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GARMANNS SOMMER

Garmanns sommer er snart over. Gresshoppene synger og de tre gamle tantene er på besøk. Garmanns lukker øynene og tenker på sorte skogssnegler, myggstikkene som klør, og at han skal begynne på skolen. Han åpner øynene igjen og ser at greinene på epletreet ligner krokete fingre som peker mot himmelen. Snart er det høst. [...]

Hva skal du bli når du blir stor?» hvisker tante Augusta og putter en tjuekrone i hånda hans uten at noen

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andre ser det. «Brannmann eller fotballspiller?» «Flammesluker,» svarer Garmann og putter mynten i lomma. «Hvordan blir det å begynne på skolen, mon tro – har du sommerfugler i magen?» spør tante Borghild. «Jeg gruer meg,» svarer Garmann og lurer på hvordan sommerfuglene kommer seg inn i magen.

Tante Ruth blir tankefull. «Jeg gruer meg også til noe,» hvisker hun. «Snart må jeg ha rullator når jeg går.» «Da kan du få låne rullebrettet mitt,» svarer Garmann og ser for seg tante Ruth i full fart nedover fortauet på rullebrettet! Tante Ruth ler godt. [...] Taken from „Garmanns sommer“ by Stian Hole. © Stian Hole, CappelenDamm Forlag, Norwegen.

GARMANN’S SUMMER Garmann’s summer is nearly over. The crickets are chirping and his three old aunts are visiting. Garmann closes his eyes and thinks of black slugs, itchy mosquito bites and that it won´t be long before his first day of school. He opens his eyes and notices that the branches of the apple tree look like bent fingers reaching towards the skies. Soon it will be autumn. […] “What would you like to be when you grow up?”, whispers Aunt Augusta as she secretly presses a twenty Crown coin into his hand. “A fireman or a footballplayer?” “I want to be a fire-eater”, answers Garmann, as he slips the coin into his pocket. “You´re starting school soon – do you have butterflies in your tummy?”, asks Aunt Borghild. “No, I feel scared, though”, Garmann answers and wonders how on earth butterflies would get into his tummy. Aunt Ruth becomes thoughtful. “I’m scared too“, she whispers. “It won´t be long before I need a walking frame to get around.” “You can get around on my skateboard”, answers Garmann and pictures Aunt Ruth gliding along the pavement. Aunt Ruth bursts into laughter. […] From Norwegian by Neil Younger. A German Translation of “Garmanns Sommer“ by Stian Hole will be published by Carl Hanser publishing house in 2009.

The international literature festival berlin is an event organized by the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics (registered association) and the Berliner Festispiele under the patronage of the German UNESCO committee. It has been made possible by funding from the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

Programme 2008 With the wind in our backs! A spirit of adventure… From the 24th of September to the 5th of October 2008 French novelists will travel through fantastical worlds of adventure, American authors of youth literature will meet Norwegian illustrators, Swedish thriller authors and young adults will write texts together and Spanish children’s book poets will meet Dutch lyricists, South-African illustrators and Kenyan authors will talk of faraway lands, Albanian writers of youth literature will get to know Japanese fantasy writers, Iranian artists will make art with those young and old whilst Dutch comic book writers will create crazy panoramas, British authors of books for young people will meet Italian children’s book authors and German illustrators, writers will talk about the world of words and illustrators will draw with their young (and old) readers! And all of this without a dictionary. After our authors have read from their work in their own language or our illustrators have presented their pictures with strokes of a brush, actors will perform the translation. The Authors will talk, with moderators and interpreters, about their life and work. All of this is part of the th experience of the “International Children’s and Youth Literature“ section of the programme of the 8 international literature festival berlin. The incredible response the festival has received in previous years, the wonderful texts, drawings and messages that have emerged from workshops and a variety of projects, the great exchanges in quiet moments – this is what inspires us to work hard to offer children, youths and adults an even more extensive offer of exciting readings, workshops, projects, discussions and literary events. This year we are happy to welcome, for the first time, nineteen authors and illustrators from all over the world. The same rules apply to the “International Children’s and Youth Literature” section of the programme as the other sections: literary quality and cultural diversity define our selection of events and authors. Lesser known work is on an equal footing with the popular and spectacular. We will present literature for young readers in all of its facets – from picture books for the little ones to poetry, comics, illustrated poems, illustrated adventure books and fantasy epics, in addition to autobiographical narratives, youth detective stories and literature for young adults. We believe that dealing with the realities of children’s and young adults’ lives is just as important as engaging with their dreams and aspirations. The most important thing to us is always an authentic exchange with the artist. Before we go – with the wind in our backs! – there is one more thing we must say: To all the friends of the international literature festival berlin, to all those who love children’s and youth literature and whose passion it is to make literature come to life, to all the people who give shape to the programme and open their gates to our guests and audiences, all the contributing curators, authors, illustrators, cooperation partners, schools and libraries, moderators, speakers, interpreters, translators, publishing houses, journalists, and contacts, enthusiasts and good spirits – thank you! On our trip crossing new horizons and travelling through foreign worlds, I hope you have

A Wonderful Time! Miriam Gabriela Möllers International Children’s and Youth Literature

Programme 2008 Καλώς ήρθατε! Welcome! I don’t believe in magic – still, at this festival the great quality, wonderful organisation and sheer quantity of hard work carried out by all those involved does make it seem as if everything had happened as if by magic. I don’t believe a festival like this could be possible anywhere other than Berlin! On first meeting the team of the international literature festival berlin I noticed something very extraordinary. Whatever I asked for, the people at the “International Children´s and Youth Literature“ set about to turn my dreams into reality. Even though none of my books had been translated into German, they knew all my novels, stories and picture books and went to the lengths of getting some of my works translated! My anticipation and excitement were contagious and I persuaded a group of my Greek friends to accompany me to Berlin. When we arrived last year in September I felt straight away how special the staff of the festival made me feel, as if I were the only guest at the festival - when in fact there were over 120 writers from all over the world attending. My first event at a Berlin European school left me overwhelmed by the reaction of the children. They were so happy to be there, they read, wrote, danced, sang, acted and didn’t find it at all difficult or unusual that I was speaking to them in a foreign language. The whole team of the “International Children’s and Youth Literature“ were present and I could see from the looks on their beaming faces that every moment together with the writers and the audience really meant something to them. This Festival cultivates a love of literature. Its programme for young readers is years ahead of the publishers and sets the agenda for children´s and youth literature. The festival is open to less widely spoken languages and all cultures. Just like the city is. That is Berlin! At my workshops with children, at my reading for over 200 pupils at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, at every visit to a kindergarten or school, at every evening meeting with young adults – at all the events I enjoyed the indescribable magic of this festival! How could I ever forget the questions of those curious teenagers, the smiles of the children, who had painted seas on their faces, and my triangular fish swimming on their cheeks! How could I forget the laughter over the awkwardness of my literary hero Fotis, who the teenagers identified with! Finally my texts encourage children and young people all over the world to react in the same way – be it in Greece, Germany or elsewhere. It became clear to me that all of us whose heart beats for children’s and youth literature, way beyond borders, languages and writing styles, belong to the same place. I returned to Greece full of experiences and wonderful memories. I gained lots of ideas for new work and friendships with people from the festival, colleagues, teachers and children. My thoughts are still of Berlin. The visit changed my view of children´s and youth literature. Months have past and I am still thinking about Berlin. One of my books for young adults has already been translated and will soon come out in Germany. How much I would love to be at the eighth international literature festival berlin, which will now start for you all. I would like to be there as a child sat in the audience. I hope that everyone who attends will enjoy it as much as I did last year. I hope they experience the magic, if only for a moment. That way, the festival will never end - it will continue the whole year. “How so?”, you ask. By magic! Vagelis Iliopoulos From Greek by Doris Wille, from German by Neil Younger.

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Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) Readings for pupils Medieval Venice: Lucrezia leads her visitors through the masonry of an extraordinary museum. Here, the coded messages of authors, adventurers and globetrotters are preserved in bottles. Messages in a bottle from Edgar Allen Poe, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer and Sinbad the sailor. Well, that’s what the old cat Lucrezia says in any case. Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) presents stories from his children’s book “Gatos e leóns“ (t: Cats and Lions). School years: 4/5 Dates Wed 24-09 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) Workshops for pupils Writing Workshop with Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) The author who developed prizewinning writing workshops for children and young people, will work together with young people on their own texts. In French. School years: 1x 7-10 Dates Wed 24-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) Workshops for pupils Poetry Workshop with Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) Taking as a starting point his work as a graphic artist, poet and author, Ted van Lieshout, who also speaks German, brings stories, poems and drawings to life with children. School years: 1x 4-6 Dates Wed 24-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

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Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) Workshops for pupils Led by: Tanja Schmidt (artificial and literary work), Sophie Neander (diploma social-pedagogue) Picnic with cake. Comic workshop around Thé Tjong-Khing’s (Indonesia/Netherlands) picture books Why has the chameleon got a red bottom? Why is the baby hare always crying? Or: what is the goat annoyed about? Which house does Mrs Sheep live in? Who’s eaten the fruit from the tree? And above all: who’s nicked the cake? These questions and many others are asked when studying Thé Tjong-Khing’s picture books “Where is the cake?!” and “Picnic with Cake”. In his works, that are effortlessly told without words, the illustrator tells the story of the theft of freshly-baked delicacies and of the hunt for the thieves undertaken by a whole crowd of wood-dwellers and fantastic animals – a hunt through hedge and heath, fields and fells, up and down a steep mountain. Looking at the panoramic pictures is like taking part in an exciting game which incites the reader to unravel ever more stories on the way to solving the mystery. During the project, children will develop ideas as to how the story “Picnic with Cake” could be narrated and will create speech bubbles with dialogues, commentaries or exclamations. Project dates: 19.09. / 22.09. / 23.09.2008, each day 09.00-13.00. Today: Meeting with Thé Tjong-Khing Dates Wed 24-09 | 10:00am – 12:00pm Venue Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin (t: Children’s Museum Berlin) Admission Participance at the 4-part project: 10€ each child. School classes: 1x 4/5

Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Workshops for pupils Of Magic and Prophecies. With Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) The fantasy author spirits us off into a world full of archaic magic and ancient prophecy with her “Guardian of the Spirit". When the bodyguard Balsa, armed with her short spear, returns to the kingdom of Shin-Yogo, she is witness to an accident in which Prince Chagum falls into a raging torrent. The quick-witted Balsa saves the emperor’s son. In the second empress’s palace, she gets involved in a fateful mystery - Chagum seems to be possessed by a foreign power. The emperor is sure that this power is a demon, and wants to have his child killed. Balsa takes the child into her protection and flees the palace with him. Soon afterwards she realises that Chagum is guarding the egg of the water spirit, which is only reborn every hundred years. Chagum is carrying the fate of the whole empire… During a tour of the Japanese section of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, in which the meeting with Nahoko Uehashi takes place, the young participants will investigate which elements of millennia-old Japanese narratives, art and graphics influence the fantasy epic. School years: 2 x 8/9 Dates Wed 24-09 | 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für asiatische Kunst (t: Berlin State Museums, Museum for asian art)

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Thimothée de Fombelle (France) Readings for pupils A magnificent oak provides the setting for this fast paced adventure novel “Toby Alone” by Timothée de Fombelle (France). Toby is just one and a half millimetres tall and has a dangerous mission to fulfil! One day Toby’s father, a respected professor falls foul of the tree council, and his family is sentenced to death. Toby is able to flee at the last moment and must race against time to free his parents. School years: 5/6. Dates Wed 24-09 | 11:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Farshid Shafiee (Iran) Workshops for pupils Reservation via die gelbe Villa on Tel. (030) 76 76 50 12 Fairy tales, myths and legends. With Farshid Shafiee (Iran) 11.00: Farshid Shafiee presents fairy tales, myths and legends from his homeland, Iran. The children’s book “Zarbâl“ (t: Golden-Wing Falcon) tells of two falcons with beautiful silver and gold wings, and of their attempt to escape from an unscrupulous hunter. The artist will display illustrations full of warm colours and will talk abut growing up in contemporary Iran. 12.00: Lunch in the children’s and youth restaurant “Five Seasons” run by Berliner Tafel e.V./die gelbe Villa. 12.30: Workshops based around Shafiee’s pictorial stories: painting workshops will experiment with colours and shapes; in the Snoezel room dream-stories can be experienced, a costume and photograph workshop will spirit the participants off to Oriental worlds; and a puppet and cartoon workshop allows them to direct their own films. For those over 7 years old. School years: 2x 2/3 Lunch: 1 € per child/ Fee for materials: 1 € per child Dates Wed 24-09 | 11:00am – 1:30pm Venue Die gelbe Villa (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

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Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) Readings for pupils The graphic artist, poet and author Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) presents inventive poems and drawings from his poetry-picture books “Jij bent mijn mooiste landschap“ (t: You’re my most beautiful landscape) and “Mama! Waar heb jij het geluk gelaten?“ (t: Mum! What have you done with happiness?).

Programme 2008 Poems in the form of crossword puzzles, and with transparent letters, poems about parrot fish, nighttime and happiness and a grand sonnet made from triangles, squares, circles and rectangles. School years: 4/5 Dates Thu 25-09 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Tobias Scheffel (Germany) Workshops for pupils In cooperation with the BLI BerlinerLiteraturInitiative / BerlinerLeseratten Writing workshop with Tobias Scheffel (Germany) Tobias Scheffel, translator of Timothée de Fombelle’s adventure novel “Toby Alone”, will talk about the everyday life of a translator, as well as working on passages from his novel translation with the young audience, and encouraging them to attempt their own translations. School years: 1x 8-13 Dates Thu 25-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Viktor Canosinaj (Albania) Readings for pupils In “Meriyll”, Viktor Canosinaj (Albania) tells of growing up in Albania after the end of the communist regime: after the death of her mother, the fourteen-year-old Meriyll has to take responsibility for the household and for her brothers and sisters, while her unemployed father spends his day in the pub. Meri starts work in a fast food restaurant and in the evening goes out with Klara and her friends Genc and Aldo – without realising that the two young guys mean nothing but trouble. Can Meri count on her old friend Sid? School years: 8/9 Dates Thu 25-09 | 10:00am Venue Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max-Liebermann-Haus (t: Brandenburg Gate Foundation)

Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) Workshops for pupils Led by: Frank Schulz (LesArt). “Where is the cake?”. With Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands)

Programme 2008 The chocolate cake has disappeared from the Dog family’s coffee table. Two grey robbers are rushing away with their loot… Mr and Mrs Dog behind them… But there’s more going on than a simple robbery: where has the eleventh duckling disappeared to? Who has spirited away Mrs Cat’s hat, and why are all the animals suddenly staring at the top of the rock? Thé Tjong-Khing’s wordless picture book gives the answers. Its detailed double pages demand attentive viewing and give rise to story-telling. Lots of exciting things go on alongside the thieves, who hurry ever forwards from double page to double page. In preparation for today’s event with Thé Tjong-Khing, Frank Schulz will pursue the cake-robbers in part 1 of the 2part LesArt-event and will develop, together with children, their own picture stories. Part 1: 08.09.2008, 09.30 (ca. 2.5 Hrs.), LesArt School years: 1 x 3/4 Dates Thu 25-09 | 10:00 – 11:00am Venue Lesart (t: Centre of Literature for Children and Young People)

Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Readings for pupils While returning to the kingdom of Shin-Yogo, the spear-warrior Balsa sees Prince Chagum fall to near death from a bridge. Courageously, Balsa jumps into the river and saves the boy. The empress appoints her to be Chagum’s bodyguard. Balsa is meant to take him to safety – because the emperor himself is out to take his son’s life… Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) reads from her fantasy epic “Guardian of the Spirit" and will show extracts from its animé adaptation. School years: 6-8 Dates Thu 25-09 | 11:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) Readings for pupils “Les Yazinskis”, Patty and Mado’s parents, are killed in a car accident, and the twenty-year-old Patty with a lust for life obtains custody for her sister Mado, five years younger and level-headed. In her novel “La vie comme elle vient” (t: That’s life), Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) recounts how the two mismatched sisters have to come to terms with their new roles, and how their relationship further changes when Patty becomes pregnant. In French. School years: 11-13 Dates Thu 25-09 | 1:00pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

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Thimothée de Fombelle (France) After school & at the weekend Presented by: Tobias Scheffel. Book signing afterwards. Of Aphids, Weevils and Fighting Ants. An encounter with Timothée de Fombelle (France) A magnificent oak provides the setting of this fast paced adventure novel “Toby Alone” by Timothée de Fombelle. Toby is just one and a half millimetres tall and has a dangerous mission to fulfil! Toby and his people have lived together peacefully in the ancient forest since the beginning of time. Then one day Toby’s father, an ingenious professor, makes a groundbreaking discovery that puts his whole family in extreme danger. Toby is able to flee at the last moment, but he has only one ambition – to free his parents from the deadly intrigues of the tyrannical weevil breeder, Jo Mitch. A dangerous expedition through the spectacular world of trees begins… The French author of children’s books will be reading from volumes 1 and 2 of his celebrated “Toby Alone” adventures. For children, youth and adults, tree lovers and botanists aged 10 and older. School groups from the 4th/5th form and above are also warmly welcomed. Dates Thu 25-09 | 3:00pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage Admission Entry: 6/5/4 €. (Online-) Ticket presales at www.berlinerfestspiele.de (available immediately) as well as (from 01.09.2008) on Tel. (030) 254 89 100.

Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) Children’s and youth literature for adults Telling Stories in Pictures. With Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung celebrated Thé Tjong-Khing‘s picture book “Picnic with Cake” (2008) as a “great work on a miniature scale“, a work that, like its predecessor “Where is the Cake?” (2006), tells the story – entirely without words – of the frantic hunt for a much-desired cake. Page after page, dog, sheep, cat, goat, bear, pig, hare and badger make their way through the landscape. Meanwhile, each animal experiences his own story, and an exciting paper chase is played out in front of the observer. The Dutch old master of illustration art began his career as a comic book artist and brought out over 150 works, among them the famous “Fox and Hare“ stories (from 1998) as well as illustrations for fairytales and myths (among them “Heroes. Greek myths” (2006). Thé TjongKhing, who taught at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, speaks of the challenge of making people, time, animals, landscapes and stories come alive on the page. For adults, young people, fans of comics and illustrations, readers of children’s books and art enthusiasts. Dates Thu 25-09 | 7:00pm Venue Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek, Kinderbibliothek (t: Children’s Library) Admission Free entrance

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Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) Readings for pupils For the big picnic, Mr and Mrs Dog had baked two splendid cakes. All the animals want to be there too. But then something unexpected happens… Who knows why Mr Bear has a bandaged leg? Which house does Mrs Sheep live in? Who ate the fruit from the tree? Who painted the faces on the walls and trees? And where on earth have the cakes gone? In his picture books, “Picnic with Cake” and “Where is the Cake?” Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) presents a frantic chase. The school classes will take part in a writing competition and, in preparation, will make up their own stories based on animal characters in the books. Information on Tel. (030) 27 87 86 66. School years: 1-3 Dates Fri 26-09 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) Workshops for pupils Writing workshop with Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) The Spanish author of books for children and young people will carry out exciting writing experiments with young people, and creates texts which occupy an area between reality and imagination. In Spanish.School years: 1x 7-10 Dates Fri 26-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Thimothée de Fombelle (France) Workshops for pupils Wild jungle and Biotopia Tree. With Timothée de Fombelle (France) 09.30: Since time immemorial, Toby Lolness and his people have lived on a mighty oak. But Toby is on the run. His father, a gifted scientist, has brought the wrath of the entire tree-folk on himself because he doesn’t want to give away the secret of his revolutionary invention, an energy-conservation machine that runs on the sap of the tree! The Lolness family is banished from the canopy to the lower branches, and is finally sentenced to death. Only Toby can escape, followed by the weevil-breeder Jo Mitch. Toby knows he doesn’t have much time to save his parents. In “Toby Alone”, the author vividly describes the magical microcosm ‘tree’. 10.30: Breakfast break for the naturalists.

