In 2009 deBuren and Passa Porta launched the first edition of The Balkans and Europe, a series of cultural debates hosted by the Serbian journalist Dejan Anastasijevic (Time). Together with writers from the former Yugoslavia, Anastasijevic looks into several aspects of the European and Balkan culture.
Guest speaker for the third edition is Jasmina Tešanović, a Serbian feminist writer, translator, publisher and political activist.
The European Constitution in Verse, written by over fifty European and non-European poets and coordinated by the Brussels Poetry Collective, has been nominated for the 3rd Europe Book Prize!
The prize will be awarded on 9 December 2009 at Théâtre Varia in Brussels.The evening is organised by Andrzej Żuławski, chairman of the jury, and will be hosted by Jacques Delors. Several poets from The Brussels Collective will be reading their texts. The Brussels choir, PolyFolies, will be singing an alternative European Hymn.
A video of the Constitution in Verse book presentation can be seen here.
On December 8, Lucas Catherine will be discussing his book Rijstpap, Tulpen en Jihad (Pudding, Tulips and Jihad) at Passa Porta house of literature. Rijstpap, Tulpen en Jihad is a vibrant book about the Arab and Turkish influence on the European history.
Lucas Catherine is a Belgian writer, and a specialist on the Arabic region. He has written several books about his journeys to Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
