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Past Events

PAST EVENTS - 2021

29. May: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival (virtual) 
22.00 hrs: Money, Fame and Value
Art experts Georgina Adam, Paddy Johnson and novelist Janne Teller debate the influence of money and culture of fame on art.

23 March: Aiwan-i-Sadr, Islamabad, Pakistan
President of Pakistan confers Tamgha-i-Pakistan, civil honor medal, on Janne Teller 
 

20. February: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival - Winter Revel  (Virtual)
21 hrs, Philosophy Salon: The meaning of truth 
In a world where truth has never felt less clear, distinguishing between knowledge, belief, rhetoric and opinions is only getting harder. Join renowned philosophers Barry C. Smith, Hilary Lawson, and novelist Janne Teller, as they lead a conversation on the philosophy of facts and their alternatives.

PAST EVENTS - 2020

to be updated

PAST EVENTS  -  2019

Pakistan - Islamabad / Mianwali 
Sun 27.1: Namal College, Mianwali 
 

Sat 2. Feb, 14.00-14.30 hrs: Espergærde Bibliotek, Kløvermarken 12, Denmark
JT præsenterer sin essaysamling 'At gå nøgen'
 

Thur 21. March, 19.30 hrs; Logoi Institute, Aachen, Germany
Alles worum es geht: JT presents her literature in conversation w Mr Kippenhan
 

3-6 April: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Launch of the short story collection 'Everything' 

11-21 April: Pakistan 
 

Sun 19. May, 15.00 hrs: Jazzhouse Montmatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Janne Teller in dialogue with pianist Katrine Gislinge; in musical dialogue with Tao Højgaard and Thomas Haas 
http://www.jazzhusmontmartre.dk/concert.983
 

Thur 23rd May, 12.30 hrs: Hellebæk Skole, Hellebæk, Denmark 
Special school presentation of Janne Teller's literature   
 

24-26 May: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival
Friday 24th May, 20 hrs: Salon - What is Real? (host)
Saturday 25th May, 14.30 hrs: Debate – The Lure of Lucifer (host)
Saturday 25th May, 17.30 hrs: Debate - The Dark and The Digital
Sunday 26th May – 13.30 hrs - HowTheLightGetsIn Lunch (host)

27 May: Hay Literature Festival
12-13 hrs: Launch Hay Europa 28
13.00 hrs: Debate Europa28 

3-8 June, New York, US
The Germany School - Presentations of 'Nothing', 'War' and 'Everything' 
 

24-26 June, Skopje, NorthMacedonia
Booklaunch of 'Nothing' 

5-7 Sept: Mantova Literature Festival, Mantova, Italy

Thurs 5 Sept, 14.30 hrs:
Presentation of JT Literature

Fri 6 Sept, 16.45 hrs:
Launch of JT's new novel 'Come'/'E la mia storia' in Italy (Feltrinelli) 
https://ilmanifesto.it/se-la-liberta-artistica-sprigiona-conflitti-con-letica/
  

Fri 13 Sept, 20.00 hrs: The Village Recording, Skalbakken 15, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Literature Concert: Ethics, Janne Teller w Composer & Musician Martin Lutz
https://billetto.dk/e/etik-og-ansvar-temakoncert-med-forfatter-janne-teller-og-martin-lutz-group-billetter-369217

21-22 Sept: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, London, United Kingdom

 *Debate (speaker): The One True Story - Saturday 21st 1.30pm
*Philosophy Salon (host): Saturday 21st 8.30pm
*Debate (host): The Mystery of Life - Sunday 22nd 4pm

Fri 4. Oct, 09.00-10.00 hrs: Helsingør Bibliotek, Allégade 2, Helsingør, Denmark
Nyhedscaféen, JT fortæller med perspektiv på 3 af ugens nyheder. Moderator: Bo Christensen
 

Fri 18. Oct, 18.00-19.00: Katharinienkirche, Frankfurt, Germany
Zwischen Zeilen Peace Readings
*Friedrich Ani liest Yishai Sarid (Israel)
*Jennifer Clement liest Behrouz Boochani (Iran)
*Terezia Mora liest Rasha Abbas (Syrien)
*Janne Teller liest Imagine Africa 2060.