Programme 2008 11.00: After the reading in the “Green classroom”, the children will go out into the 30,000 m² grounds of the Gartenarbeitsschule and will investigate the legendary oak-tree world. They will work as naturalists, builders or artists and will study different aspects of the book: How does the oak society function? How big is a weevil in comparison to a human? How do you build a shelter using only natural materials? What does the dream oak look like? Please bring along suitable clothing in case of bad weather. School years: 2x 5/6 Dates Fri 26-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Gartenarbeitsschule “Ilse Demme” (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Workshops for pupils Reservation via die gelbe Villa on Tel. (030) 76 76 50 12 Fantasy, Manga and Origami. With Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) 10.00: While returning to the kingdom of Shin-Yogo, the spear-warrior Balsa witnesses how the imperial family is crossing a bridge with their entourage. An accident causes Prince Chagum to fall to his near death. Unhesitatingly, Balsa jumps into the river and saves the imperial son and is appointed Chagum’s bodyguard, because he seems to be threatened by a demon. Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) reads from her fantasy epic “Guardian of the Spirit". 11.00: Workshop around Uehashi’s fantasy adventure. Through sleight of hand and modelling clay, foreign universes are created, origami techniques bring fantastic creatures to life, a comic and manga workshop creates new worlds, a fantastic journey into the Snoezel room spirits the participants off into dream worlds, and a photostory rounds off the session. 12.00: Lunch in the children’s and young person’s restaurant “Five Seasons”, run by Berliner Tafel e.V./die gelbe Villa For those above 11 years of age. School years: 2 x 6/7 Lunch: 1 € per child/ Fee for materials: 1 € per child Dates Fri 26-09 | 10:00am – 12:30pm Venue Die gelbe Villa (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) Workshops for pupils Reservation via die gelbe Villa on Tel. (030) 76 76 50 12 Paper Museum. With Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) Ted van Lieshout, who often deals with graphics, art and all things relating to museums – and who was guest curator at the children’s art gallery “Villa Zebra” in Rotterdam – has brought out extraordinary art-picture books for children. “Papieren Museum” (t: Paper Museum) and “3”, which is a guide book to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, bring art and literature together in an exciting way.

Programme 2008 By using selected works by Old Masters which can be seen in the Gemäldegalerie, the author himself will playfully familiarise children with art, providing a riveting and witty presentation of Old Masters, modern art and Dutch illustrators. During a museum rally, which is constructed like a school of sight, children will be invited to count objects in paintings or to find numbers in images; or to compare the works of Old Masters, modern art and contemporary illustrators in order to find out what the artists have copied from each other. In the following workshop, children will adapt one painting of the Old Masters to make their own, modern image. School years: 1 x 4-6 Dates Fri 26-09 | 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (t: Berlin State Museums, Painting Gallery)

Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) Readings for pupils Anne-Laure Bondoux (France) will read from her sci-fi novel “The Destiny of Linus Hoppe”. The eponymous character lives in the not-too-distant future, in which mankind is strictly divided into social classes: sphere 1 denotes luxury, spheres 2-4 exploitation. As his fourteenth birthday approaches – when Linus will have to present himself to the “Great Processor“ to decide in which sphere he is permitted to live – he gets to know a group of resistance fighters. But is Linus really ready to put his life in danger? School years: 5/6 Dates Fri 26-09 | 11:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Amma Darko (Ghana) Readings for pupils What do a false prophet, a mysterious mistress and the practical boss of a hairdressing salon have in common? They all are characters in Amma Darko's (Ghana) latest novel “Not Without Flowers", which is a gripping and complex tale about a society in transition from tradition to modern-day values. Polygamy and widows' rites stand opposite female emancipation and paid-for love corrupts relationships. School years: 11-13 Dates Fri 26-09 | 1:00pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

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Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Workshops for pupils Guardian of the Spirit. Theatre-project week in honour of Nahoko Uehashi’s (Japan) Fantasy-Epic As bodyguard, Balsa is committed to protect Prince Chagum from the dangers that lurk all around. To this end, she flees the imperial palace with him. Soon after fleeing, she discovers his secret: only he has the power to save his land from hunger and natural catastrophes, since he is the “Guardian of the Spirit“. The Japanese author’s fantastic story provides material for a project week made up of five varied workshops, in which the school-age participants will investigate the characters and their stories, and create a stage production. Supported by a director, scenes and short dialogues will be developed – together with stage and costume techniques, as well as lighting and sound, a theatrical narrative will come to life, which will be enriched with projections from the video group. Schoolchildren will learn how a performance is brought about. Meanwhile, individual ideas will also be given plenty of space. The workshops will be led by professionals from the worlds of acting, costumes, stage decoration, video, and light- and sound-engineering. Project dates: 22.-26.09.2008, each 09.00-14.00 Today: Theatre premiere in the presence of the author. Other classes from other schools are also invited; School class: 1x 6-8 Dates Fri 26-09 | 1:00pm Venue Jugendkulturzentrum Pumpe (t: Youth Cultural Centre) Admission Entry to today’s presentation of the project week (after reservation on Tel. (030) 27 87 86 66) is free. Participance at the 5-day-project-week: 25€ each pupil.

With the wind in our sails! Literary Evening Club 2008 After school and at the weekend With Viktor Canosinaj (Albania), Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands), Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) and Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) Four authors of books for children and young people will read from their works and invite the audience to linger, listen, dream, talk and read themselves: Viktor Canosinaj (Albania) reads from his book for young people “Meriyll“, in which the eponymous character is growing up in Albania after the end of the communist regime: after her mother’s unexpected death, the fourteen-year-old Meriyll has to assume responsibility for the household and for her brothers and sisters, while her unemployed father spends his day in the pub. In his book “Brothers”, Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands) gives insights into the farewell that the sixteen-year-old Luuk takes from his deceased brothers Marius: while reading Marius’ diary and collecting his thoughts, Luuk discovers a secret that both brothers shared. Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) with his “O armiño dorme” (t: The Sleeping Stoat) tells the story of Bianca de Medici, the illegitimate daughter of the Florentine dynasty – and unsentimentally examines the hard life th led by a young woman in the 16 century. In her epic “Guardian of the Spirit", Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) tells of the spear-warrior Balsa: once upon a time, much blood was shed to preserve her life. Therefore, she has sworn to save lives herself. And now Prince Chagum has been entrusted to her, he who determines the fate of the entire kingdom. For those over 13 years of age.

Programme 2008 Dates Fri 26-09 | 7:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution) Admission Free entrance

Family Festival International. Reading without Boundaries After school and at the weekend In cooperation with die gelbe Villa, the JugendKulturService and the Theater an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin With Anne-Laure Bondoux (France), Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain), Nahoko Uehashi (Japan), Piet Grobler (South Africa), Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands), Farshid Shafiee (Iran) and Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) The authors Anne-Laure Bondoux (France), Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) and Nahoko Uehashi (Japan) will read for children, young people and adults; the illustrators and graphic artists Piet Grobler (South Africa), Ted van Lieshout (Netherlands), Farshid Shafiee (Iran) and Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesia/Netherlands) will work in creative workshops with young festival visitors. There is also a varied complementary programme of theatre for children, workshops, fantastic journeys in disabled wards, literature quizzes, internet treasure hunts and exciting participation activities. Dates Sat 27-09 | 2:00 - 7:00pm Venue Die gelbe Villa (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution) Admission Free entrance. Holders of a family pass are entitled to a free drink at the milk bar.

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Azouz Begag (France) Readings for pupils Azouz lives on the edge of the city, in a settlement made of wooden and corrugated iron huts. He and his siblings do go to school, but their classmates live in proper houses with running water, electricity and television. One day, Azouz decides to prove that he can be like them. Better than them… “Reflections”-guest Azouz Begag (France) talks, reads and sings about life in two cultures and presents his book for young people “Azouz, der Junge vom Stadtrand" (t: Azouz, the boy from the suburb). School years: 1x 5-8 Dates Mon 29-09 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage

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Piet Grobler (South Africa) Readings for pupils With “Please Frog, Just one Sip!“ Piet Grobler (South Africa) has a whole load of exotic animals up his sleeve. One hot day on the savannah, a thirsty frog takes a big sip from a watering hole. And since it tastes so delicious, he greedily drinks all the water up. No wonder that lion, crocodile and chameleon aren’t too pleased and try every trick in the book to try and get him to spit out the precious liquid. Afterwards, the illustrator will present the amusing cartoon version of his “The Little Bird’s ABC”. School years: 1-3 Dates Mon 29-09 | 09:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Farshid Shafiee (Iran) Workshop for school pupils Illustration-Workshop with Farshid Shafiee (Iran) The Iranian illustrator invites children to draw a large image together, with a variety of colours and scenes depicting children’s everyday lives in Berlin. In Farsi with German translation. School years: 1x 3-5 Dates Mon 29-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Malorie Blackman (UK) Workshop for school pupils Led by: Stefanie Kaluza (Theatre specialist/GRIPS Theatre). Alphas, Zeros and the skin colour question. Malorie Blackman’s (UK) novel “Noughts and Crosses“ Is “skin-coloured” the colour of a plaster? In Sephy and Callum’s world, the word “skin-coloured” means “dark brown”; since that is the colour of the Alphas, who possess power and influence. Whoever is not among them – whoever is “white” – is a nought, a zero, a nothing. Even when the government attempts to break down the boundaries between Alphas and Zeros, those boundaries clearly remain in everyone’s heads. Crossing them is harshly punished. And one such crossing of the boundaries is the love between Sephy and Callum, which has to be fought for. Taking the young people’s novel “Noughts and Crosses” as a starting point, theatrical means of expression will be tried out. Young people investigate prejudices and racist conceptions, and relate them to their own reality. Small groups will rehearse scenes, present and discuss them together – afterwards with the author herself. School years: 1x 9-11

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Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) Reading for pupils Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) will read from his novel for young people entitled “O armiño dorme” (t: The Sleeping Stoat), which takes place in the sixteenth century and, through diary entries, vividly tells the story of the wishes, thoughts and hopes of Bianca de Medici, the illicit daughter of Duke Cosimo I of Florence. The young heroine’s diary – only found after her death, in her coffin - offers a penetrating portrait of her life in a gilded cage, and bears witness to the wishes, thoughts and hopes of a young woman in the sixteenth century. School years: 8/9 Dates Mon 29-09 | 10:00am Venue Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max-Liebermann-Haus (t: Brandenburg Gate Foundation)

Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) Workshops for pupils Led by: Kristina Stang (Theatre instructor and dramatist/Theater an der Parkaue). Fate, Reality and Fantasy. Meg Rosoff’s (USA/UK) novel “Just in Case” In Meg Rosoff’s novel “Just in Case", the boundaries between fate, reality and fantasy are constantly blurred. Various realities encroach upon each other, push each other away and overlap. The practical theatre workshop will attempt to stage this literary style. How can different perspectives on events be represented? How can characters on the border of reality and imagination be given real stage presence? In the first part of the two-day theatre workshop, the school pupils will use extracts from the novel to explore different ways of viewing and portraying reality. A visual presentation will be created, and played out in front of the author. In a discussion with her, the impressions and experiences of the workshops will be a central theme. Part 1: 26.09.2008, 09.00-13.00 School years: 1x 9-11 Dates Mon 29-09 | 10:00am – 12:00pm Venue Theater an der Parkaue (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Theatre)

Beatrice Masini (Italy) Workshops for pupils Reservation via die gelbe Villa on Tel. (030) 76 76 50 12 A House gets Visitors. With Beatrice Masini (Italy)

Programme 2008 11.00: In her children’s book “Diario di una casa vuota” (t: Diary of an Abandoned House), Beatrice Masini tells of an empty house that comes back to life: one day, when a family comes to view the house, considering to move in, the children Alma and Tim fall for the haunted place. The house observes all the prospective buyers, workers and children, and can even read the thoughts of its visitors... 12.00: Lunch in the children’s and young people’s restaurant “Five Seasons”, run by Berliner Tafel e.V./die gelbe Villa. 12.30: Workshops around Masini’s children’s book: in the cartoon facility, “dream houses” are brought to life, while the painting workshop creates fantastic houses and gardens. As well as an architectural treasure hunt through the internet, children can discover a secret hiding place in the ‘snoezel room’. For those 9 years and above. School years: 2x 4/5 Lunch: 1 € per child/ Fee for materials: 1 € per child Dates Mon 29-09 | 11:30am – 1:30pm Venue Die gelbe Villa (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

John Green (USA) Readings for pupils John Green (USA) will read from his first novel “Looking for Alaska”: the sixteen-year-old Miles leads a resoundingly normal life, no girlfriend, no friends. But then he goes to boarding school in Alabama and everything changes. He meets the beautiful Alaska and for the first time in his life, falls head over heels in love. He finds himself on a rollercoaster of emotions, starts to philosophise about life, gets drunk, secretly smokes in the shower and writes hip-hop songs. Life could have been so beautiful if only Alaska hadn’t got into the car when she was drunk... School years: 9-11 Dates Mon 29-09 | 11:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Lebogang Mashile (South Africa) Readings for pupils The poet, performer, actress and presenter Lebogang Mashile (South Africa) will read from her collection of poetry “In a Ribbon of Rhythm”. Her pugnacious poems speak of life in the new South Africa. The variety and unity of the “Rainbow Nation”, the position of women, violence and the fragility of individuality are powerfully dealt with as central themes. Lebogang Mashile is a guest in “Focus Africa”. In English. School years: 11-13 Dates Mon 29-09 | 1:30pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

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Piet Grobler (South Africa) Workshops for pupils Led by: Edelgard Hansen (Fliegendes Theater) Makwelane and the Crocodile. An African Little Red Riding-Hood by Piet Grobler (South Africa) The little Makwelane (Little Red Riding Hood!) adores her musical instrument, the African Makwelane. One day, when she sets off along the riverbank to visit her grandmother Gogo, she disregards the warning of her parents and completely forgets that the hungry crocodile lives in the river. Thankfully, Makwelane has her instrument with her, and she manages to save herself and her grandmother from the gaping maw of the malicious crocodile. In the two-day-long workshop that takes place in school and in the “Fliegendes Theater”, children will study the Grimm tale and consider the South African author’s interpretation. Masks and musical instruments will be made, and used in today’s performance. Project dates: 26.09. / 29.09.2008, both days at 9.00-12.00 Today: Meeting with Piet Grobler School years: 1x 3/4 Dates Mon 29-09 | 2:00 – 4:00pm Venue Fliegendes Theater (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Theatre) Admission Participation in 2-day project: 3 € per child.

Bringing books to life Children’s and Youth Literature for adults With John Green (USA), Meg Rosoff (USA/UK), Stian Hole (Norway) and Einar Turkowski (Germany) Led by: Stefanie Kaluza (drama instructor/GRIPS Theatre). Meeting point: foyer of the GRIPS Theatre. Reservation required. Tel: (030) 27 87 86 66. Bringing books to life Workshop for secondary school literature teachers for Sek. 1+2 How can theatrical scenes originate from a literary text? How does one enter into a text? How can texts be made more exciting for school pupils? What stories can be invented around a text? Literature is made livelier for pupils by using a variety of theatrical methods. The workshop for teachers (school years six and above), librarians and teachers of literature is focused on the works of John Green (USA) and Meg Rosoff (USA/UK), both authors of books for children and young people, as well as those of the children‘s book illustrators Stian Hole (Norway) and st Einar Turkowski (Germany), who will be guests in the workshop in the Schiller Theatre on Wednesday 1 October at 18.00. Dates Mon 29-09 | 4:00 – 7:00pm Venue Grips Theatre (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Theatre) Admission Free entrance

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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya) Readings for pupils “Facing the Lion – Growing up as a Maasai on the African Savannah" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya), an autobiographical account, gives readers an insight into the fascinating culture of the Maasai and into growing up as a nomad child in the Kenyan savannah. He tells of his time in a missionary school, of his confrontation with modern technology and his alienating arrival in the USA, where he studied economics and politics and was a sociology teacher. His central themes revolve around his commitment to non-profit organisations and his political activities as a representative of the Kenyan parliament, as well as the developments in a globalised world. In English. School years: 10-13 Dates Tue 30-09 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage

Stian Hole (Norway) Readings for pupils It’s the last day of the summer holidays, Garmann’s great aunts are visiting, and the air is turning autumnal. Tomorrow, school starts again. And Garmann is scared. While he waits for his first tooth to finally fall out, he philosophises with his aunts about fear and courage, about false teeth, bobble hats and skateboards. Stian Hole (Norway) will present his picture book “Garmanns sommer“ (t: Garmann’s Summer) – a story in pictures and text which tells of something which is about to end, and something which is about to start. School years: 2-4 Dates Tue 30-09 | 09:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Mats Wahl (Sweden) Workshops for pupils Writing workshop with Mats Wahl (Sweden) Mats Wahl, who worked for many years with young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, will develop exciting texts with a school class. In German. School years: 1x 8-10 Dates Tue 30-09 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

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Beatrice Masini (Italy) Readings for pupils Chiara is going to the seaside, just like every summer. But this year, nothing is like it was before. Because Chiara is now thirteen and somehow the world just feels different: the good-looking pool attendant there, her friend Ludovica here, who is already becoming a real woman, and then there are the younger children who Chiara looks after as if she was their mother… While searching for herself, Chiara has to deal with unusual feelings and thoughts. Growing up isn’t all that easy… Beatrice Masini (Italy) will read from her novel “L’Estate gigante“ (t: Giant Summer). School years: 6/7 Dates Tue 30-09 | 10:00am Venue Jugendkulturzentrum Pumpe (t: Youth Cultural Centre)

Einar Turkowski (Germany) Workshops for pupils Led by: Katrin Arnold (Universität der Künste), Sandra Vollus (Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin) It was dark and eerily quiet. Artistic workshop around Einar Turkowski‘s (Germany) children‘s book A man on his boat lands on a sandbank, ties it up with strange equipment, ropes and stakes, and moves into an old house on the dunes. The inhabitants of the town are wary of the unusual stranger and watch him suspiciously. When they establish that he is a cloud-fisher and uses his equipment to catch clouds and cause them to rain down splendid fish that they too would like to possess, they decide to find out his secret. Einar Turkowski‘s richly detailed children‘s book talks of human feelings such as envy, anger and hatred, as well as interaction with others. The reader encounters strange machines and grotesque-seeming techno-creatures in the plot, told through black and white pencil drawings. During the project, children will study the other and the unknown, will learn how to express alternative points of view and possible behaviour through drawings, and develop ideas for unusual technological equipment, machines and utility objects. Project dates: 25.09. / 29.09.2008, both 09.00-13.00. Today: meeting with Einar Turkowski Dates Tue 30-09 | 10:00am – 12:00pm Venue Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin (t: Children’s Museum Berlin) Admission Participation in the 3-day project: 8 € per child. School years: 1x 4-6

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Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) Workshops for pupils The Sleeping Stoat. With Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz (Spain) His passion for the Italian Renaissance, for the works of Old Masters, for music and architecture inspired Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz to write his historical young person’s novel “O armiño dorme“ (t: The sleeping stoat). In diary form, the author tells the story of Bianca de Medici – the illegitimate child of the Florentine dynasty – and takes an undistorted look at the hard life that women led in the 16th century. With enlightening references to art – taking a painting by Bronzino, who was court artist to the Medici from 1533 onwards, as starting point – the author illustrates the thoughts, wishes and hopes of his young heroine, the secret daughter of Duke Cosimo I of Florence, who one day turns up at his court. What does “Renaissance” actually mean? How did the sensational rise of Florence come about? And what part did the Medicis play in this? After a reading by the Galitian author, the young audience will set out to look for traces of th th the famous and notorious Medici clan during a voyage of discovery to 15 and 16 century Florence. Together with the author and a museum instructor, and using various paintings, they will find out what people of that time found beautiful, and how they lived. School years: 8-10 Dates Tue 30-09 | 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (t: Berlin State Museums, Painting Gallery)

Piet Grobler (South Africa) Workshops for pupils Please Frog, Just one Sip! A creative workshop with Piet Grobler (South Africa) With “Please Frog, Just one Sip!“ Piet Grobler has a whole load of exotic animals up his sleeve. On a hot day on the savannah, a thirsty frog takes a big sip from a watering hole, drinking all the water up. The other animals aren’t too pleased and try every trick in the book to try and get him to spit out the precious liquid. But that isn’t easy: the lion tries to scratch the bloated frog, the chameleon tries to bribe him with tasty flies. Only the clever eels have an ingenious idea… “Please Frog, Just one Sip!“ is the South African version of an Australian aboriginal dream-story. This picture book, along with other fantastic animal stories by Grobler, constitutes the starting point for an active workshop with the illustrator in the Africa and South Pacific exhibition sections of the Ethnological Museum, in which children approach the different species of animal, such as frog, lion, crocodile, elephant or chameleon – through pantomime and onomatopoeitic acrobatics. In English. School years: 1x 1-3 Dates Tue 30-09 | 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, ethnologisches Museum (t: Berlin State Museums, Museum of anthropology)

