enquiries: +91 999 914 3222
Day passes are free — please register at Dee Cee Book Shops in Kerala or collect from Kanakakunnu Palace on the day.
Delegate passes cost 1,500 rupees (35 US dollars) per person per day. This includes entry to all sessions, lunch and a delegate kit. Payment can be made at the registration desk at Kanakakunnu Palace on the day.
Enquiries: Teamwork Productions — tel: +91 999 914 3222
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Inaugural Session: Between Two Generations
Event 0 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 10am •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
Two of the greatest Malayalam fiction writers from two generations discuss the evolution of their own work and Malayalam fiction in general.
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Thursday 17 November 2011
Event 61 • Thursday 17 November 2011 •
Venue: Kanakakunnu Palace
This pass gives access to all The Alchemist Hay Festival events on Thursday 17 November, 10am–6pm.
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Thursday 17 November–Saturday 19 November 2011
Event 64 • Thursday 17 November–Saturday 19 November 2011 •
Venue: Kanakakunnu Palace
Three-day pass to all The Alchemist Hay Festival events.
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Thursday 17 November–Saturday 19 November 2011
Event 65 • Thursday 17 November–Saturday 19 November 2011 •
Venue: Kanakakunnu Palace
Delegate passes cost 1,500 rupees (35 US dollars) per person per day. This includes entry to all sessions, lunch and a delegate kit.
Payment can be made at the registration desk at Kanakakunnu Palace on the day.
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The New Superpowers
Event 1 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 11.15am •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
The author and politician discusses the rise and rise of India and China and the exercise of soft power. Chaired by the BBC's Anita Anand.
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Writers’ Chain 1: Reading Wales, Translating India
Event 2 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 11.15am •
Venue: The Bandstand, Kanakakunnu Palace
Following a week of collaboration in Kerala, join poets from Wales and India to experience the linguistic alchemy of translation through this performance incorporating movement and language.
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The Absent Lover: Love and Longing in Ancient India
Event 3 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 12.30pm •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra will read from The Absent Traveller, his translations of Prakrit love poetry, and discuss the enduring humanity and surprising modernity of this ancient erotic poetry.
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Chez Moi
Event 4 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 12.30pm •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
The French author of Five Photos of My Wife and Good Intentions and winner of the Prix Renaudot for her novel In The Dark Night discusses her magical Chez Moi, about a woman who runs away from the circus to open a restaurant at home.
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Narrating the Political
Event 5 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 2.30pm •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
Nayantara Sahgal talks about the meaning of the word 'political' and how it relates to her fiction and non-fiction.
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The Hungry Heart
Event 6 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 2.30pm •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
Noble men, luscious women, shimmering mermaids and glorious singing… Full blooded folk tales from Italy, told with passion and physical grace. Cat brings a shimmering contemporary gloss to the most ancient of arts.
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The Pioneer's Contribution and Dilemma in Heralding Literary Modernism into Malayalam
Event 60 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 2.30pm •
Venue: The Bandstand, Kanakakunnu Palace
M. Mukundan is the pioneer who heralded literary modernism into Malayalam in the late 1960s and since then he has added a substantial amount to his oeuvre, with a variety of fiction and neo-modern writing.
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Big Bang
Event 7 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 3.45pm •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
The science writer and entertainer (The Code Book, Fermat's Last Theorem) explains all about The Most Important Scientific Discovery of All Time and Why You Need to Know About It.
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We Sing of Earth: Dalit Poetry in Malayalam
Event 8 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 3.45pm •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
Dalit poetry has emerged as a significant genre in Malayalam in the last few years. It is different in many ways from the Dalit poetry in other languages such as Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil or Punjabi. Practitioners read their poems and share their views with critics.
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Kamala In Our Heart
Event 9 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 5pm •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
Poets from many different languages remember Kamala Das, the well-known Indian poet in English and fiction-writer in Malayalam, a major literary icon in Kerala whose stories, poems and disturbing autobiography thrilled her admirers and provoked her detractors.
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Teaching Modern South Asian History With Amateur Films And Oral History
Event 10 • Thursday 17 November 2011, 5pm •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
An overview of the digital holdings of the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, and their use in teaching key debates and themes in modern South Asian history.
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I say Culture, you say Vulture
Event 11 • Friday 18 November 2011, 10am •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
Has the state abdicated the spread of Indian Culture to the private sector? Or is that the good news?
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Oscar Winner
Event 12 • Friday 18 November 2011, 10am •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
The Passion Pictures producer discusses and shows his 2011 Oscar-winning short The Lost Thing and explains his groundbreaking animation work with Alexander 'Simples' Orlov and Damon Albarn's band Gorillaz. Chaired by Bina Paul of the Kerala International Film Festival.
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Friday 18 November 2011
Event 62 • Friday 18 November 2011 •
Venue: Kanakakunnu Palace
This pass gives access to all The Alchemist Hay Festival events on Friday 18 November, 10am–8pm.
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Twice-told Fictions: The New Life of Translations
Event 13 • Friday 18 November 2011, 11.15am •
Venue: Palace Hall, Kanakakunnu Palace
India exists in a continuous state of translation. What are the problems faced in the transitions between languages and cultures?
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Ingenious
Event 14 • Friday 18 November 2011, 11.15am •
Venue: The Reading Room, Kanakakunnu Palace
The IMPAC-award winning novelist discusses his books Ingenious Pain, Casanova, Oxygen, The Optimists and his latest novel Pure.
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