Thursday, October 04, 2012

İstanbul’s Tanpınar Literature Festival opens fourth year


1 October 2012 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL


The 2012 edition of İstanbul’s annual Tanpınar Literature Festival (İTEF) got under way on Monday, calling on all bibliophiles of the city to take part in a varied program that features events where 68 authors from 20 countries are attending.
İTEF 2012’s program, held under the main theme “City and Fear,” will also expand into three more Turkish provinces after the four-day İstanbul stint wraps up on Thursday. Ankara, İzmir and Hatay will be hosting the festival from Oct. 4-7.
The festival’s packed program includes book recitals, panel discussions, workshops, book-signing events and literature parties.
Internationally acclaimed authors visiting İstanbul for the festival include Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Britain’s Louis de Bernières, Turkey’s Hakan Günday, Finnish crime novelist Leena Lehtolainen, Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin and Israeli writer Etgar Keret, among others.

Full report here.

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