niña Weijers (NL), and graphic novelist Leela Corman (US) touch on sensitive issues in their work. "If a man isn't willing to stand behind his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good," said poet Ezra Pound. Do art and literature create a safe environment for breaking taboos?

16 January 2015 21:01 - 21:45 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Mustafa Stitou

16 January 2015 21:01 - 22:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Home Is Where the Hell Is

Three writers on growing up in violent environments. Israeli David Grossman, Maaza Mengiste who wrote about the Ethiopian revolution, and Jennifer Clement, who described the impact of the drug trade on the lives of young girls.

16 January 2015 21:01 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

The Film Choices of Cynthia McLeod

Cynthia McLeod picks excerpts from her favorite movies and tells film journalist Bert Jansma why they are so important to her. With scenes from Gone With the Wind (1939), the story of spirited Scarlett O'Hara and the American Civil War—and the occasion for the first Oscar won by a black actress (Hattie McDaniel as Mammy), and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), in which lawyer Gregory Peck defends a young black man in the segregated Alabama of the 1930s.

16 January 2015 21:00 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Friday Night Wintercafé

The Wintercafé is the meeting point of the festival, where writers and the audience come together, welcomed by MC Francis Broekhuijsen. Also at the Wintercafé: refreshments, book sales and booksigning at the Paagman book stall, music by Ud-player Mohamed Ahaddaf and DJ Safri, and more.

Booksigning at the Paagman Book stall:
21:30 – 21:45
Karen Armstrong & Paul Scheffer

21:45 – 22:00
Milena Michiko Flašar & Tao Yue

22:20 – 22:35
David Grossman & Jennifer Clement

22:45 – 23:00
Niña Weijers & Cynthia McLeod

23:10 – 23:25
Toef Jaeger & David Van Reybrouck

16 January 2015 20:50 - 21:10 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Nii Ayikwei Parkes

16 January 2015 20:35 - 21:35 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Voices from the East

Austrian-Japanese author Flašar had a dream debut with her novel I Called Him Necktie. Rahayu (Indonesia) wrote about S&M and transsexuality. Tao Yue (China/NL) is debuting with Shanghai Nocturne.

16 January 2015 20:30 - 20:50 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Niña Weijers

16 January 2015 20:10 - 20:30 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of My Life: Cristina Branco

Writers and musicians present their favourite literary texts and explain why a particular poem, novel excerpt, or song lyric influenced their life and work.

16 January 2015 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Friday Night Wintercafé: Who's Afraid of Youth

During this first hour, MC Francis Broekhuijsen presents students from the Hague secondary schools reading their poems, the outcome of a series of school workshops. They perform with poet Ineke Riem.

16 January 2015 20:00 - 21:20 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Violence and Religion - Opening Lecture by Karen Armstrong

British author Karen Armstrong starts off with the 9th Winternachten Lecture. Her subject is violence and religion. What are the factors that lead to eruptions of violence and war? How can we live together peacefully despite religious and cultural differences? Is religion really a motive for the use of force? After the lecture, Sheila Sitalsing will be in conversation with Karen Armstrong. Dutch essayist Paul Scheffer and Egyptian writer Muhammad Aladdin will also take part in the discussion.

16 January 2015 20:00 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

FRIDAY NIGHT UNLIMITED

16 January 2015 20:00 - 21:15 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Documentary: Misi met een missie - plus a talk with Cynthia McLeod and director Wilma Ligthart

In this documentary, director Wilma Ligthart accompanies the royally distinguished Surinamese writer Cynthia McLeod to places that play a role in her life and work. After the screening, film journalist Bert Jansma speaks with both women. The public will have the opportunity to ask questions as well.

16 January 2015 20:00 - 20:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

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