Kick off your beach day with an energizing boost of literature!
Bornholm Island is a popular summer destination for Danes and other tourists thanks to its gorgeous sandy beaches, making the beach an essential location for our new, Bornholm-based literary festival. This morning event at Sydøst for Paradis beach cafe welcomes two rising literary stars. First, Nigerian novelist STEPHEN BUORO will read excerpts from his stunning debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. Named a Best of the Year Book by NPR, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is "animated by a lively voice and a spiritual vision," according to The New Yorker, providing "a touching critique of the false promise of Western transcendence [in Africa]."
Next, we will hear Hong Kong native KIT FAN read poems from his latest collection, The Ink Cloud Reader. An esteemed novelist and poet in the UK, Kit Fan's latest poetry collection has already been shortlisted for multiple literary honors including the T.S. Eliot Prize. Join us to hear Kit Fan read from The Ink Cloud Reader, which The Guardian has called "a moving, lyrically potent collection charting the interconnected impacts of political and personal fracture."
Following the readings participants can ask questions, discuss politics and power in literature, and more. Afterwards, all are invited to linger with us on the beach for more conversation (or a nap! or swim! or beach reading!).
A drink at Sydøst for Paradis is included in the ticket.
STEPHEN BUORO was born in Nigeria in 1993. His debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, was lauded by The Economist as being 'among the best' coming-of-age stories in contemporary African literature. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Awards in the 'Debut Fiction' category and was a finalist for the L. A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Stephen lives in Norwich, United Kingdom.
KIT FAN is a poet, novelist and critic. His most recent poetry collection The Ink Cloud Reader (2023) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize. His second collection As Slow As Possible (2018) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and The Irish Times Book of the Year. His first collection Paper Scissors Stone (2011) won the Hong Kong University International Poetry Prize. He was shortlisted twice for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and a winner of Northern Writers Awards for Poetry and Fiction, Times Stephen Spender Poetry Translation Prize, and POETRY's Editors Prize for Reviewing. His debut novel was Diamond Hill (2021). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022
Location: Morning Reading and Conversation on the Beach will be held at Sydøst for Paradis, a laid-back beachfront cafe in Svaneke, on the northeastern tip of Bornholm Island.
This event is part of No Place Is An Island, a new, global literary festival on Bornholm Island in Denmark, July 12-13, 2024. Founded by boutique literary nonprofit The Write Salon, the festival is organized in partnership with creative hub Kjøllergaard and Østersø Sonics.
Bornholm Island is a popular summer destination for Danes and other tourists thanks to its gorgeous sandy beaches, making the beach an essential location for our new, Bornholm-based literary festival. This morning event at Sydøst for Paradis beach cafe welcomes two rising literary stars. First, Nigerian novelist STEPHEN BUORO will read excerpts from his stunning debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. Named a Best of the Year Book by NPR, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is "animated by a lively voice and a spiritual vision," according to The New Yorker, providing "a touching critique of the false promise of Western transcendence [in Africa]."
Next, we will hear Hong Kong native KIT FAN read poems from his latest collection, The Ink Cloud Reader. An esteemed novelist and poet in the UK, Kit Fan's latest poetry collection has already been shortlisted for multiple literary honors including the T.S. Eliot Prize. Join us to hear Kit Fan read from The Ink Cloud Reader, which The Guardian has called "a moving, lyrically potent collection charting the interconnected impacts of political and personal fracture."
Following the readings participants can ask questions, discuss politics and power in literature, and more. Afterwards, all are invited to linger with us on the beach for more conversation (or a nap! or swim! or beach reading!).
A drink at Sydøst for Paradis is included in the ticket.
STEPHEN BUORO was born in Nigeria in 1993. His debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, was lauded by The Economist as being 'among the best' coming-of-age stories in contemporary African literature. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Awards in the 'Debut Fiction' category and was a finalist for the L. A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Stephen lives in Norwich, United Kingdom.
KIT FAN is a poet, novelist and critic. His most recent poetry collection The Ink Cloud Reader (2023) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize. His second collection As Slow As Possible (2018) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and The Irish Times Book of the Year. His first collection Paper Scissors Stone (2011) won the Hong Kong University International Poetry Prize. He was shortlisted twice for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and a winner of Northern Writers Awards for Poetry and Fiction, Times Stephen Spender Poetry Translation Prize, and POETRY's Editors Prize for Reviewing. His debut novel was Diamond Hill (2021). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022
Location: Morning Reading and Conversation on the Beach will be held at Sydøst for Paradis, a laid-back beachfront cafe in Svaneke, on the northeastern tip of Bornholm Island.
This event is part of No Place Is An Island, a new, global literary festival on Bornholm Island in Denmark, July 12-13, 2024. Founded by boutique literary nonprofit The Write Salon, the festival is organized in partnership with creative hub Kjøllergaard and Østersø Sonics.
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