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“CapitaLiterature” will be on stage in Sofia from May 20 through May 29 and will present:
Monday | 20 May
19:00 “Nobody’s Fool” (USA, 1994, 110 min)
Director: Robert Benton; writers: Richard Russo (novel), Robert Benton (screenplay); cast: Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith, Paul Newman.
Film screening in preparation for the film talk with the writer Richard Russo.
In English with Bulgarian subtitles | Free admission
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate | 15 Lyuben Karavelov Str.
Tuesday | 21 May
19:00 “Keeping Mum” (USA, 2005, 103 min)
Director: Niall Johnson; writers: Richard Russo (story and screenplay), Niall Johnson (screenplay); cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Rowan Atkinson.
Film screening in preparation for the film talk with the writer Richard Russo.
In English with Bulgarian subtitles | Free admission
American Corner, Sofia City Library | 4A Slaveykov Sq.
Wednesday | 22 May
16:00 Creative Writing Lecture by Richard Russo
In English | Free admission
British & American Resource Center, University of Sofia | 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.
19:00 Writing and Adapting for the Cinema. Film talk with Richard Russo
A conversation with the author, followed by a book signing session.
Moderator: Vladislav Todorov
Richard Russo’s filmed novel “Empire Falls” has just been published in Bulgarian (Ciela, 2013). The book in Bulgarian will be available for purchase on site.
In Bulgarian and in English | Free admission
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate | 15 Lyuben Karavelov Str.
Monday | 27 May
19:00 The Art and Craft of Creative Writing
Presentation of“Writing Fiction Step by Step” by Josip Novakovich (Ciela, 2012) and “Bringing the Devil to His Knees. The Craft of Fiction and the Writing Life”, edited by Charles Baxter and Peter Turchi (Ciela, 2013).
The books in Bulgarian will be available for purchase on site.
In Bulgarian and in English | Free admission
Ciela Bookstore, underpass near University of Sofia | 22 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.
Tuesday | 28 May
11:00 Public Editing Session with Richard Beard from the National Academy of Writing, London
In the framework of the “Teaching Creative Writing?” discussions.
In Bulgarian and in English | Free admission
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate | 15 Lyuben Karavelov Str.
16:00 Writing and Adapting for the Cinema. Film talk with Vladislav Todorov
A conversation with the author of the filmed novels “Zift” (BG: Janet 45, 2006; USA: Paul Dry Books, 2010) and “Zincograph” (Fama, 2010).
Moderator: Miglena Nikolchina
The books in Bulgarian will be available for purchase on site.
In Bulgarian and in English | Free admission
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate | 15 Lyuben Karavelov Str.
19:00 An International Literary Performance
With the participation of five Bulgarian and five English-speaking writers: Aurora Brackett (USA), Diana Spechler (USA), Hristos Hartomatsidis (BG), Marianna Georgieva (BG), Michael Hyde (USA), Momchil Nikolov (BG), Natalie Bakopoulos (USA), Rita Ciresi (USA), Stoyan Nenov (BG) and Todor P. Todorov (BG).
In Bulgarian and in English | Free admission
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate | 15 Lyuben Karavelov Str.
Wednesday | 29 May
16:00 Creative Writing Lecture by Vladislav Todorov
In Bulgarian | Free admission
British & American Resource Center, University of Sofia | 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.