This year’s theme of “Prose Readings” is literary polyphony or literary languages. In total, more than ten different online events are expected, in which about 50 Latvian and foreign authors will participate.
The festival will open on December 2 at 7 pm with an essay by Ilmārs Šlāpins “Literary Languages”. Inga Ābele, Inese Zandere, Jānis Joņevs and Osvalds Zebris will take part in the readings of their latest works – the independent, life of the author “.
On December 3, at 7 pm, a discussion of Baltic authors and translators “Baltic Literature in the World: Challenges and Opportunities for Translation” will take place. In the discussion, the resonance of translations of Baltic literature abroad will be judged by the Baltic Assembly Prize-winning writers Lēlo Tungala (Estonia) and Nora Ikstena (Latvia), as well as Arno Jundze, Chairman of the Latvian Writers’ Union, Jade Will, literary agent and translator Rims Užgiris and Adams Viktor Kull. The discussion in English will be moderated by writer, translator and literary agent Willis Kasims.
The readings of the new authors’ seminars “Call” and “Literary Academy” will take place on December 4 at 17.00 and 19.00.
The traditional Sunday morning readings “Prose Breakfast” will take place on December 5 at 12:00. Kristīne Želve, Silvija Brice, Laura Vinogradova and Māris Bērziņš will take part in them, and at 17.00 prose readings inspired by the museum atmosphere will be read in “Muse Stories”, with the participation of authors who work in various museums on a daily basis – Aivars Eipurs, Lolita Tomsone, Ilze Andresone
From December 6 to 10, at 11.05, we will be able to listen to a reading of the latest work of one writer in the LR1 program “Kultūras rondo”, but at 18.00 on the festival website and Facebook account there will be readings of the winners of the open story competition “Pandemic Time Stories”.
Ilze Jansone, Guna Roze, Sergejs Moreino, Pēteris Pūrītis and Jānis Zelčāns will perform on Saturday evening at 11 pm.
The festival will end with the presentation of the “Prose Reading” award on December 12 at 6 p.m.
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The festival “Prose Readings” has been taking place since 1995 and has become a lasting and long-awaited event in the Latvian literary landscape, and within it it is possible to see and hear the freshest, most current, which is currently being created in Latvian literature. Since 2016, the festival has been organized by the Latvian Writers’ Union. The project is implemented with the support of the State Culture Capital Fund, the SCCF target program “KultūrELPA” and the Riga City Council.
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