Mon 21. Oct, Budapest, Hungary

Mon 21. Oct, 19.00-20.30: European Thinkers, Budapest
Janne Teller talks about Europa and her literature. 
Reading from her novel Macskaköröm

PAST EVENTS 2018

Sat 24. Feb, Lahore Literature Festival, Lahore, Pakistan
Panel: Art and the Human Condition

Mon 5. March, Namal College, Pakistan 
Presentation: Everything & Nothing 

Sat 24. March, German-American Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
Interview: Human Resilience - the Danish Way? 

20-21 April: Literature Seminar, Mantova, Italy

27 April, 19.00 hrs: Stuttgart Opera, Stuttgart, Germany
Premiere 'Krieg - stell dir vor, er wäre hier' 

 
18-22 June: European Cultural Heritage Summit, Berlin, Germany

18. June, 19.00 hrs: Dinosaur Hall, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Panel debate, Cultural Heritage

20. June, 15.00-18.00 hrs, Bertelsmann Representation, Berlin
17.00: Panel debate, Communicating Cultural Heritage through Art

21. June, 18.00 hrs, European Author Top-Meeting
Bertelsmann Representation, Unter den Linden 1, Berlin 
One author from each European country give their thoughts on and visions for Europa.
19.00: Janne Teller 

21-23 Sept; HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, London, UK

24. Oct, 18.00 hrs: Kieler Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
JT reads from and presents 'Europa - Alles was dir fehlt' - in conversation w Anette Hübsch 

 Sat. 27 Oct, 12.40 hrs, Bogmessen, Politikens Forlag, Bellacentret, København
Præsentation af ny bog 'At gå nøgen' JT i samtale med Jes Stein

Sat. 27 Oct, 15.30-17.00: Copenhagen City Hall, Copenhagen
Conference: 'Justice for Kashmir'
JT speaks at 16.25 hrs about the human rights situation in Kashmir

2-3 Nov, SILK Literaturfestival, Skudeneshavn, Norge

PAST EVENTS 2017 

25-30 Jan: Hay Literature Festival, Cartagena, Colombia
Thu, 26 January at 19:30: Hotel Sofitel (Salón Santa Clara), Cartagena
'War - What if it where here?' Janne Teller in conversation with Mauricio Rodríguez. 

Fri, 27 January at 17:00: Centro de Convenciones, Cartagena
The New Reformations. Juan Cárdenas, Renato Cisneros, Carlos Franz, Carlos Granés , Maylis de Kerengal, Ana Maria Machado, Leonardo Padura, Enrique Serrano, Abram de Swaam, Philippe Sands, Janne Teller con Maria Elvira Samper. 

4. Feb, 19.30 hrs: Opera opening night; Den Jyske Opera, Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark
Jyske Opera setting up 'Nothing' by Janne Teller in an opera created by composer David Bruce and librettist Glyn Maxwell. 
Billetkøb: http://www.jyske-opera.dk/dk/oplev-opera/intet/ 

4. Feb, 14.30-15.30: Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark
Janne Teller in conversation with Dorte Washuus about her novel 'Nothing' and the opera based on it, premiering that same evening. 

7-8. Feb: Literature Festival, Stavanger, Norway
10.00: Panel debate, Writing about War 

13-14 Mar: London, UK
14. Mar, 16.30 hrs, Interview London School of Economics
re: the Human Compass (Closed meeting) 

20. Mar: Berlin, Germany
11.00: Friedenspreis Jurysitzung (closed meeting) 
13.00 hrs: Charlottenburg, Opening of European Sharing-Heritage Initiative 

30-31 Mar: London, UK

PAST EVENTS 2016

Wed, 27. Jan, 19.00 hrs: Panel debate, Dussmann's Kulturbühne, Friedrichstrasse 90, Berlin, Germany
„Wie lässt sich Kultur übersetzen: Können kulturelle und geographische Grenzen durch Literatur überwunden werden?“Debate with Kulturstaatsminister a.D. Michael Naumann, Janne Teller, Magdalena Parys and Marica Bodrožić. 

