Teamwork Productions Teamwork is a highly versatile entertainment company, with roots in the performing arts, social action, and the corporate world. Our expertise lies in the area of Entertainment including Television, Filmdocumentary and feature, Event Management, Social Communication, Creation and Development of Contemporary Performing and Visual Arts Festivals across the world, and in nurturing new talent across arts forms. Teamwork currently produces performing and visual arts festivals across the world including in thors a n d S ep a k e rs Edinburgh, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Vancouver,Perth, ating Au Singapore, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and New Zealand. ticip Par Miguel Syjuco Teamwork produces the immensely popular Jaipur Literature Festival, an annual event where over Hannah Rothschild N S Madhavan Sebastian Faulks a hundred authors from across the world come together over a five day period. The annual week Adoor Gopalakrishnan Jaishree Misra Namita Gokhale Shashi Tharoor long Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) in New Delhi is produced by teamwork for the Amrita Tripathi last five years. In 2009, Teamwork produced the Bonjour India: Festival of France, with more than Jisha Krishnan Nik Gowing Shobhaa De Anita Nair 200 events across 18 cities in India and featuring over 250 artists, designers, researchers & Jorge Volpi Nikita Doval Shoma Chaudhury Anita Sethi entrepreneurs. K. Satchidanandan Nilanjana S Roy Simon Schama Bama Faustina K.S. Sachidananda ONV Kurup Sister Jesme Basharat Peer The Hay Festival (UK) Murthy Paul Henry Sonia Faleiro N.Bhanutej Hay Festival has been running for 23 years. In that time the company has developed to become an Kishwar Desai Paul Zacharia Tarun Tejpal Bob Geldof international festival production team. Based in the tiny market town of Hay-on-Wye, Wales, we Lisa Dwan Pavan Varma Tishani Doshi celebrate great writing and ideas in every medium in Britain and around the world. All our Festivals Charu Nivedita Lord Meghnad Desai Peter Florence Upinder Singh are informal, accessible and great fun. CP Surendran Mandira Nair Rakesh Khanna Vijay Tankha Hay is defined by its audience, 'the most inquisitive, exacting and free-thinking crowd you'll ever Gillian Clarke Mani Shankar Aiyar Rosie Boycott Vikram Seth meet' The Sunday Times. 195,000 tickets sold at Hay Festival 2009, where people gather from Manu Joseph Vivek Narayanan across the UK, Europe and America. The Festival is broadcast by our partners on BBC Radio 4 and Rupika Chawla Marcus du Sautoy Sky Arts television, and is covered and published in The Guardian along with further print media R.P Raja William Dalrymple coverage of AVE £3.5m. Hay Festival has recently won the Queens award for International Trade for Menna Elfyn R. Prasannan its work creating international festivals and promoting literature and literacy. Michelle Paver The DC International Book Fair The DC International Book Fair is one of the largest book fairs in South India. The 11th edition of the DC International Book Fair will be held at Kanakkakunnu Palace ground, Thiruvananthapuram from 01 November to 15 November, 2010. All major publishers including Penguin, HarperCollins, Random House, Pearson, Sage, Music Performances by Macmillan, Hachette , Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Orient Blackswan, PHI and Rupa will participate in this festival of knowledge and culture. In addition to book exhibition Asima and sales, the DC International Book Fair holds literary seminars, meetings, book releases, signing sessions, talent competitions for children and cultural programmes. Bob Geldof Cultural Extravaganza by Kerala Tourism PALACE HALL THE READING ROOM THE BANDSTAND Inaugural Session 10:00 MA Baby, Minister of Education & Culture, and Shashi Tharoor, MP Vikram Seth talks to Anita Sethi Amrita Tripathi and Anita Nair introduced by Jaishree Misra Miguel Syjuco talks to Nilanjana Roy 11:15 The novelist, librettist and poet discusses his writing from the verse classic Ladies Coupe - Two versatile writers read from their recent works Ilustrado - Syjuco's novel won the Man Asian Literary Prize and covers a large & tumultuous historical The Golden Gate to An Equal Music, A Suitable Boy and Two Lives. and discuss their approach to their craft. period of the Philippines. It is ceaselessly entertaining, frequently raunchy, and effervescent with humour. Marcus du Sautoy Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Hannah Rothschild The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey Through Everyday in conversation with Jisha Krishnan R Life - The author of The Number Mysteries shows us how everyday The legendary film and documentary - makers discuss their life and work E problems can be solved by maths – from smartphones and transatlantic flight with The Week's editor. B 12.30 to bending a ball like Beckham and predicting population growth. Marcus was mathematical consultant for Complicite’s A Disappearing Number, a theatre M production that toured India in August with the British Council. E Introduced by Nawaid Anjum. V 13.30 to O 14.30 LUNCH N Mani Shankar in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury Charu Nivedita talks to Rakesh Khanna , The Secular Fundamentalist: A contrarian view of contemporary Zero Degree: Breaking boundaries in life and fiction h India - Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician and intellectual at large, discusses written in Tamil by Charu Nivedita in 1998 and later translated into Malayalam t 14.30 & English, is chock-full of foul language, graphic sex, and extreme violence. 