Schedule
SOZOPOL
Thursday | 4 June
| 17:00 – 18:oo | Registration |
| 18:о0 | Opening Welcome Address by Elizabeth Kostova, Founder of EKF Julian Popov, Chairman of EKF Milena Deleva, Managing Director of EKF Panayot Reizi, Mayor of Sozopol Faculty Readings by Emilia Dvoryanova and Elizabeth Kostova with introductory words by Reagan Arthur and Georgi Gospodinov (PE)* |
| 20:00-21:00 | Reception |
Friday | 5 June
| 9:00-12:00 | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-12:00 | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emilia Dvoryanova |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break for all |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Round table - 1 WRITING AND EDITING LITERARY TEXTS Writers’ talk with Georgi Gospodinov, Elizabeth Kostova, Emilia Dvoryanova, Josip Novakovich, Kapka Kassabova, Rawi Hage and Reagan Arhtur. Moderator: Julian Popov |
| 18.00- 19.15 | Lecture and reading by Josip Novakovich (PE) |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Saturday | 6 June
| 9:00-12:00 | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-12:00 | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emilia Dvoryanova |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break for all |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Round table- 2 WRITING AND EDITING TRANSLATIONS Translators’/Editors’ Talk with Iglika Vassileva, John O’Brien , Maria Krusteva, and Yordan Kosturkov. Moderator: Rhett McNeil |
| 14:00– 15:30 | Writing exercise with Josip Novakovich |
| 18.00- 19.15 | Lecture and reading by Georgi Gospodinov |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Sunday | 7 June
| 9:00-10:30 | Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova |
| 9:00-10:30 | Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Emilia Dvoryanova |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break for all |
| 11:00-12:00 | Joint workshop/discussion/Q&A with both workshops Georgi Gospodinov, Elizabeth Kostova, Emilia Dvoryanova and Josip Novakovich. |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Round table - 3 CREATING READERSHIP Publishers’/ Agents’ Talk with Bozhana Apostolova, John O’Brien, Manol Peykov, Reagan Arthur, and Svetlozar Zhelev. Moderator: Anthony Georgieff |
| 16:00 -17:30 | Writing exercise with Josip Novakovich |
| 18:00-19:30 | Student Reading |
| 20:00 | Words by Sherry Keneson-Hall, Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy and Elena Poptodorova, former Bulgarian Ambassador to U.S. (tbc)
Farewell dinner |
Monday | 8 June
| 9:30-10:30 | Debriefing meeting (Faculty and Staff) |
| 11:00 | Departure to Sofia |
Sofia, American Corner, 4-A Slaveikoiv sq.
Tuesday| 9 June
| 9.00 - 12.00 | Individual meetings and press interviews |
| 13.00 - 13.05 | Welcome Address by Keneson-Hall, Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy |
| 13.05 - 14.30 | Writing Fiction Step by Step: A lecture by Josip Novakovich
[Accompanied by a short presentation of the Bulgarian edition of the Novakovich’s book Fiction Writers Workshop] |
| 14.45 - 17.30 | Roundtable on Literature diplomacy with participation of writers, editors, translators, critics, publishers and agents, among which: Alek Popov, Amelia Licheva, Boyko Penchev, Daniel Kalchev, Emilia Dvoryanova, Georgi Gospodinov, Iglika Vassileva, Igor Chipev, John O’Brien, Josip Novakovich, Kapka Kassabova, Katalina Sabeva, Raimond Wagenstein, Reagan Arthur, Theodora Dimova, Yana Genova, Yordan Kosturkov. Модератор: Miglena Nikolchina |
| 17.30 - 18.30 | Literature reading by the Sozopol Fiction Seminars Participants. |
| 18.30 | Reception |
*PE = public event