Mon 8 Feb, 18.30 hrs, Chelsea-Kensington Council, London, UK
Book presentation, moderator: Paul Binding, hosted by the Mayor of Chelsea-Kensington, at the Lecture Theatre, Central Library, Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX
https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/nordic-literature-project-hosted-mayor

 
Thur, 25 Feb, Glyndebourne, UK
World premiere, Opening Night: Opera - based on the novel 'Nothing' by Janne Teller, adapted by composer David Bruce and Librettist Glyn Maxwell

Mon, 21 March, 11.00 hrs,  Frankfurt, Germany
(1. Friedenspreis Sitzung - closed event)

9-11 Sept: Medellin Literature Festival, Colombia

10. Sept., 15.30 hrs, Salon H. Jardin Botanico, Teatro Explora, Medellin

Presentation of the book 'Guerro' - and the road to peaceful togetherness

10. Sept.,19.00 hrs, Teatro Explora, Medellin
"Who invented this war?" Two authors having written about war, Janne Teller and Laura Restrepo. Moderator Esteban Duperly. 

Tues 13 Sept, 18.00 hrs, Centro Cultural Gabriel Garcia Marquez,  Calle 11 No. 5 - 60 Bogotá, 
Guerra book presentation: http://www.fce.com.co/CCGGM

 
Frankfurt Bookfair
21. Oct, 18.00 hrs Zwischen Zeilen peace readings
Sherko Fatah, Felicitas Hoppe, Michael Krüger, Janne Teller
Moderation: Stephan Detjen

23. Oct: 11.00 hrs, Friedenspreisverleihung

22-28 Nov: London, United Kingdom
Presentations of 'War - what if it were here' 

PAST EVENTS 2015

3-5 March; Mexico City, Mexico
Presentations of Todo / Press

 6-9 March, Merida Book Fair, Mexico

 8. March, 20.00, Merida Book Far, Salon Ek Balam, Merida, Mexico
A conversation about Todo

8. March, 21.00, Merida Book Far, Salon Ek Balam, Merida, Mexico
Book signing

17. March, 20.00 hrs: Deutsches Theater, Berlin, Germany
EUROPA. Traum & Wirklichkeit
w. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Janne Teller, György Dalos, Nicol Ljubic, Tilman Spengler, Lindita Arapi

22. may, 20.00 hrs, Salzburg Literaturhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Reading & presentation of KOMM - as part of the Danish night organized  by Salzburg Literaturhaus (starting at 18.00 hrs)http://www.salzburger-fenster.at/events/kim_leine_janne_teller_daenische_nacht_events10126/

2. February, 11.00 hrs: Schiffbau, Zürich, Switzerland
Reading

3. February, 10.45-11.45 hrs: Schiffbau, Zürich
(Reading for students)

4. February, 15.30-16.30 hrs: Schiffbau Zürich
(with Schauspiel Ensemble - Closed event)

22. Feb, Guest Key-Note Speaker, Green Electoral Convention, Brussels
Visions for Europe/ Problem of Mass surveillance

1. March, New Narrative for Europe, Conference, Berlin, Germany
Adoption of the declaration

5. March, RightsCon, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, California, USA
Panel 'Mass Surveillance, What's the Harm?' (Mission Bay Conference Centre)

11. March, Kulturhuset (PEN), Stockholm, Sweden
Paneldebate on Mass Surveillance

13. March, 15.30-16.30 hrs, Leipzig Buchmesse

14. March, 20.00 hrs, L'Institut Francais, Leipzig Buchmesse, Germany
Writers for Peace; panel talk with Boualem Sansal

15. March, 12.00 hrs, ARTE Stand, Leipzig Buchmesse, Germany
Writers for Peace; with Boualem Sansal and Martin Schult

21. March, 10.00 hrs, Lit.Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Reading, 'Alles'

26. March, 19.30 hrs, Akademielesung, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin
Europa & die Literatur; reading from the novel: Europa- Alles was dir fehlt
http://www.kas.de/akademie/de/events/58275/

