FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE
Walkabout of five Slovenian writers Down Under

(Tomaž Šalamun, Evald Flisar, Maja Vidmar, Andrej Blatnik, Lela B. Njatin)

Australian Reading Tour 2001 - Programme

Tuesday, 24 July
09.20 Arrival in Sydney with Singapore Airlines
(Hotel: Australian Sunrise Lodge, Newtown)
15.00 Reading for Slovenes in Merrylands

Wednesday, 25 July
Meetings with writers
19.30 Reading at Berkelouw's Bookshop, Leichardt, Sydney
(organised by NSW Writers' Centre, chaired by Michael Wilding)

Thursday, 26 July
Lunch with Australian poets and writers
17.45 By bus to Broken Hill

Friday, 27 July
Arrival in Broken Hill at 10.15
(Hotel: Mario's Palace Hotel)

Saturday, 28 July
By bus to Adelaide
(Adelaide Paringa Motel, Hindley St.)

Sunday, 29 July
Meetings with Slovenes and Australian authors

Monday, 30 July
14.00 Reading at Adelaide University
19.00 Dinner, organised by SA Writers' Centre
followed by reading at SA Writers' Centre, Adelaide

Tuesday, 26 July
By bus to Melbourne
(Hotel: Baragov dom)

Wednesday, 1 August
Rest, tour of the city

Thursday, 2 August
12.00 - 14.00 Reading and seminar at Monash University, Melbourne
(chaired by prof. Thomas Shapcott)

18.00 Reading, Radio-theatre, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
(presented by prof. Alexandra Ceferin)
Followed by presentation of Slovenian Literator, the web-site dedicated to
Slovenian literature in English
(Institute for Slovenian Studies, Melbourne)

Friday, 3 August
17.30 Reading, Victorian Writers' Centre, Melbourne,
chaired by Richard Flanagan, Australian author and film-maker

Saturday, 4 August
19.00 Reading for Australian Slovenes, Baragov dom, Melbourne

Sunday, 5 August
By bus to Canberra
(City Walk Hotel)

Monday, 6 August
19.00 Reading, ACT Writers' Centre, Canberra
(organized by ACT Writers' Centre and Slovenian Embassy)

Tuesday, 7 August
By bus to Sydney
(Hotel: Australian Sunrise Lodge, Newtown)

Wednesday, 8 August
23.00 Departure from Sydney with Singapore Airlines