In Lahti, Finland, for the 30th International Writers’ Reunion.
The 2022 Reunion will convene June 17-18 in Malski, the old brewery of Lahti, right in the centre of the city, a short walking distance away from the railway station.
For two days, writers from all over the world will present and discuss their views on the Reunion’s overall theme. Sessions will be hosted by writers Marjo Heiskanen and Karo Hämäläinen. The program also includes Prose Matinee and International Poetry Evening as well as other happenings. All events are free to the public.
Theme: Between the Lines
Not everything can be said or written out. Some things need to be shouted, but the things that cannot be shouted, must be whispered. Between the lines of a smallest poem there is room for entire universes. Only the fact that the space between the lines is so full of life makes translation possible.
As the world grows more and more unpredictable there is still room for alternatives, for otherness and for saplings which only literature can nurture and cultivate.
https://www.liwre.fi/en/liwre-2022-2/
PARTICIPANTS LIWRE 2022
Chairs: Marjo Heiskanen and Karo Hämäläinen. Theme talks by e.g. Yolanda Castaño (Spain/Galicia), Christos Ikonomou (Greece), Tabish Khair (Denmark), Hendrik Lindepuu (Estonia), Nadia Mifsud (Malta/France), Lorenza Natarella (Italia), Francis North (Brasilial/UK), Juan Jacinto Muños Rengel (Spain), Joelle Taylor (UK), Goce Smilevski (North Macedonia), Miri Yu (Japan), Inga Zolude (Latvia) and by Finnish authors Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, Sirpa Kyyrönen, Sami Sillanpää and Lars Sund (Sweden/Finland).
Moderators: Marjo Heiskanen and Karo Hämäläinen
International guests: Yolanda Castaño, Mikhail Durnenkov, Christos Ikonomou, Tabish Khair, Hendrik Lindepuu, Nadia Mifsud, Juan Jacinto Muños Rengel, Lorenza Natarella, Francis North, Goce Smilevski, Joelle Taylor, Iryna Tetera, Miri Yu, Inga Žolude
Finnish presenters: Sirpa Kyyrönen, Marisha Rasi-Koskinen, Sami Sillanpää and Lars Sund
Finnish participants: Juhani Brander, Rita Dahl, Akseli Heikkilä, Marjo Heiskanen, Seija Helander, Harri Hertell, Henri Hirvenoja, Anu Holopainen, Jakke Holvas, Laura Honkasalo, Elisa af Hällström, Karo Hämäläinen, Eliisa Isoniemi, Ben Kalland, Sakari Kirjavainen, Arto Kivimäki, Arto Koskinen, Emilia Lehtinen, Antti Leikas, Osmo Lumivuori, Marja Luoma, Timo Malmi, Maria Mustranta, J. Pekka Mäkelä, Kalle Niinikangas, Jaana Nikula, Sanna Nikula, Elisabeth Nordgren, Junichiro Okura, Anastasia Pashkevich, Mika Pekkola, Osmo Pekonen, Jukka-Pekka Pietiäinen, Asta Piiroinen, Ina Ruokolainen, Titia Schuurman, Anni Sumari, Mila Teräs, Ulla Vaarnamo
Interpreters: Päivi Alho-Tousignant, Helena Karunen, Suvi Rapola
Technician: Matti Korttinen/Kongressitekniikka
Photographer: J.Pekka Mäkelä
https://www.liwre.fi/en/liwre-2022-2/participants-liwre-2022/
