Schedule (26 May – 2 June 2011)

Sozopol

Thursday | 26 May

17:00–18:00	Registration
19:00	Opening Welcome Address by Elizabeth Kostova and Milena Deleva of EKF and Susan Sutton, Embassy of the United States Faculty Readings by Ani Ilkov and Elizabeth Kostova
20:00	Reception

Friday | 27 May

9:00-12:00	Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova
9:00-12:00	Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Ani Ilkov
10:30-11:00	Coffee break for all
12:30	Lunch
16:00-17:30	Making Translations Work - 1 How to Make Translations Happen? (from the point of view of authors and translators) Speakers:Anthony Georgiev, Fergal Tobin, John Freeman, Manol Peykov, Svetlozar Zhelev, Vanya Tomova Moderator: John Freeman

18:00-19:30

Lecture and reading by Ilija Trojanow

Saturday | 28 May

9:00-12:00	Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova
9:00-12:00	Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Ani Ilkov
10:30-11:00	Coffee break for all
12:30	Lunch
16:00-17:30	Making Translations Work - 2 How to Make Translations Happen? (from the point of view of authors and translators) Speakers: Angela Rodel, Ani Ilkov, Elizabeth Kostova, Ilija Trojanow, Kapka Kassabova, Margarita Dogramadzian, Rana Dasgupta, Svetlana Komogorova- Komata. Moderator: Fergal Tobin
18.00- 19.30	Lecture and reading by Rana Dasgupta
19:30	Dinner

Sunday | 29 May

9:00-10:30	Workshop for NES writers with Elizabeth Kostova
9:00-10:30	Workshop for Bulgarian writers with Ani Ilkov
10:30-11:00	Coffee break for all
12:30	Lunch
14:30-15:30	Joint workshop/discussion/Q&A with both workshops Ani Ilkov, Elizabeth Kostova, Ilija Trojanow and Rana Dasgupta
18:00-19:30	Fellows Reading
20:00	Farewell dinner

Monday | 30 May

9:30-10:30	Debriefing meeting (Faculty and Staff)
11:00	Departure to Sofia

Sofia

Tuesday | 31 May

10.00- 13.00

Round-table on The Future of Translation: Writing, Publishing, and Developing an Audience in the Digital Age.
Introduction by the moderator (Jeremiah Chamberlin)

Speakers: Fergal Tobin, John Freeman, Manol Peykov, Ilija Trojanow, Yana Genova, Rana Dasgupta, Svetlozar Zhelev, Kapka Kassabova, Miroslav Penkov.

19.30

Reading by the fellows and closing dinner

Working languages: Bulgarian and English; translation and interpretation will be provided.

Wednesday | 1 June

16.00

Lecture by Ilija Trojanow entitled "Igniting the Narrative Engine. On the interrelation between research and prose writing" (In English)

Thursday | 2 June