Schedule (21 -24 May, 2008)
Tuesday | 20 May
| 7:00 pm |
Welcome Dinner General Orientation and Welcome Address Elizabeth Kostova, Founder of EKF, Julian Popov, Chairman of EKF |
Wednesday | 21 May
| 8:30-9:00 am | Registrations |
| 9:00-12:00 pm | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-12:00 pm | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emil Andreev |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Coffee break for all |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00 pm |
Roundtable with Greg Mosse and Lyubomir Nikolov in conversation about the art of translation Facilitator: Stefan Tafrov |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner |
| 8:30-10:00 pm | Lecture and reading by Kate Mosse (PE) |
Thursday | 22 May
| 9:00-12:00 pm | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-12:00 pm | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emil Andreev |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Coffee break for all |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00 pm | Roundtable with Danielle Trussoni, Travis Holland, Vania Tomova and Anthony Georgieff on: Authors in translation Readership formation Facilitator: Svetlozar Zhelev |
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Lecture and reading by Theodora Dimova (PE) |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner |
| 8:30-10:00 pm | Faculty Readings by Emil Andreev and Elizabeth Kostova with introductory words by David Siefkin (Embassy of the United States) (PE) |
Friday | 23 May
| 9:00-10:30 am | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-10:30 am | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emil Andreev |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Coffee break for all |
| 11:00-12:00 pm | Joint workshop/discussion/Q&A with both workshops, Elizabeth Kostova, Emil Andreev, Theodora Dimova |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00 pm | Roundtable with Anna Droumeva, Julian Popov and Svetlozar Zhelev talking on agenting process, publishing translations and the impact of foreign books in local context. |
| 6:00 pm | Farewell dinner |
| 7:30-9:00 pm | Student reading (PE) |
Saturday | May 24
| 9:30-10:30 am | Debriefing meeting Faculty and Staff |
*PE = public event
