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Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 1 TURKEY MARKET FOCUS 2013 BRITISH COUNCIL CULTURAL PROGRAMME İnci Aral Ayşe Kulin Asli E. Perker Oya Baydar Mario Levi Elif Şafak / Shafak Fethiye Çetin Perihan Mağden Ece Temelkuran Fatih Erdoğan Bejan Matur Ayfer Tunç Murat Gülsoy Murat Menteş Ahmet Ümit Hakan Günday Murathan Mungan Mehmet Yashin Müge İplikçi Bariş Müstecaplıoğlu CULTURAL PROGRAMME THE LONDON BOOK FAIR, EARLS COURT MONDAY 15 APRIL 10.00-10.30 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Oya Baydar in conversation with Kamila Shamsie 11.30-12.30 Writing in a Changing Turkey Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Müge İplikçi, Mehmet Yashin & Maggie Gee Chair: Maureen Freely Turkey has the youngest population in Western Europe, and one of the fastest growing economies in the world – expanding 9.2% in 2010, and 8.5% in 2011. This economic growth is driving social change and altering Turkey’s position on the world stage. How does contemporary writing in Turkey engage with a rapidly cultural landscape? 13.00-13.30 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Fethiye Çetin in conversation with Jo Glanville 13.00-14.00 Turkish Literature in the UK Whitehall Room, Earls Court Panellists: Bejan Matur, Müge Gürsoy Sökmen & Amy Spangler Chair: Maureen Freely Despite the fact that translations from Turkish have increased in the 2000s, Turkish literature is still largely unknown in the UK and leading authors as well as modern classics are still waiting to be discovered by English-language readers. On the other hand, as elsewhere, translations from English continue filling the Turkish book market. What stands in the way of turning the tide and making the rich literature of modern and contemporary Turkey known in the UK? This event is part of the Literary Translation Centre programme. Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 2 14.30-15.30 Children’s Writing from Turkey: What Makes Children Read? Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Fatih Erdoğan & Sophie Smiley Chair: Sarwat Chadda This seminar aims to give a platform to a wide discussion about children’s literature in Turkey. What is the reading culture like for children in Turkey? How are books discovered and shared, and what kind of stories, themes and genres are winning over a new generation of readers? 16.00-16.30 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Gillian Slovo 16.00-17.00 East and West: Perceptions of Turkish Literature Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Beyazıt Akman & Nazan Bekiroğlu The speakers will discuss how Turkish literature has been perceived in history by eastern and western literary and academic circles, and analyse the differing perspectives and their accurate and inaccurate views on Turkish literature. This event is in partnership with the Turkish National Organising Committee for International Book Fairs. TUESDAY 16 APRIL 10.00-11.00 What is Contemporary Writing from Turkey? Celebrating Diversity Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Fethiye Çetin, Mario Levi, Perihan Mağden & Stella Duffy Chair: Lisa Appignanesi Literature is by nature a polyphonic phenomenon: many voices meeting to describe a broad and diverse narrative. Which voices, identities, and experiences need to be written? What is contemporary literature’s role in writing, changing and re-telling the narratives of nationhood? 11.30-12.00 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Elif Shafak in conversation with Gaby Wood This event is part of The London Book Fair Author of the Day programme. 13.00-14.00 At the Crossroads of Culture: Writing Turkey from a Distance Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Esmahan Aykol, Oya Baydar, Asli E. Perker & Anjali Joseph Chair: Sara Whyatt Historically, many writers have found distance can refresh our perspective on our homes, put us into a different context, and highlight similarities and differences. What are the effects of Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 3 exile, absence, distance and foreign surroundings on how we think about home? Writers from Turkey and the UK discuss writing Turkey and home from afar. 14.30-15.00 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Murathan Mungan in conversation with Maureen Freely 14.30-15.30 Literary Editors on Turkish Literature Whitehall Room, Earls Court Panellists: Buket Aşçı, Filiz Aygündüz, Turhan Günay & Faruk Şuyun Chair: Cem Erciyes Book review supplements have taken on a broader significance than simply being newspaper supplements; they have become a topic of debate. The panellists will discuss the book review supplements, which are for some, the best thing that happened to literature, while some others hold them responsible for the destruction of literary journals and literary criticism. This event is in partnership with the Turkish National Organising Committee for International Book Fairs. 16.00-17.00 Page and Screen in Turkey: Competitors or Collaborators? Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Ayşe Kulin, Tarık Tufan, Ayfer Tunç & Joe Dunthorne Chair: Canan Marasligil With soap operas becoming one of Turkey’s largest international exports, writers from Turkey and the UK look at the relationship between page and screen. Do literature, TV and film exist in different spheres, with different inspirations and different audiences? Or – with many fiction authors writing for the screen – should we view the relationship differently, as a collaborative, hybrid arena? WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 10.00-11.00 Poetry and Crime Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Şavkar Altınel & Esmahan Aykol A detective fiction writer, who has published a book of poetry, and a poet with great passion for detective fiction will discuss how these two genres agree with each other. This event is in partnership with the Turkish National Organising Committee for International Book Fairs. 11.30-12.30 New Fiction: Fantasy and Crime Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Hakan Günday, Bariş Müstecaplıoğlu, Ahmet Ümit Chair: Barbara Nadel Fantasy, science fiction and crime fiction have traditionally been left outside the mainstream of the Turkish literary world. Though slow to develop, crime fiction has grown in popularity in Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 4 Turkey and now enjoys a popular readership. What is behind crime fiction’s growing popularity and why don’t science fiction and fantasy have the same profile in Turkey? 13.00-14.00 New Media: Literature and Authorship ‘Online’ Literature Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: Tarık Tufan & Salih Zengin The panellists from the ‘Media’ will address the concepts of literature and authorship in the media sector, which has been recently transformed by dazzling technological changes, and discuss the impact of the internet on literature and literary discussions. This event is in partnership with the Turkish National Organising Committee for International Book Fairs. 13.30-14.30 Turkish Translation Slam! Literary Translation Centre, Earls Court Participants: Izzy Finkel & Feyza Howell Chair: Daniel Hahn Emerging Turkish-to-English translators Izzy Finkel and Feyza Howell will test their linguistic mettle in a light-hearted dual of words. The slam will showcase the art of translation by juxtaposing competing translations of the same piece of contemporary writing by Turkish writer Murat Menteş. 14.30-15.30 Future of Literature in Turkey Whitehall Room, Earls Court Writers: İnci Aral, Murat Gülsoy, Murat Menteş & Ned Beauman Chair: Ellah Allfrey Crowd-sourced translation, hybridized fan-fiction, e-books and experimentation - what’s next for literature? How will it reach new audiences? What themes, style and genres should it explore? Writers from Turkey and the UK explore what the future of literature might hold. 16.00-16.30 In Conversation… English PEN Literary Café, Earls Court Mario Levi in conversation with Amanda Hopkinson Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 5 CULTURAL PROGRAMME EVENTS IN LONDON MONDAY 15 APRIL 18.30-20.30 Your Voice, My Voice Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA How do you give a voice to the unheard? Join writers Perihan Mağden (Turkey) and Neel Mukherjee (India/UK) as they discuss their writing and how it relates to the countries and cultures that shaped their lives. While their work describes different realities and explores distinct imaginary worlds, both writers share the urge to give a voice to the unheard: the marginalised characters in their novels, the subjects of their journalism and the voice of the writer themselves. Chaired by Canan Marasligil, Translator in Residence, Free Word Centre Tickets: £5 (£3 Concessions) available at www.freewordonline.com This event is presented by Free Word and English PEN. 18.30-20.00 Innovation and the Novel The Gallery at Foyles 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EB Bariş Müstecaplıoğlu and İnci Aral – copy to follow. Tickets: Free, email [email protected] to reserve a place 18.45-20.15 Writing about Turkey British Library, Conference Centre 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB This is a rare opportunity to hear from some of the leading names from Turkey's vibrant literary scene - a world where modernity and tradition and East and West meet in words, as in the country itself. Ayşe Kulin and Asli E Perker will discuss writing about Turkey with acclaimed British novelist Louis de Bernières. Tickets: £5 (£3 Concessions) available at http://boxoffice.bl.uk, +44 (0)1937 546546 (Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00) or in person at the British Library WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 18.00-20.00 Insanbul: Writing from a Cosmopolitan Perspective School of Oriental and African Studies, Room 116 SOAS Main Building Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Once the Queen of Cities, referred to as Islambol (Abounding-in-Islam) during the Ottoman period, then maligned as kozmopolit and no longer ‘The City’ in the Republican period, Istanbul Turkey Market Focus 2013: British Council Cultural Programme 6 never stopped accommodating a vast humanity (insan is ‘people’ in Turkish) as it developed into a somewhat insane, ‘self-service’ city.