Tartu International literary Festival Prima Vista 2023 "The Impossible Dream"

Festival webpage: http://kirjandusfestival.tartu.ee

 

Programme

MONDAY, May 8th

13.00 “Page by Page - Your Book Project” / “Seitenweise”
Estonian Final Competition at the Tartu Public Library
As part of an international project, young German language learners read Julya Rabinowich’s book “Dazwischen: Wir” and prepared their vision of the book, choosing freely between video, slam poetry, play or comics. The novel the youngsters worked with is an impressive story of travel and migration, an appeal against hatred and hate speech. The results of their creative work will be presented in Tartu.
The jury will select the Estonian winner/winning team who will travel to Berlin to meet the project participants.
The competition was initiated by the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZIA) to motivate young language learners to creatively engage with German youth literature. Participating students are up to the 10th grade.

 

13.00 Meeting with Mann Loper at the Karlova-Ropka Library
Mann Loper has published three novels and several shorter prose texts, most intended for teenage readers and fall under the science fiction genre. Her latest young adult novel, “The City of Angels,” was also recognized as a Good Youth Book this spring, and “The Beginning After the End” won third place in the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre and Tänapäev Publishers’ Young Adult Novel Competition in 2014, while “Songs Will Be Made of Whom” was mentioned in the Estonian Writers’ Union’s novel competition.

 

TUESDAY, May 9th

10.00 “Living Library” for school children at Tammelinn Library
In the Living Library, visitors can meet with “living books,” which are people with exciting life stories, experiences, professions or hobbies. Each “living book” talks about their personal experiences in small groups, in several different rounds.
Getting to know the books helps broaden readers’ horizons and can also help with future planning. The “Living Library” was first introduced in Estonia in 2006 as part of the European Council campaign “All Different, All Equal”. The format was developed and piloted for the Roskilde music festival in Denmark in 2000 and has since spread and found increasing use worldwide.

 

11.00–14.00 Children’s program at Prima Vista Book Fair
11.00 Karlova Kindergarten children’s welcome concert
11.15 Art workshop with writer Liis Sein for kindergarten children
12.30 Art workshop with writer Aidi Vallik for 2nd4th grade children

 

14.00 Literary-historical walk “Tartu (city) writers’ journey”, meeting in front of Tiigi 12 house
The walk goes through the park to Vanemuise Street and from there to the Tartu Public Library. Along the way, walkers meet several Tartu writers through their work and get an idea of different times and situations in Tartu. The journey is led by Ülo Treikelder from the Tartu City Library and Ants Siim from the Tartu City Museum. The journey is 1.5 km long.

 

Dance Programme at Book Fair 
15.30–16.00 Just Dance School’s dance students
16.00–16.20 Dance fusion “The Impossible Dream”
18.00–18.30 Wuthering Heights dance performance

 

WEDNESDAY, May 10th

10.10 Meeting with Kaia Raudsepp at Tammelinn Library
Kaia Raudsepp is a young adult author who is known for her understanding of Estonian youth and her insightful treatment of their problems. Despite the complex issues addressed in her books, Raudsepp’s writing instils courage and optimism in her young readers. Her book “Just Don’t Be Alone” was awarded the Good Young Adult Book 2021 prize, and her book “The Invisible Girl” was recognized as a laureate of the “Young Reads” award. Raudsepp has also received the Margus Karu Young Adult Literature Award for her novels “The Invisible Girl” and “Just Don’t Be Alone”.

 

14.00 “Living Library” for school students at Karlova-Ropka Library

 

17.00 Author’s evening with German writer Jenny Erpenbeck at the hall of Tartu Public Library
The guest will be interviewed by University of Tartu lecturer Hella Liira. Jenny Erpenbeck’s short story collection “The Old Child” and novel “Go, Went, Gone” have been published in Estonian, translated respectively by Sigrid Reili and Terje Loogus, and her latest works are available in Tartu libraries in German. The conversation will be in German, with simultaneous translation into Estonian.

THURSDAY, May 11th

10.00 Meeting with Kristi Piiper at Annelinn Library
Kristi Piiper was born in Tartu. Her debut book “Salapaha” (2015) is a collection of the author’s childhood memories. In the same year, “Truth or Dare. Stella,” the first book in a series of youth novels, was published. In her books, she values adventure, humour, and excitement in addition to real-life problems. Kristi Piiper has written a dozen children’s books and youth novels and has received several awards,
including first place for the manuscript “First Time” in the 2022 young adult novel competition organized by the Estonian Children’s Literature Center and Tänapäev Publishing House.

 

12.00 Adventure game “Literary Adventures for Youth with the TartuFic Mobile App”
A literary orientation game for 7th and 8th-grade students in the city
 

16.00 Author evening with Norwegian writer Hanne Ørstavik at the hall of Tartu Public Library
The guest will be interviewed by translator Sigrid Tooming. Hanne Ørstavik’s novels “The Pastor” and “Love” have been published in Estonian both translated by Sigrid Tooming.
The conversation will be in Norwegian with simultaneous translation into Estonian

 

FRIDAY, May 12th

10.00 “Living Library” for school youth at Annelinn Library

11.00 “Living Library” for school youth at Ilmatsalu Library

16.00 Swedish writer Lina Nordquist’s author’s evening at the hall of Tartu Public Library
The guest will be interviewed by literary scholar Esbjörn Nyström (Sweden).
The focus of the discussion is Lina Nordquist’s debut novel “I Follow You” (Eesti
Raamat, 2022, translated by Tiina Mullamaa).

SATURDAY, May 13th

at Tartu Literary House
19.40 The magazine Akadeemia presents: Hans Platzgumer’s work in Estonian translation

20.00 Concert “Writers in Music”:
Hans Platzgumer & Convertible (acoustic ensemble)
Hans Platzgumer – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Chris Laine – bass, vocals
Michael Schneider – percussion
Poems translated by Piret Pääsuke and performed by Maarja Jakobson.

Since 2004, American lyricist Hannah Mac Kenna and Austrian musician Hans Platzgumer have collaborated under the name Convertible to create dozens of songs, 21 of which were included in the bilingual poetry collection “Convertible Song Book” (Vienna, 2022). The English original texts were translated into German by Hans Platzgumer himself. In Tartu, about ten songs from the collection will be performed.

Alla Puugovitsa:
Jan Kaus – vocals, guitar
Toomas Täht – ukulele, bass guitar, comb, body
Eva Koldits – piano, melodica
Indrek Koff – trumpet, bass guitar, ukulele, harmonica
Alla Puugovitsa is a band of two writers and two actors that overflows with creativity. The ensemble was formed during the development of the play “Style Exercises”. For Prima Vista, a specially curated program will mainly feature Alla Puugovitsa’s work, along with some of the play’s beautiful and powerful numbers.
The concert will be hosted by Toomas Leppik

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Prima Vista at the Tartu Public Library
April 27-May 24, on the 2nd-floor exhibition space
“Primavera with Prima Vista: 20 Years of the Literature Festival Prima Vista”
An overview of the festival’s themes, patrons, and foreign guests over the years.

April 25-May 24, in the 4th-floor foyer
“Music in the Middle of Literature”
Music that has been played at the Literature Festival Prima Vista over the past 20 years.

EVENTS IN TALLINN

May, 9th 11.30 Tallinn, Kadrioru Saksa Gümnaasium (Gonsiori 38)
Hans Platzgumer meets with students

 

May, 11th 17.30 Estonian National Library (Narva mnt 11)
Authors`s evening with Jenny Erpenbeck, evening will be hosted by Aija Sakova