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Bookworm Festival of Words 2011

Posted on 11/05/2011

Bookworm Festival of Words 2011

Every week in May and June 2011, the Bookworm hosts an event featuring writers and words.

From the Bookworm:

This year the Bookworm decided that emerging and established writers and wordsmiths in Hanoi could do with a forum to present their words to the public.
Like the lotus in ponds around Tay Ho, the Bookworm Festival of Words is about to come into bloom. We hope that there will be a successful cross-pollination of ideas so that future festivals can easily germinate.
The inaugural festival will showcase the work of authors, bloggers, travel writers, poets, photographers, foodies, editors, songsters and those that use the unspoken word like artists and photographers.

Though this festival will be presented in English, we plan for a more inclusive program in the future.
The Bookworm has always been a non-profit Art Space and now becomes a non-profit Festival Space with participating writers nominating their favorite charity.

See below for the schedule of events.

Yunnan

WEDNESDAY: May 18: 7.30
“THE ACCIDENTAL WRITER” – venturing into Vietnamese writing and culture
with ROMAN SZLAM (expert on things cultural and traditional in Hanoi)
profits to Blue Dragon
complimentary white wine before this event

WEDNESDAY: May 25: 7.30
“DISCOVERING YUNNAN” and the Red River mountain minorities
with JIM GOODMAN (published author, explorer of Yunnan and Vietnam)
profits to Operation Smile

WEDNESDAY: June 1st: 7.30
“101 REASONS to LOVE LIVING in HANOI”, and lots more after 10 years living here
with MARK RAPOPORT, MD, pediatrician, founder of 54 Traditions Gallery, Hanoi
profits to Operation Smile

SATURDAY: June 4
Hanoi Writers’ Collective
“A POETRY BORDELLO”
*Time and venue to be announced

WEDNESDAY: June 8 : 7.30pm
“NINI and LOTTA in HANOI”
A bio and travelogue about Hanoi with lots of heart
with RICARDO BIANCO LEVRIN (parent of Nini and Lotta)
profits to Blue Dragon

101 Reasons to Love Living in Hanoi

WEDNESDAY: June 15 : 7.30pm
“COOKS, BOOKS and BLOGS: Adventures on the Vietnamese Food Trail”
with Mark LOWERSON, Tracey LISTER, Andreas POHL
great cooks, published authors, brilliant bloggers, food afficionados
profits to Koto

WEDNESDAY: June 22: 7.30pm
“TRUTH, LIES and POPULAR TV”
with KIM HUYNH (author and academic)
profits to Medicins Sans Frontiers

WEDNESDAY; June 29 : 7.30pm
“OUR MAN IN HANOI” www.ourmaninhanoi.com
with Steve JACKSON (the blogger behind the site)
profits to Blue Dragon

June….date to be announced
“The SINGER and the SONG”
with MICHAEL JOHNSTON (song writer, singer, voyager)

WEDNESDAY: July 6 : 7.3opm
“The EDITOR and EDITING FROM HOME….or wherever”
with MICHAEL LA ROCCA (published author, freelance editor)
profits to Operation Smile

Nini & Lotta in Hanoi