2 his passionate convictions and the grand follies of public policy. 1 He talks with Blaft Publications' co-founder Rakesh Khanna. Y Simon Schama Rupika Chawla talks to R P Raja K Satchidanandan introduced by Namita Gokhale An Historian's Alphabet Raja Ravi Varma: Arts, Aesthetics and Imagery 'Stammer' - Language, literature and poetry A Take a world tour of ideas and stories with the pre-eminent historian, Art conservator and writer Rupika Chawla and RP Raja, descendant of the K Satchidanandan's poetry is seen as the microcosm of larger trends in D 15.45 great Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma, discuss the artist's life, accomplishments modern Malyalam literature. Stammer is a hallmark poem which declares I art critic and broadcaster, whose award-winning work includes Citizens, Landscape and Memory, A History of Britain and Rembrandt's Eyes. and the writing of Chawla's book on Ravi Varma. that 'Stammer is the language of the world'. R He talks to Peter Florence about 26 subjects from A-Z. F Tarun Tejpal introduced by Shoma Chaudhury A Blueprint for a Safer Planet Assassins and Masks Screening of The British Council Lecture - A film of Nicholas Stern, 19.00, Nishagandhi Amphitheatre The iconic writer and journalist reads from his recent work. the climate change authority, in conversation with Rosie Boycott about Haiti, Opening Concert by Asima 17.00 Darfur, Bangladesh & How We Can Save the World and Create Prosperity. This event was recorded at Hay Festival in Wales, 2010. Cultural Extravaganza by Kerala Tourism Supported by the British Council Shashi Tharoor, Anita Nair, Jaishree Misra and K Satchidanandan Jorge Volpi Paul Zacharia talks to Shoma Chaudhury Malabar Mind The Mexican novelist and essayist recently awarded The Sacred and the Radical Four of Kerala's favourite writers celebrate the wonders of Malayalam the Debate-Casa de América Prize for his essay 'El insomnio de Bolívar', An eminent Malayalam fiction writer and essayist, uncompromising 10:00 literature. talks to Sameer Rahim about his writing, his television work, and the future in his social and political commitment. of one of the world's most volatile and booming nations. Supported by Allianz Cornhill Basharat Peer ONV Kurup talks to K.S. Satchidanandan Sonia Faleiro and William Dalrymple Curfewed Night The Jnapith Award winner and Malayalam poet and lyricist from Readings and Discussions - Sonia and William have both written about different types of prostitution. 11:15 The journalist discusses his Crossword Prize-winning book, A Frontline Kerala reads from his acclaimed works. Faleiro about the bar girls of Bombay and Dalrymple about the sacred devadasis or temple prostitutes of Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir. He talks to The Week's Karnataka. The writers will read from their work and discuss the differences between the two worlds. R Mandira Nair. E Michelle Paver Rosie Boycott, K. S. Sachidananda Murthy and Tarun Tejpal B The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Editor's Cut 12:30 The children's novelist discusses the research and myths of her Rosie Boycott, Tarun Tejpal and K. S. Sachidananda M global best-selling series exploring the pre-history world of Torak Murthy talk books, politics and journalism. E and his wolf brother. She talks to Shashi Tharoor. V 13.30 to O 14.30 LUNCH William Dalrymple N Menna Elfyn, Paul Henry, K Satchidanandan Manu Joseph introduced by CP Surendran , From Xanadu to Nine Lives A selection of poetry from two Welsh poets and one Malayalam poet. Readings from 'Serious Men' h The great travel writer explores his masterpieces of the last twenty Readings will be in English, Welsh and Malayalam. Chaired by Anita Sethi. Manu Joseph's satirical novel on science, power and the social divide received t years, In Search of The Sacred In Modern India. rave reviews all over the world. 3 14:30 1 Supported by the British Council in association with the Y Welsh Assembly Government A Bob Geldof in conversation Gillian Clarke in conversation with CP Surendran Indian Climate Change Champions D The Live Aid founder talks about his rock career and his work on. Voice of the Tribe The British Council's international climate champions (ICC) project aims to give young people between 18- 23 years a voice on environmental issues, to improve understanding and inspire positive actions R famine relief, economic and environmental sustainability and the The National Poet of Wales explores the issues of poetry and bilinguality, and development process in Africa.