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Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) Readings for pupils Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) will read from her new novel “What I Was“. In 1962, the sixteen-year-old Hilary’s parents have sent her to a boarding school in eastern England. The rooms are bare, the food is repulsive, and the classmates sadistic. During one of the regular trips to the coast, Hilary meets Finn who wears clothes that look like they’ve come from the last century and who lives alone with his cat in a fisherman’s hut on the coast. The two become friends. But the idyll doesn’t last long, and Hilary must realise that nothing is as it seems. In English. School years: 12/13 Dates Tue 30-09 | 11:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Foyer

Malorie Blackman (UK) Readings for pupils Malorie Blackman (UK) will read from her novel “Noughts and Crosses”: Callum is a Zero – a second-class citizen in a world in which Alphas have all the authority. Sephy is an Alpha and the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the country. Since early childhood, Callum and Sephy have been friends. And out of friendship has sprung love. Callum is white. Sephy is black. The world around them is sinking into prejudice, hate, violence and fear. And their love is putting them in terrible danger. School years: 9-11 Dates Tue 30-09 | 11:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Natalka Sniadanko (Ukraine) Readings for pupils Natalka Sniadanko’s (Ukraine) novel “Collection of Passions” has cult status in Ukraine. The story, tinged with traces of the author’s autobiography, tells of the emotional surges that the young Oljessa experiences in a fresh tone and with satirical cadence. Both curious and headstrong, the adolescent explores the possibilities that life opens up to her. School years: 11-13 Dates Tue 30-09 | 1:30pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

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Einar Turkowski (Germany) Workshops for pupils Led by: Pura Kauf and Frank Kowallik Of inventing and constructing. Creative-Project around Einar Turkowski‘s (Germany) picture book As part of a project, in September 2008, a year 5 class of the Heinrich Schliemann Oberschule will study Turkowski‘s picture book "Es war finster und merkwürdig still" (t: It was dark and eerily quiet). The graphic artist Pura Kauf will invent and draw fantastic pieces of technological equipment, lends a new sense to everyday objects and develops instructions for use for old machines; the photographer Frank Kowallik discoveres technicalities with camera and computer, a constructor develops the technical side of things and gets drilling, screwing, sweating, building, cutting and sticking. Together with the young audience, literature, language, graphics, paintings, photography and new media are combined with each other in a variety of ways. Today: meeting with Einar Turkowski Closed event. Dates Tue 30-09 | 2:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Conversations with young people After school and at the weekend With Malorie Blackman (UK) and Veronika Rotfuß (Germany) In cooperation with the BLI BerlinerLiteraturenitiative / BerlinerLeseratten The young “literature critics” of the BLI will meet Malorie Blackman and Veronika Rotfuß, authors of books for young people, who will present their recent works in readings and discussions. In “Noughts and Crosses”, the British author recounts the love between Sephy and Callum, who are growing up in a world divided by skin colour and which is sinking into prejudice, hate, violence and fear. For “Mücke“, the 15-year-old protagonist of the German author‘s debut novel “Mücke im März“ (t: Midge in March), everyday life is not always easy, divided as it is between school, friends, first love and her mother’s illness – sometimes, though, it is full of moments of happiness. Young members of the BLI will lead and present the meeting and will bring to bear their experience as members of the jury for the German Prize for Youth Literature and as participants of the “literary school quartet”. Dates Tue 30-09 | 7:00pm Venue Schiller Theater, Grips Theater Workshop (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Theatre) Admission For those over 13 years of age. Entry: 5 € (Theater der Schulen 4 €). Pre-sale tickets: Tel. (030) 39 74 74 77

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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya) Children’s and Youth Literature for adults Presented by: Juliane Kippenberg Kenya today. A meeting with Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya) Having grown up in a nomadic village, Lekuton, a native inhabitant of the Massai, was the only member of his family to go to school, and studied economics and educational politics in the USA. Even early on in his life, Lekuton started to be active in NGOs, working to improve rural infrastructure in Kenya. He has had a seat in the Kenyan parliament since 2006. Through talking to Juliane Kippenberger of Human Rights Watch, the author of the book for young people “Facing the Lion” gives insights into Kenya’s multi-ethnic society, will discuss the recent political developments since the presidential elections of late 2007 and outlines the challenges the Kenyan civil society is facing. Dates Tue 30-09 | 7:00pm Venue Literaturhaus Berlin, Main Hall (t: Literature House Berlin) Admission Entry: 6/5/4 €. (Online-)ticket presales at www.berlinerfestspiele.de (available immediately) as well as (from 01.09.2008) on Tel. (030) 254 89 100

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Mats Wahl (Sweden) Readings for pupils Hilmer Eriksson has disappeared. His parents, and especially his girlfriend Ellen, are distraught. While investigating, Inspector Harald Fors comes across a group of right-wing youths. Everyone fears them. Even the headmaster prefers to bury his head in the sand, and simply paints over the graffitied swastikas. Only Hilmer dared to protect a foreign pupil…Mats Wahl (Sweden) will read from his young person’s crime novel “The Invisible” and from inspector Fors’ third case “Kill”. School years: 8-10 Dates Wed 01-10 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage

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Farshid Shafiee (Iran) Readings for pupils Farshid Shafiee (Iran) will present magical stories, myths and legends from his homeland Iran, such as “Schahrzâd“, a colourful version of “One thousand and one nights”, which tells the story of the raging ruler of Kondsched-Schak, who isn’t able to quiet the famous story-teller Schahrzâd – even after turning her into a stone bird. The artist will display illustrations full of warm colours and will talk abut growing up in contemporary Iran. School years: 1-3 Dates Wed 01-10 | 09:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Einar Turkowski (Germany) Workshops for pupils Illustration-workshop with Einar Turkowski (Germany) The north German illustrator crafts his work out of letters, scripts, photographs or newspaper extracts and creates, together with children, gift cards centring around various themes such as mythical creatures and ships. School years: 1 x 3/4 Dates Wed 01-10 | 09:30am – 12:00pm Venue Weinmeisterhaus (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

Malorie Blackman (UK) Readings for pupils “I’m drowning in this deafening silence. I’m drowning. I’m going to die...” Cameron is thirteen years of age and urgently needs a heart transplant. He has already been waiting too long for a donated organ. He is sick of being able to only watch life’s more interesting moments. One day a respected doctor makes Cameron and his despairing parents an outrageous offer: he can give Cameron a new heart - not a human’s, but an animal’s. Malorie Blackman (UK) will read from her novel for young people “Pig-Heart Boy”. School years: 5/6 Dates Wed 01-10 | 10:00am Venue Jugendkulturzentrum Pumpe (t: Youth Cultural Centre)

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Stian Hole (Norway) Workshops for pupils Led by: Tanja Schmidt (Artistic and literary projects), Sophie Neander (Qualified social instructor) Garmann’s Summer. Artistic workshop around Stian Hole’s (Norway) children’s book What do you want to be when you grow up? What does it really feel like to have butterflies in your stomach? And just how do you spell rhubarb? These and other everyday questions preoccupy the six-year-old Garmann, in a digitally constructed children’s book by the Norwegian author and illustrator. With great sensitivity, he recounts Garmann’s last carefree summer, who will be going to school after the holidays. Garmann gets a visit from his three old aunts, with whom he philosophises about fear and courage, about false teeth, bobble hats and skateboards. While Garmann is waiting for his first tooth to fall out, he thinks a lot about expectations, duties and fears. During the project, the children will examine Garmann’s musings and think about growing up and getting older. Small groups will work on individual aspects of the book, and the children will create varied collages in which they express their world view. Project dates: 26.09. / 29.09. / 30.09.2008, every day at 09.00-13.00. Today: meeting with Stian Hole School years: 1x 4-6 Dates Wed 01-10 | 10:00am – 12:00pm Venue Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin (t: Children’s Museum Berlin) Admission Participation in the 4-day project: 10 € per child.

Piet Grobler (South Africa) Workshops for pupils Registration via the international literature festival berlin: Tel. (030) 27 87 86 66 Birds, rainbows and onomatopoeia. A Little Bird’s ABC Workshop with Piet Grobler (South Africa) With great attention to detail, the South African artist creates colourful and lively fantasy worlds populated by people, animals, angels and other wonderful creatures. Piet Grobler will present his small but exquisite “Little Bird’s ABC” – of which there is also a cartoon version – as well as his children’s book “The Rainbow Birds”. Over the course of a lively afternoon, the illustrator will create, together with the children, a large rainbow-coloured installation made up of colourful paper birds. In between, creative lunch break in children’s and young people’s restaurant “Five Seasons” run by Berliner Tafel e.V./die gelbe Villa. Six years and above. School years: 1 x 2-5 Lunch: 1 € per child / donation for material: 1 € per child. Dates Wed 01-10 | 10:00am – 12:30pm Venue Die gelbe Villa (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Institution)

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Joseph Lemalosai Lekuton (Kenya) Workshops for pupils Facing the Lion – Growing up as a Massai. With Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya) “Lemasolai“ (“The Proud”) is a Massai boy in the Kenyan savannah, a runner of great stamina, an able cowherd and a rascal who is happy to disobey orders if he sees some more exciting distraction on offer. Even if he can’t always escape the punishment of the “pinching man”, Lemasolai is the golden boy of his family. All in all, despite all the privations that nomadic life brings with it, he lives happily in his family and village community. In contrast to his brother, he goes to school which is situated sometimes 8, 30 or 70 kilometres away – since his home village is situated where there is enough grass for the bulls. In his book “Facing the Lion”, which recalls his childhood as a member of an Ariaal clan in Northern Kenya and as a pupil in a Kenyan boarding school, he tells of his first encounter with a lion, the acceptance of social rules in the village, circumcision and the confrontation with modern technology and civilisation. After the meeting with the author and politician, the young audience will look for traces of Massai culture, and will get the chance to take a peek into the storehouse of the Ethnological Museum. School years: 2x 7/8 Dates Wed 01-10 | 10:30am – 12:30pm Venue Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, ethnologisches Museum (t: Berlin State Museums, Museum of anthropology)

