Deadline: 31 March 2013
To support the development of Emirati teen literature in Arabic, the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) and the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region continue their “Made in UAE” project and organise a workshop for Emirati authors of Young Adult novels of the fantasy/dystopian/sci-fi genre with one of Germany’s best-known Young Adult novel authors, Rainer Wekwerth, from 28 April to 1 May 2013.
For four days, participants will be given the opportunity to work with Rainer Wekwerth on their book projects, discuss problems and challenges of writing for teenagers and exchange ideas in a friendly and supportive environment. Meetings with publishers as well as a panel discussion with Rainer Wekwerth at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2013 will complete the workshop.
The workshop will take place all day from Sunday, 28 April till Thursday, 1 May 2013 in Abu Dhabi (venue location tbc). Participation is free, but places are limited and priority will be given to those authors already working on a book project. Allocation of the places will be based on the submission of a short synopsis of the book project. Please note that the language of communication during the workshop is English.
If you are a writer of Young Adult fantasy/dystopian/sci-fi novels working on a book project that you like to discuss in the workshop, please sent an e-mail with some information about yourself as well as a short synopsis of your work (not longer than 1-2 A4 pages, preferably in English, but Arabic is of course welcome as well) till 31 March 2013 to:
Tel.: +971 2 6727920
Fax: +971 2 6727902
Mobile: +971 50 2208215
quabius@abudhabi.goethe.org
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: Bettina Quabius (Project Coordinator - Goethe-Institut Gulf Region) at quabius@abudhabi.goethe.org
Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ae/abu/, http://www.uaebby.org.ae/
To support the development of Emirati teen literature in Arabic, the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) and the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region continue their “Made in UAE” project and organise a workshop for Emirati authors of Young Adult novels of the fantasy/dystopian/sci-fi genre with one of Germany’s best-known Young Adult novel authors, Rainer Wekwerth, from 28 April to 1 May 2013.
For four days, participants will be given the opportunity to work with Rainer Wekwerth on their book projects, discuss problems and challenges of writing for teenagers and exchange ideas in a friendly and supportive environment. Meetings with publishers as well as a panel discussion with Rainer Wekwerth at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2013 will complete the workshop.
The workshop will take place all day from Sunday, 28 April till Thursday, 1 May 2013 in Abu Dhabi (venue location tbc). Participation is free, but places are limited and priority will be given to those authors already working on a book project. Allocation of the places will be based on the submission of a short synopsis of the book project. Please note that the language of communication during the workshop is English.
If you are a writer of Young Adult fantasy/dystopian/sci-fi novels working on a book project that you like to discuss in the workshop, please sent an e-mail with some information about yourself as well as a short synopsis of your work (not longer than 1-2 A4 pages, preferably in English, but Arabic is of course welcome as well) till 31 March 2013 to:
Tel.: +971 2 6727920
Fax: +971 2 6727902
Mobile: +971 50 2208215
quabius@abudhabi.goethe.org
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: Bettina Quabius (Project Coordinator - Goethe-Institut Gulf Region) at quabius@abudhabi.goethe.org
Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ae/abu/, http://www.uaebby.org.ae/
