Programmes
Workshops and school visits
About twenty appearances a year: a two-day writing workshop for adults, reading hours in schools, and a short workshop for children. School visits are free.
Writing the Memory of a Place
- Length
- Two days · 12 hours
- For whom
- Over 18, for people who already write
- Group size
- Up to 18 people
Writing a street, a shore, a house together with the memory of the people who live there. Participants arrive with two short texts and work on field notes, interviewing, and turning notes into prose.
- The field notebook: what to look at, what to write, what to leave out
- Learning to stay silent in an interview
- The line between document and fiction
- Making a place into a character
- Closing: one text, read together
School Visit and Reading Hour
- Length
- 90 minutes
- For whom
- Middle and high school students
- Group size
- A classroom or an auditorium
A short reading, then questions. No slides, no presentation; the hour goes wherever the students’ questions go. Free of charge; travel and lodging are covered by the school.
- 20 minutes of reading (the book is chosen for the class)
- 40 minutes of questions
- 20 minutes of writing
- 10 minutes of signing
The Bird at the Window Workshop
- Length
- 60 minutes
- For whom
- Ages 7–11
- Group size
- Up to 24 children
A chapter from the children’s book is read together, then the children write and draw their own rescue stories. Suitable for libraries and children’s clubs.
- Reading together
- Who saved the bird? — discussion
- Draw and write your own
- Exhibition
Upcoming workshops and talks
Writing the Memory of a Place — Two-Day Workshop
Sinop · Sinop Culture HouseSaturday, 10:00
Drought and Silence — A Talk
Ankara · Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts CentreSaturday, 19:00
School Visit and Reading Hour
Bursa · Bursa Anadolu High School AuditoriumSaturday, 11:00
For schools
- The request comes from the school administration; student or parent requests are not taken.
- The visit is free; outside the author’s cities travel and lodging are the school’s.
- Students don’t need to have read the book beforehand; the reading happens in class.
- One visit a month is possible, so the queue can run two to three months.
Workshop registration
The adult workshop opens once a year, at the end of summer. Eighteen places; applications include two short texts, and places go by order of application rather than by the texts.
Questions:Merve Çetin — [email protected]
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