John Green (USA) Readings for pupils For as long as he can remember, Quentin Jacobsen has been crazy about the simply divine Margot Roth Spiegelman. When she unexepectedly asks him one day to accompany her on an ingenious campaign of revenge, he’s only too happy to comply. After the night-time operation, which with is connected to both of their pasts, Quentin goes to school only to find that Margo has disappeared. But she has left behind clues – for him. And the closer Quentin gets to the revered girl, the less Margo seems to be the Margo he thought he knew... John Green (USA) reads from “Paper Towns“. In English. School years: 10-12 Dates Wed 01-10 | 11:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Foyer

Veronika Rotfuß (Germany) Readings for pupils Veronika Rotfuß (Germany) will read from her debut novel “Mücke in März” (t: Midge in March). Mücke’s mother is very ill, her father in Tokyo as usual, and for gym-class she has to put on her old sparkly pink leggings because noone has done the laundry…but luckily, there are times when everything is just fine: When she sits with Nora above the roofs of the town, or when she drifts in the Hotel Majestic’s swimming pool with Yurik. Mücke and Yurik recently became an item! But that can’t help cure her mother of her early-onset dementia… School years: 7-9

Programme 2008 Dates Wed 01-10 | 11:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Farshid Shafiee (Iran) Workshops for pupils Led by: Ramona Schulz, Katja Sommer, Sabine Köhler. Fairy tales, myths and legends. A Theatre-Workshop around pictures by Farshid Shafiee (Iran) The colourful illustrations of the Iranian artist Farshid Shafiee look like they have been taken from “One thousand and one nights”. His image worlds become the source of inspiration for the pupils of the Erika Mann primary school. In this 4-part workshop, the children will make up their own stories, or adapt well-known fairy tales. Through the artistic expressive possibilities afforded by the puppet and picture theatre, a jigsaw made up of elements of foreign culture and one’s own identity is created, a jigsaw where West and East meet. The theatre-oriented Erika Mann primary school in Berlin’s district Wedding/Mitte offers accommodation to children from 22 countries. Through theatre, the children gain linguistic competency from the very start, and learn how to deal artistically with the problems they meet in everyday life through the fascinating language of objects. Project dates: 29.09. / 30.09. / 01.10.2008, each day 9.00-12.00 Today: meeting with Farshid Shafiee. Closed event. Dates Wed 01-10 | 1:00 – 3:00pm Venue Schaubude Berlin (t: Berlin’s Puppet Theatre)

Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) Readings for pupils Daisy’s father has sent her to England. She is supposed to spend the summer with her eccentric relatives in the countryside. The old, rambling house and the garden with the weather-worn stone angel – all of this is completely foreign to the New Yorker, and yet she has never felt so safe. And she has never before met people like Edmond, Isaac, Osbert and the little Pipers. Certainly no-one like her cousin Edmond. In “How I Live Now”, Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) tells the story of a great love and a mysterious civil war, which forces the five young people to undertake a traumatic odyssey. School years: 10-12 Dates Wed 01-10 | 1:30pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

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Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 7 After school and at the weekend With John Green (USA), Meg Rosoff (USA/UK), Stian Hole (Norway) and Einar Turkoswki (Germany) Presented by: Shelly Kupferberg. Four authors and illustrators are presenting their texts and pictures to young adults. John Green (USA) presents his book for young people “An Abundance of Katherines“: child prodigy Colin has been in love 19 times, always with girls called Katherine – and they all sent him packing! After being persuaded by his only friend Hassan to take a roadtrip through the States, he meets the smart Lindsey, his first non-Katherine… Meg Rosoff (USA/UK) examines, in her novel “Just in Case”, questions of fate: David only just manages to save his little brother from falling out of the window. From now on, the question is no mere thought experiment for David. He changes his name to Justin Case, gets himself an invisible greyhound, and tries to run from fate. Stian Hole (Norway) has brought a digital Collage - “Garmanns sommer” - along with him, in which he brings together photographs, cuttings, elements of jewellery and highly realistic drawings to create a poetic work. Einar Turkoswki (Germany) will present his picture book “It was dark and eerily quiet”, drawn with four hundred pencils – a book populated by grotesque technological beings, machines and robots. Alongside their current works, the illustrators will present impressive drawings, sketches and studies from their studios. For those above 13 years of age. Dates Wed 01-10 | 6:00pm Venue Schiller-Theater-Werkstatt des Grips Theaters (t: Berlin’s Children and Youth Theatre) Admission Entry: 5 € (Theater der Schulen 4 €). Pre-sale tickets: Tel. (030) 39 74 74 77

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Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton (Kenya) Readings for pupils “Facing the Lion", an autobiographical account, gives his audience an insight into the archaic and ritualised culture of the Massai-warriors and cow-sheperds. In a simple and riveting style, he tells of his first encounter with a lion, of the social rules in the village, the important event of the circumcision, his time in a missionary school, of his confrontation with modern technology and his alienating arrival in the USA, where he studied and worked as a sociology teacher. School years: 7-9 Dates Thu 02-10 | 09:00am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage

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Einar Turkowski (Germany) Readings for pupils Silently, a man on his boat lands on a beach, ties it up with strange equipment, ropes and stakes, and moves into an old house on the dunes. In his picture book "Es war finster und merkwürdig still" (t: It was dark and eerily quiet), Einar Turkowski (Germany) narrates how the townspeople observe the eccentric suspiciously and from afar. It soon becomes clear that the stranger is a cloud-fisher and uses his equipment to catch clouds and cause them to rain down splendid fish that the resentful, hate-filled locals would also like to possess. School years: 3/4 Dates Thu 02-10 | 09:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

John Green (USA) Workshops for pupils Led by: Rudolf Wenzel (LesArt). “Looking for Alaska”. With John Green (USA) The sixteen-year-old first-person narrator Miles lives in the Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama. There he makes some remarkable friends, among them a girl, whose name is not the only extraordinary thing about her: Alaska. Miles’s unusual hobby – he collects dying people’s last words – permeates the friends’ discussions about life and death like a leitmotif. The story starts 136 days before and ends 136 days after an unheard-of event... In order to prepare for a meeting with the author, the young participants will examine the content and form of this adolescent novel, which has as its central theme American young people’s view of life. Does the novel express exclusively American experiences, or can young people living in Berlin also sympathise with the characters in the novel? In order to bring themselves closer to the characters, the participants will work on their own translations of selected passages. The preparatory session (Part 1 of the 2-part LesArt-event) as well as today’s meeting with John Green is accompanied by Rudolf Wenzel. During the meeting, the young participants will have the chance to exchange views with John Green about the content and form of his debut novel. Afterwards the author will read from his second adolescent book “An Abundance of Katharines”. In this book he puts forward a theory for everything – even love... Part 1: 16.09.2008, 09.00 Uhr (ca. 3 hrs.), LesArt School years: 1x 9/10 Dates Thu 02-10 | 10:00 – 11:30am Venue LesArt (t: Centre of Literature for Children and Young People)

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Beatrice Masini (Italy) Readings for pupils An old building, a deserted street, a new family…Beatrice Masini (Italy) “Diario di una casa vuota” (t: Diary of an Abandoned House), Beatrice Masini tells of an empty house that comes back to life: one day, when a family comes to view the house, considering to move in, the children Alma and Tim fall for the haunted place. Even when the move doesn’t happen, the pair use the house as a secret hiding-place, play in the staircase and the garden. Gradually, the house starts to breathe again. Until one winter’s day... School years: 4/5 Dates Thu 02-10 | 11:30am Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage

Wolf Erlbruch (Germany) Children’s and Youth Literature for Adults Presented by: Shelly Kupferberg. Duck, Death and the Tulip. A meeting with Wolf Erlbruch (Germany) The artist Wolf Erlbruch became world famous with his children‘s book “The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit”. His artistic handwriting and pictorial language have greatly influenced children’s book illustration since the nineties. He adores old paper, refined collages and coloured pencils, topographical maps and stamps. He fashions highly-skilled and unfussy drawings and collages, in which the material and drawn elements morph into either grotesque or entirely ordinary image worlds. His works, of which many are already “classics”, deal with grand themes such as the creation story (“In the Beginning”, 2003) or the meaning of life (“The Big Question”, 2007), but also simple stories, like the one about the little mole. He will be presenting his considerable œuvre – from his beginnings as a graphic artist, to his work in advertising, to his work as a children’s book illustrator, including his latest book, “Duck, Death and the Tulip”. After his slideshow, he will draw live to accompany the reading of his book “Mrs Meyer, the bird”. Book signing afterwards. Suitable for educators, students, parents, young people and art enthusiasts. Dates Thu 02-10 | 5:30pm Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Side Stage Admission Entry: 6/5/4 €. (Online-)ticket presales on www.berlinerfestspiele.de (available immediately) as well as (from 01.09.2008) on Tel. (030) 254 89 100.

