About the event
From 15 to 20 May 2019 Beyond Words Festival will be hosting writers, translators, journalists, musicians, academics, graphic novelists, who have a special connection with France and are interested in bringing literature to life!
As part of their European Literary Salon they will be showcasing Olivia Rosenthal author of To Leave with the Reindeer (And Other Stories, 2019) and Jean-Baptiste del Amo author of Animalia (Text Publishing, 2019) who will share their thoughts on what it means to be a European, chaired by former Man Booker International judge Daniel Medin.
The Institut français will go ‘Beyond Words’ with the third edition of their annual festival, bursting with bilingual live literature events, writer talks, musical performances, shared reading experiences, book launches, screenings of recent literary adaptations, staged readings, translators’ pitches and plenty of books to read and discover.