Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

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^{Event starts at}	Al Ras 1	Al RAs 2	Al Ras 3	Al Majlis Meeting Room	Al Baraha 2	Al Baraha 3	Deira International School, Room A	Deira International School, Room B	Deira International School, Room C	Deira International School, Room D
^10:00	10:00 James Meek: In Conversation	10:00 Safaa Azmy: Free Story Time Workshop (2) Story Time: Art, Science & Creative Ideas for your Children (4- 8 years)	10:00 Joe Abercrombie Dark Lords, Kindly Wizards and Magic Swords: Embracing the Clichés of Fantasy		10:00 Nadia Fouda & Andy Smart	10:00 Roger McGough 2 Slapstick – performance poetry
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^10:30							10:30 Getting Started: Creative Writing Workshop with Rachel Hore Workshop for Adults	10:30 Character and Dialogue: Creative Writing Workshop with Greg Mosse Workshop for Adults	10:30 Arabic to English Translation: Workshop with Anthony Calderbank Workshop for 6th Form/University Students	10:30 Workshop: English to Arabic Translation with Firas Al-Shaer Challenges of idiomatic expressions and set phrases
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^11:15				11:15 Journeys: A Writing Workshop with Alice Kuipers Ages 8-11
^11:30	11:30 Alexander Maitland in Conversation with Ian Fairservice	11:30 Foodie Panel: Anjum Anand, Suzanne Husseini and Mike Harrison	11:30 Abdo Khal, Alawiyya Sobh & Bahaa Taher The Arab Novel Today		11:30 Taghreed Najjar Storytelling (in Arabic)	11:30 Jacqueline Wilson
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^13:00	13:00 Iman Mersal, Amjad Nasser, Samuel Shimon & Fadhil Al-Azzawi Arabs Writing From Afar: The Literature of Exile	13:00 Tim Butcher Chasing the Devil: an Illustrated Talk	13:00 Mark Billingham: In Conversation		13:00 Oliver Jeffers Drawing & Storytelling
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^13:30				13:30 Drawing Workshop for Fledgling Illustrators with Korky Paul Ages 5-7
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^14:00								14:00 Journalism and Trauma: Workshop with Max Easterman Workshop for Adults
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^14:30	14:30 Raja Shehadeh: In Conversation		14:30 Yann Martel, Samer Abou Hawwash, Abdo Khal, Anthony Calderbank & Denys Johnson-Davies Cultural Bridges: The Author/Translator Relationship		14:30 Julia Johnson Sand & Sea
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^15:00				15:00 Venu Rajamony: In Conversation		15:00 Page to the Stage: Drama Workshop with Round Midnight Ages 12-14			15:00 Plot Versus Atmosphere: Creative Writing Workshop with Greg Mosse Workshop for Adults
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^16:00	16:00 Beirut 39:New Writing from the Arab World Samer Abou Hawwash, Wajdi al-Ahdal, Youssef Rakha, Samuel Shimon, Alawiyya Sobh	16:00 Anjum Anand: Cookery Demonstration	16:00 Alexander McCall Smith & Amit Chaudhuri Words and Music	16:00 Tony Ross Stories & Drawing	16:00 Nadine Touma Storytelling (in Arabic)
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^17:30	17:30 Vikas Swarup, Mark Billingham, Chris Cleave, Jeffery Deaver From Page to Screen: Secrets of Successful Adaptation	17:30 Panel Discussion: Robert Lacey, Turki Al-Dakhil, Richard Spencer Saudi Arabia's new 'Glasnost'	17:30 Sara Al-Jarawan, Maryam Al-Saedi & Amal Al-Falasi Emirati Fiction: New Voices		17:30 Leila Aboulela: In Conversation	17:30 Garth Nix
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^19:00	19:00 Shobhaa De, William Dalrymple, Vikas Swarup, Amit Chaudhuri In Search of Modern India				19:00 Maha Gargash: In Conversation
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