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SPE 2007 - Provisional Programme

of the 46th STRUGA POETRY EVENINGS
23-28. 08. 2007, Struga, Republic of Macedonia

Arrival of the participants during the day.

	Arrival of the participants during the day.
10:00	Planting a tree by the poet-laureate, the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, in the “Park of Poetry” and short reading.
11:15	Opening of an exhibition of paintings (hotel “Drim”)
12:00	Press conference with the poet laureates: Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine) and the young poet-laureate (to be announced). (“Piano Bar” Hotel Drim)
20:30	Official opening of the SPE – 2007 in front of the “House of Poetry”.
21:00	“Poetic Meridians” – International poetry reading in the “House of Poetry”

09:30-12:00	Round table: Poetic Nomadism. (Symposium Hall, hotel Drim)
17:00	Presentation of the thematic selection of Macedonian poetry, and reading. (Brothers Miladinov’s House)
19:00	Presentation of the “Pleiades” edition and reading by the poets published in it. (Courtyard of St. George’ monastery)
21:00	An evening of contemporary Turkish poetry. (Head of the Drim River)
23:30	“Night Without Punctuation”, Presentation of the anthology of the young poets-nominees for the “Struga Bridges” award; informal poetry reading and music (young poets). (“Pink Hall,” Hotel Drim)

12:00	Poetry “Matinée”, international poetry reading at the courtyard of the Monastery of Our Lady in Kalishta. (3 km away from Struga)
18:30-20:30	Sightseeing of the old city of Ohrid (foreign participants)
19:00	Presentation of the “Miladinov Brothers’ Award” to the best Macedonian poetry book published between two festivals and reading. (Miladinov Brothers’ House)
21:00	“Poetic Portrait”; an homage of the poet-laureate, Mahmoud Darwish, music and reading (Cathedral Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid)
24:00	“Night Without Punctuation”, informal poetry reading and music, (“Pink Hall” Hotel Drim, optional)

10:00	Outing to the Monastery of St. Naum (by boat), 11:00 Departure by bus.
13:30-15:00	Picnic at the springs of the Crn Drim River
15:30	In Vino Veritas: Presentation of the “Wine Poem Award”
16:00	Return to Struga by boat. 17:00 Return to Struga by bus
20:30	“Bridges”, international poetry reading on the bridge of the Drim River and presentation of the awards Golden Wreath, Miladinov Brothers, Bridges of Struga and Diaspora Poetry Award

10:00

Poetry on the Road: Departure of the participants from Struga to five different cities in Macedonia. (Readings, overnight stay)

12:30	Arrival of all the participants at the Lake Matka
13:00	Poetry “Matinée” (Lake Matka)
21:00	International poetry reading in Skopje with poets departing the following day