Programme 2008 Authors and Illustrators Malorie Blackman, who was born in London in 1962, is the first black British author to sell over a million books. Her book for young adults “Nought and Crosses“ was the 1998 prelude to the “Noughts & Crosses“ series, in which she compellingly deals with issues such as love, responsibility, racism and violence. Before she became an author, Blackman had many different jobs including as a programmer, a receptionist and a salesperson. Since then she has published over 50 award-winning books for children and young people, including “Pig-Heart Boy“, which was made into a film. She lives in North London. Anne-Laure Bondoux was born in 1971 in Bois-Colombes. After studying literature at university, she developed an award winning writers’ workshop, worked as an editor for a Parisian publishing house and published her first works. Bondoux’s eclectic literary accomplishments include plays, chanson lyrics, the science fiction books “The Destiny of Linus Hoppe“ and “The Second Life of Linus Hoppe” (2003) and an adventure novel “The Princess and the Captain” (2004). Her highly acclaimed book “Life as it comes“ (2004) won the Prix des Lycéens Allemands (2005). The author lives in Paris. Viktor Canosinaj was born in 1960 in the port city of Hafenstadt Vlorë. He was a teacher, a journalist and a news editor before he became one of the most popular children’s and youth literature writers in Albania. Along with the adventurous elements which mark his work , the author tackles the social problems of his homeland. Canosinaj is one of the first Albanian authors to write about themes such as human trafficking, prostitution, drugs and criminality. One of his most well-known books “Meriyll“ gained entry into the IBBY-Honour List (2002). He lives in Tirana and works for the Albanian Parliamant. Wolf Erlbruch, was born in Wuppertal in 1948 and is a professor of illustration and the winner of the HansChristian-Andersen-Award. He is one of the most successful contemporary picture book illustrators. After successes in international advertising, he began illustrating children´s books in the 1980s and later started writing himself. One of his most famous works, “The Little Mole who wanted to know whodunit" has been translated into 21 languages. His artistic handwriting has become influential in children´s literature since the nineties. In 2007 his book "Death, Duck and the Tulip" was published. The artist lives in Wuppertal. Timothée de Fombelle was born in Paris in 1973 and after studying literature he became a teacher in places including Hanoi and the Parisian suburb La Courneuve. In his 2006 book “Toby Alone” Fombelle creates a fascinating miniature world on a beautiful oak tree. His impressive debut turned de Fombelle into one of the most celebrated authors in French children’s literature. Volumes one and two of the “Toby Alone“ adventures were translated into more than twenty languages and won the Prix Saint-Exupéry (2006) and the Prix Sorcières (2007) prizes, among others. De Fombelle lives in Paris. John Green, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award, was born in 1977 in Indianapolis, USA, where he still lives today. Since his 2005 debut novel “Looking for Alaska” (2007) was published, Green has been counted among the new voices of English language youth literature. The story of 16-year-old Miles, a charismatic teenager, and his everday life at boarding school, with parties, sex and philosopy was translated into thirteen languages. Green, who studied English literature and religion, and worked as a student chaplain in a children’s hospital as well as a critic, has published a second novel called “An Abundance of Katharines” (2008). Piet Grobler was born in 1959 and is one of South Africa´s most important picture book artists. After he completed his theology studies he became a minister for five years. At the beginning of the nineties he dedicated himself to art and began to study graphic design and work as an illustrator. Among his 70 works are “Carnival of the Animals“ (1998) and “Little Bird’s ABC“ (2006). Grobler creates fantasy worlds with watercolours, Indian ink and pastels. His enigmatic illustrations have won the Prix Octogones de Chêne (1999), along with other prizes. Grobler is a lecturer in illustration and a gallery owner, and lives in Stellenbosch.

Programme 2008 Stian Hole was born in 1969 in Hokksund, Norway. He is one of the most innovative picture book artists in Scandinavia. After studying visual communication in Oslo he founded an agency with colleagues called “Blæst Design“. With “Garmanns sommer“ (t: Garmann’s Summer) in 2006, he produced a digital collage in which he combined photos, pictures and textures to make a powerfully poetic composition. Hole sensitively draws young Garmann’s last uncomplicated summer before he starts school in the autumn. The work was awarded the Brageprisen (2006) and the Bologna Ragazzi Award (2007), among others. Hole lives in Oslo. Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton is a Maasai, author and politician. He was born in the beginning of the seventies in the north of Kenya, grew up in a nomadic village and was the only child in his family to go to school. In his memoirs “Facing the Lion“ (2007), he shares an insight into Maasai culture. The book details his first encounter with lions, circumcision, dealing with modern technology and his arrival in the USA, where he studied economics and politics. The winner of the Grand-Warrior-Award is also committed to NGOs and has been a member of the Kenyan Parliament since 2006. Ted van Lieshout, born in Eindhoven in the Netherlands in 1955, is a graphic designer, poet and author of picture books, poetry volumes, novels, radio dramas and plays. In his poetry for young people (among others “Mama! Waar heb jij het geluk gelaten?“, 2005; t: Mum! What have you done with happiness?) Lieshout writes about the search for security and identity with warmth and wistful comedy. Again and again Lieshout pushes the boundaries between literature for children and young people and projects, which cross genres, such as the art book “Papieren Museum" (2002ff; t: Paper Museum). His prize-winning novel “Brothers" has been translated into many languages. Lieshout lives in Amsterdam. Beatrice Masini, editor, journalist, lecturer and translator, was born in Milan in 1962, where she still lives today. Masini has published more than forty books for first time readers, picture books and stories and novels for young readers in various countries. She is one of the most important children’s book authors in Italy. Her book series “Scarpette Rosa“ (2007) was published in Germany. Her novel “L’estate gigante” (t: The giant summer) that tells the story of 13-year-old Chiara, who is on the verge of adulthood, came out in 2007 in French translation. In 2004 the author was honoured with the Premio Pippi. Xosé A. Neira Cruz, university lecturer, journalist and curator, was born in 1968 in Santiago de Compostela, and is one of the most distinguished children’s and youth literature authors in Galicia. History, art and a children’s imagination are all inspiration for his wide-ranging work, including books for first readers, poetry volumes, novels and plays. His most well-known works are “Valdemuller“ (1998, t: Valley of the women) and his Renaissance novel "O armiño dorme" (2003, t: The sleeping stoat). Neira Cruz is the winner of the Premio Barco de Vapor (1997/1999) and lives in his native town. Meg Rosoff published her impressive debut in 2005, “How I live now“. Her first three novels have set a new standard in literature for teenagers and adults. Born in 1956 in Boston, she decided later on in her life to start writing and worked for many years in publishing and advertising in New York as well as London, where she has lived since 1989. In her atmospheric poetry, Rosoff captivates as an astounding observer of adolescents’ emotional and intellectual worlds. For her unrelenting, comic and breathless novels she has received the renowned Carnegie Medal (2006), among others. Veronika Rotfuß was born in 1980 in Pforzheim, and is an author and actress living in München. After training to be a goldsmith, she looked for a drama school in her current home town and worked in theatre. In 2006 she won the “Hinz- und Kuntz“ writing competition and in the summer of 2008 she brought out “Mücke im März“ (t: Midge in March), her first novel. With great sensitivity and insight, Rotfuß tells the story of 15-year-old “Mücke”, whose mother suffers from an early onset dementia and whose father is usually away in Tokyo. Mücke struggles to find a balance between school, friends, family, illness and first love.

Programme 2008 Farshid Shafiee was born in 1969 in Tehran and is one of the most renowned Iranian illustrators of the younger generation. The basis of his artwork includes fairy tales, myths and the everyday lives of children in present-day Iran. He has written more than fifty books including “Farschid“ (2003), “Schahrzâd“ (2005) and “Zarbâl“ (2006) (t: Golden-Wing Falcon). He has also written scripts for short films. Shafiee’s colourful illustrations combine traditional Persian art with modern aesthetics. His art has been displayed all over the world and won the 21st BIB Bratislava (2007). He lives in Tehran. Thé Tjong-Khing was born in 1933 in Purworedjo, Indonesia and in 1956 he moved to the Netherlands. With over 150 illustrated works, he occupies an important place in the Dutch picture book scene. He started his career as a comic book artist and started illustrating more and more picture books in the seventies, including ones written by Sylvia Vanden Heede and Miep Diekmann. His picture book “Where is the cake?", a story told entirely through pictures in which a group of animals chase a much-sought after cake, won the Woutertje Pieterse prize in 2005. The artist, who works with a plume and water colours, lives in Haarlem. Einar Turkowski was born in 1972 in Kiel. After finishing school he did an internship in stage design and studied art and biology, before he was accepted into the illustration programme of the HAW Hamburg in 1998. In March of 2005, Turkowski impressed the exam commission with a masterful parable about the Other. His first work “Es war finster und merkwürdig still“ (2005, t: It was dark and eerily quiet), pays homage to great illustration traditions. His commanding pencil techniques create a surreal world of images. He received the Grand Prix for the 21st Biennale for illustration, Bratislava in 2007. The artist lives in Martensrade-Ellhornsberg. Nahoko Uehashi – born 1962 in Tokyo and a professor of anthropology – is recognized as one of the great voices of fantasy literature in an Asian language since the first volume in the Moribito epic, “Seirei no Moribito” (t: Guardian of the Spirit) was published. In ten volumes the author tells the story of the changing fortunes of the spear warrior Balsa and her protégé, the emperor’s son Chagum, using elements of ancient magic and prophecies. Uehashi received the acclaimed Sankei Award in 1997 for her series of books, which has sold 1.5 million copies and has been adapted into an anime series. Mats Wahl was born in 1945 on the island of Gotland, and is among the most important writers of youth literature in Sweden. For many years he worked as a teacher with underprivileged children. His literary work consists of more than forty novels and specialized books for children, young people and adults, as well as film scripts and plays. Among his best known works is the youth novel “Vinterviken” (1995, t: Winter´s bay) and the crime series about Superintendent Fors starting in 2000 with the novel “The Invisible” which deals with subjects such as friendship, racism and violence. The holder of the Nils Holgersson prize (1989) lives in Stockholm. Biographies of the guests for the programmes “Literatures of the World“, “Focus Africa“ and “Reflections“, which can also be read by children and teenagers, can be found at www.literaturfestival.com.

Programme 2008 Key At the Readings for pupils, international children’s and youth authors will read their most beautiful stories, most renowned works, award-winning books and latest publications; illustrators will present their pictures and drawings on projectors or will draw directly onto flipcharts. In the Workshops for pupils, together with authors, illustrators, museum guides, teachers or artists, participants will develop their own artistic creations – either in studios, during museum tours or in school projects which last several days. After school & at the weekend there will be many exciting events offered for families, children and teenagers, both together and individually: events for readings and discussions, young people’s workshops, discussions, literature parties and much more. Children’s and Youth Literature for adults is aimed at adult readers, teachers, and librarians, who are interested in illustration, children’s books and adolescent novels and would like to voyage into the complex world of children’s imaginations.

Registration & Tickets for Schools Help and registration Booking by telephone is essential for the “Readings and workshops for pupils”. Please contact: Miriam Gabriela Möllers Internat. Kinder- und Jugendliteratur Chausseestraße 5 / 10115 Berlin Tel. (030) 27 87 86 - 70 oder - 66 Fax (030) 27 87 86 - 85 [email protected] www.literaturfestival.com

Texts, biographies and teaching material The festival team can make further teaching material available for preperation in the run up to the festival and for reflection after the festival.

Tickets & Prices Tickets and coupons for readings and workshops can be purchased in advance at the festival office.

