upcoming
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Tu 03.04
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We 15.08 passa porta NL / FR / EN
expo
brussels in shorts
Cartoon artists will devise a graphic story on contemporary Brussels.
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Th 24.05
| 20:30
RITS
NL
boon! uitgesproken?
de voorstad groeit
The second Boon debate by the Louis Paul Boon Society. A vision of Brussels and urban life based on the work of Louis Paul Boon. A conversation between Stijn Oosterlynck and the geographer Erik Swyngedouw.
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Sa 26.05
| 18:00
de munt - malibran
EN / FR / NL
kunstenfestivaldesarts
chantal mouffe
Closing lecture by Chantal Mouffe...
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We 30.05
| 20:00
passa porta
EN
meet the author
teju cole
Teju Cole in conversation with Chantal pattyn.
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Th 31.05
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
meet the author
koen peeters
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Su 03.06
| 20:30
bozar
EN
meet the author
john irving
Best-selling American author John Irving in conversation with Annelies Beck...
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We 06.06
| 20:00
passa porta
EN
in residence
goce smilevski
In Sigmund Freud's Sister (Penguin) the Macedonian Goce Smilevski describes the horrors of WWII as seen through the eyes of Adolphine Freud, whom her famous brother left behind in Nazi-occupied Vienna.
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Th 07.06
| 20:15
flagey
ES / FR
A Writers’ Europe
javier marías
Exceptional encounter with the Spanish author Javier Marías.
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Su 24.06
| 11:00
de munt / la monnaie
NL / FR
a stage with a view
anna enquist
To accompany Verdi’s Il Trovatore, the Dutch writer and psychoanalyst Anna Enquist will be talking about themes that play a major role both in her novels and this opera: parental love, passion and abandonment.
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We 11.07
| 17:00
passa porta
NL
verhalen voor raymond
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Su 07.10
| 12:00>18:00 + 20:00
KVS
boon!2012
the big boon marathon
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brussels in shorts - next videos
Meet the next graphic short novelists who visited Brussels for Brussels in Shorts: Czech artist Tomáš Kučerovský and the Catalan brothers Antonio & Carlos Segura Donat.
- We 23/05/2012 - 16:05
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brussels in shorts - videos
The graphic short novelists selected for Brussels in Shorts are exploring the city. Watch and meet Karrie Fransman and Paula Bulling & Maman Salissou Oumarou.
- Tu 22/05/2012 - 09:05
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open house @ passa porta
On Thursday 17 and Friday 18 May, visit Passa Porta's office and learn more about its laboratory activities. Ask at the bookshop from 14:00 to 17:30. At 17:40, brief presentation and meeting with graphic novelist in residence William Goldsmith. Accueil dans la librairie. More...
- We 16/05/2012 - 11:05
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interview with michael cunningham
Et Alors? magazine meets Michael Cunningham in Brussels where he was invited as a writer in residence by Het beschrijf: Coffee, Belgian chocolates and a conversation with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. The magazine is for sale at Passa Porta Bookshop.
- We 25/04/2012 - 10:04
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brussels in shorts
Watch the item about our graphic short story competition Brussels in Shorts, or read more about the ten winners who are now at work in Brussels.
- Th 15/03/2012 - 14:03
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louis paul boon centenary
On Thursday 15 March the great Belgian writer Louis Paul Boon (Chapel Road...) would have turned a hundred. The centenary starts with a literary birthday party in his native city of Aalst, and will come to a close on Sunday 7 October in Brussels, when Passa Porta will be holding The Great Boon Marathon at the Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS). Check Boon!2012 (in Dutch).
- Tu 13/03/2012 - 16:03
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video: meir shalev
Here you can watch a recording of the lunchmeeting with Meir Shalev, last Friday 2.3.
- Th 08/03/2012 - 11:03
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guadalupe santa cruz on tv brussel
Writer in residence Guadalupe Santa Cruz opened the door to her writer's apartment for the crew of TV Brussels. Watch the report of Ryan Le Garrec and Stefano Lapasini
- We 22/02/2012 - 15:02
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watch our evening with new portuguese voices
Full recording of the event with Portuguese authors Pedro Rosa Mendes, Dulce Maria Cardoso and José Luis Peixoto, in Brussels on Thursday 16 February 2012. Introduction by literary translator Harrie Lemmens, interview by Annelies Beck.
- Fr 17/02/2012 - 08:02
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tomáš zmeškal wins european union prize for literature
In October 2010, Czech writer Tomáš Zmeškal was writer in residence in Brussels. Recently, he has been awarded the European Union Prize for Literature for his debut novel "Love Letter in Cuneiform Script" (Milostný Dopis Klínovým Písmem) which describes the post-war world of 1950s Czechoslovakia from a postmodern, fragmented perspective. More info...
- Fr 09/12/2011 - 14:12