The program

11.05

wednesday

12:00 – 14:00

Hotel accommodations. Hotel-Restaurant ODEON, 40 Otec Paisii str., Plovdiv Center, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, hotel@hotelodeon.net, +359(32)622065 +359(88)7976890

14:00 – 15:00

Lunch at hotel ODEON. Acquaintance of the participants. Free time.

15:00 – 18:00

A tour in the Old Plovdiv.

19:00

Dinner at hotel ODEON.

12.05

thursday

08:00 – 09:00

Breakfast at hotel ODEON.

09:00 – 12:00

A tour to Bachkovo Monastery.

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch at hotel ODEON. Free time.

18:00

Festival opening in the Little Early Christian Bazililica of Philipopolis. Presenting the guests and the hosts with a poetry reading. 12 poets from 8 countries reading poetry in 8 languages and in translation in the Bulgarian, the original texts – on multimedia. Free entrance.

19:00

A promotion of the multilingual books of the festival and a novel.

21:00

Dinner at hotel ODEON.

13.05

friday

08:00 – 09:00

Breakfast at hotel ODEON.

10:30 – 12:00

Lectures with presentations dedicated to the Thracian cultural heritage and history of Plovdiv in the Little Early Christian Bazililica. Writers forum „The Figure of Orpheus – Between Myth and Moment”. Presentations of the essays of the participants in the festival. Round table for the festival guests with students and writers from Plovdiv in the Little Early Christian Bazilica.

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch at hotel ODEON. Free time.

17:00

Leaving hotel ODEON for the Little Early Christian Bazilica.

18:00 – 20:00

Poetic reading in the Little Early Christian Bazilica. Award ceremony.

20:30

Dinner at hotel ODEON.

14.05

saturday

08:00 – 09:00

Breakfast at hotel ODEON.

10:00 – 12:00

Meeting with poets and writers from Plovdiv at the Plovdiv Writer’s Association.

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at hotel ODEON. Departure from the hotel.