Events for pupils that require payment Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Fliegendes Theater, Gartenarbeitsschule „Ilse Demme“, Podewil’sches Palais, JugendKulturZentrum Pumpe, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Ethnologisches Museum/Gemäldegalerie/Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Theater an der Parkaue: 3 € per pupil/accompanying adult. Other tickets: Labyrinth Kinder Museum Berlin (3- or 4-day projects with workshops) 8 or 10 € per pupil, JugendKulturZentrum Pumpe (5-day project week with workshops and theatre production; payment at venue) 25 € per pupil.

Programme 2008 Free events for pupils Die gelbe Villa (lunch and teaching material only available at the venue), Grips Theater (Workshop for literature teachers), LesArt (2 day projects), Stiftung “Brandenburger Tor“ (Readings), Weinmeisterhaus (Workshops) As always the International Children’s Bookshop LE MATOU will sell all the literature featured in the “International Children’s and Youth Literature“ programme and will be present during the festival at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with a book table. Single books as well as reading material for whole classes can also be ordered at : [email protected] / Tel. (030) 280 99 601 / www.le-matou.de.

General (Ticket) Information Tickets for events in “After school & at the weekend”, “Children’s and Youth Literature for Adults” and “Specials” are available at the advance ticket sales or evening box offices of the venues. After author events in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the authors’ and illustrators’ books will be for sale in the lobby by the main entrance (supervised by Le Matou). The authors and illustrators would be delighted to sign picture books, children’s and youth novels and poetry anthologies for their fans, big and small, after events at the Autograph Table in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

In the online literature newspaper “xyz for us“ (xyz. wir für uns), young people from Berlin will report on the 7th international literature festival berlin. School classes are invited to submit articles (interviews, reports, creative contributions from writing and illustration workshops etc.) about their encounters with authors. Editorial deadline: 18.10.2008. Those who would like to be an editor themselves during the festival are weclome to contact us at tel. (030) 282 97 47 or www.xyz.lesart.org In cooperation with the BLI BerlinerLiteraturInitiative / BerlinerLeseratten children and teenagers will be able to work as “young journalists”, covering the programme of “International Children’s and Youth Literature“. Chen Jianghong Exhibition at LesArt th Parallel to the the 8 international literature festival berlin, the Berlin Centre for children’s and youth literature LesArt will present an exhibition on Chen Jianghong (China/France): Chen Jianghong, a guest of the September 2005 international literature festival berlin and shortly thereafter a winner of the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) for his picture book “Han Gan und das Wunderpferd" (Moritz Verlag), will present picture book illustrations and other works. At the evening opening nd (for a specialised audience) on Monday, 22 September 2008 (from 19.30) the artist will be present. The exhibition rd th can be visited from 23 September to 19 October, Mon-Fri 13.00-17.00 We ask groups to register by phone on 030-282 97 47. Exhibition Venue : LesArt, Weinmeisterstraße 5, 10178 Berlin (Mitte). The evening and weekend events (for an adult audience) for the sections of the programme Literatures of the World, Kaleidoscope, Focus Africa and Reflections are also suitable for secondary school classes. There are numerous events on offer: readings, poetry nights, a series of political discussions and talks with the writers. Online ticket sales (pupils: 4 €) at www.berlinerfestspiele.de and (from 01.09.2008) on Tel. (030) 254 89 100.

Programme 2008 “International Children’s and Youth Literature” says thank you … We would like to thank our main “International Children´s and Youth Literature” sponsor for their support: ŜKODA For their cooperation, we would like to thank: Baobab Kinderbuchfonds, BLI BerlinerLiteraturInitiative / BerlinerLeseratten, Besucher-Dienste Staatliche Museen Berlin, Die gelbe Villa – Kreativ- und Bildungszentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche, Berliner öffentliche Bibliotheken – Facharbeitskreis Kinder- und Jugendbibliotheken Berlin, Fliegendes Theater, Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis in Brandenburg e.V., Gartenarbeitsschule „Ilse Demme“ Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, GRIPS Theater, International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), JugendKulturService gGmbH, KiekMal – Berliner Kinderzeitung, Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin, Internationale Kinder- und Versandbuchhandlung Le Matou, LesArt – Berliner Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Ministerium für Bildung, Jugend und Sport Brandenburg, PhilippSchaeffer-Bibliothek/Kinderbibliothek, JugendKulturZentrum PUMPE, Ravensburger AG, Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung Berlin, Theater an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin, unescoprojekt-schulen, Weinmeisterhaus. We would like to thank… … the members of the “International Children´s and Youth Literature” board of trustees: Nathalie Beau (Frankreich), Jeffrey Brewster (USA/Belgien), Jan Hansson (Schweden), Jay Heale (Südafrika), Olga Maeots (Russland), Mami Marimoto (Japan), Sonja Matheson (Schweiz), Parnaz Nayeri (Iran/Kanada), Emer O’Sullivan (Irland/Deutschland), Christiane Raabe (Deutschland), Lilia Ratcheva-Stratieva (Bulgarien/Österreich), Cecilia Silva-Diaz (Venezuela/Spanien) und Junko Yokota (Japan/USA) for their valuable knowledge of the field and their ongoing support. … the translators Nicola Bardola, Rolf Erdorf, Marianne Gareis, Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn, Jutta Himmelreich, Alexandra Klepper und Dorothea Überall, Ina Kronenberger, Jakob Rath, Sonja Schumacher, Doris Wille u.a., who have translated the writer’s texts exclusively for the festival. … the presenters, actors and interpreters Frank Arnold, Martina Couturier, Kathleen Gallego Zapata, Astrid Gorvin, Markus Kuchenbuch, Shelly Kupferberg, Sven Philipp, Friedhelm Ptok, Oliver Rohrbeck, Tobias Scheffel, Matthias Scherwenikas, Ilona Schulz u.a., the actors of the CHARADE Artists Agency as well as Lilian-Astrid Geese and the interpreters team who have so wonderfully brought life to our guests books, pictures and words. … the authors, illustrators, their agents and publishers for the kind provision of books, press packs, photographs and illustrations. … The German Department at the Freie Universität, Frau Maaß and her students, for putting together the teaching material. The programme section “International Children’s and Youth Literature“ is a member of the Association for Children’s and Youth Literature e.V. – German Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).

Programme 2008 Venues and addresses Haus der Berliner Festspiele Schaperstraße 24, U-Bhf. Spichernstraße / Bus 204, 249 Information and ticket service for 25.09./15.00 Uhr und 02.10./17.30 Uhr: (030) 254 89 100 or www.berlinerfestspiele.de Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek / Kinderbibliothek Brunnenstr. 181, U-Bhf. Rosenthaler Platz / Tram M1, M8, 12 / Bus 240 Fliegendes Theater Urbanstraße 100, U-Bhf. Schönleinstraße, Hermannplatz / Bus M41 Gartenarbeitsschule „Ilse Demme“ Dillenburger Straße 57, U-Bhf. Breitenbachplatz / Bus 101, 248, 282 Die gelbe Villa – Kreativ- und Bildungszentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche Wilhelmshöhe 10, U-Bhf. Platz der Luftbrücke, Mehringdamm / Bus M19, 104 Information tel. (030) 76 76 50 12 GRIPS Theater Altonaer Straße 22, U-Bhf. Hansaplatz JugendKulturZentrum PUMPE Lützowstraße 42, U-Bhf. Kurfürstenstraße or Nollendorfplatz / Bus M 85 to Lützowstraße or Potsdamer Straße Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin In der Fabrik Osloer Straße, Osloer Str. 12, U-Bhf. Osloer Str. + M13 or Tram 50 to Prinzenallee/Osloer Str. LesArt – Berliner Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur Weinmeisterstraße 5, S-Bhf. Hackescher Markt / U-Bhf. Weinmeisterstraße / Tram M1, M2 Literaturhaus Berlin Fasanenstraße 23, U-Bhf. Kurfürstendamm or Uhlandstraße / Bus 109, 110, M19, M29 Podewil’sches Palais Klosterstraße 68-70, U-Bhf. Klosterstraße, Alexanderplatz, Jannowitzbrücke / Bus M48 Schaubude Berlin – Theater. PuppenFigurenObjekte Greifswalder Straße 81-84, S-Bhf. Greifswalder Straße / Tram M4 Schiller-Theater-Werkstatt des GRIPS Theaters Bismarckstraße 110, U-Bhf. Ernst-Reuter-Platz / Bus M45, 101 Tickets tel. (030) 39 74 74 77 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museen Dahlem – Kunst und Kulturen der Welt, Ethnologisches Museum + Museum für Asiatische Kunst Entrance: Lansstraße 8, U-Bhf. Dahlem Dorf / Bus X11

Programme 2008 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Entrance: Matthäikirchplatz, U-/S-Bhf. Potsdamer Platz / Bus M48, 200 Stiftung „Brandenburger Tor“, Max-Liebermann-Haus Pariser Platz 7, S-Bhf. Unter den Linden / Bus 100, 200 Theater an der Parkaue – Junges Staatstheater Berlin Parkaue 29, S- und U-Bhf. Frankfurter Allee Weinmeisterhaus Weinmeisterstraße 15, S-Bhf. Hackescher Markt / U-Bhf. Weinmeisterstraße / Tram M1, M2

Impressum international literature festival berlin Chaussestraße 5 / 10115 Berlin www.literaturfestival.com Festival Director Ulrich Schreiber Vice Director, Programme Manager and Editor Miriam Gabriela Möllers KJL-Assistance Ina-Marie Bargmann Music Programme William Ramsay Scenery Jakob Mattner Programme design Jörg Kammler, Hayn/Willemeit Media GmbH Cover photo Thé Tjong-Khing (Indonesien/NL). In the background is his illustration of the fairytale “De gelaarsde kater“ from “En ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig“ by Henri van Daele, Davidsfonds: Leuven, 2003. © Thé Tjong-Khing & Hans Boot Photo and iIlustration verification p. 4, 66, 67: ilb-Hartwig Klappert p. 6: Doris Poklekowski p. 5: “Her Sundays were even Bluer Days“, Fine Art by Piet Grobler. p. 7: “Am Anfang“ by Bart Moeyaert. Illustrations by Wolf Erlbruch. Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 2004. Printing Druckhaus Dresden The programme may be subject to change.