27. March, 10.00 hrs - Felleshuset, Nordic Embassies, Berlin
Presentation of  'Alles'

27. March, 18.00 hrs - EU Commission, Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany
Presentation of Literary Works; Reading from 'KOMM'
('Odins Insel'; & 'EUROPA - Alles was dir fehlt')

31. March, 17.00 hrs; Hovedbiblioteket, Copenhagen, Denmark
Præsentation 'Afrikanske veje' - samt erfaringer fra Afrika

2. April, 19.00 hrs; Opdigtet Onsdag, Copenhagen
Café Mandela, Onkel Dannys Plads 9
Læsning fra Afrikanske veje

29 April - 4 May: PEN WORLD VOICES Festival, New York

29. April, 18.30: Exhibition, Deutches Haus at NYU, 42 Washington Mews, NYC
Opening "The Last Line" - Photographer Heike Steinweg/ Authors writing in Berlin
http://deutscheshaus.as.nyu.edu/object/io_thelastline.html (open until 30 May)

30. April, 19.00; PEN World Voices, Frederick Rose Auditorium at 41 Cooper Union (on 3rd Ave), NYC
Literature of the Great War - How the horror of war influenced/s literature
with Liesl Schillinger, Geoff Dyer, & Justin Go

1. May, 19.00-20.30 hrs: PEN World Voices, New York
Judd Foundation, 101 Spring Street; Babette's Feast:
Order and Disruption: Dinner debate with Siri Hustvedt, Wesley Stace & Tomas Bannerhed (reading from my novel 'Come')

7-9 May, Europe Dream and Reality /European Writers' Conference, Berlin

http://europaeischeschriftstellerkonferenz.eu/
8. May, 10.00-11.30 hrs: EWC, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Berlin
'Literary Europe' Panel debate w Lal Lales, Florence Noiville, Ersi Sotiropoulos & Goran Vojnovic

13. January, 11 hrs; Bruchsal, Badisches Landesbühne
Staged reading of KOMM, followed by Gespräch
to open Janne Teller Woche on the Badisches Landesbühne

1-9 March, Guadalajara Film Festival, Mexico
Member of the Short Film Jury (Fiction, Documentary & Animation)

Mon, 11. March, 19.00 hrs: Librería Gandhi in Mexico City
Presentation Nada

14. March, 19.30 hrs, Mannheim Nationaltheater, Germany
Utopie Station: Debate on Multiculturality, language and identity

24. March, 11.00 hrs, Theater der Künste/Bühne, Zürich, Switzerland
Schreibtisch - Talk about Nichts and Theatre.

18. April, 20.00 hrs: Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Heidelberg
Presentation of KOMM

19. April, 20.00 hrs: Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Germany
(Breitscheidstr. 4, 70174 Stuttgart)
Gespräch, Text und Lesealter

29. April: Göteborg, Sweden

30. April: Malmö, Sweden

2. Maj: Botkyrka international bookfair, Stockholm, Sweden
Speech/Debate on European identity, w ia, Ben Okri

2. September, 17.00 hrs: Berlin - Die Zentralbibliothek
Reading/discussion of ia, Alles with Michael Krüger and Finn-Ole Heinrich

3. September, 11.30 hrs: Berlin - Berliner Festspiele
World Premiere Alles - worum es geht

19. Sept, 19.00 hrs: Berlin, Germany - Der Vertretung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein beim Bund, Ministergärten 8
Frieden, Freiheit, Mitbestimmung; Debate 

1. October: Brøndums forlag, Copenhagen
Publication: "African Roads" (Brøndums forlag)

2. Oct, 18.30 hrs: Tranquebar Boghandel, Borgergade, København
Præsentation: "Afrikanske veje"

4. October, 19.30-20.30 hrs: Bath Literature Festival, England
Panel debate, w. Kim Fupz Aakeson, Bart Moeyart and Daniel Hahn

5. October, 17.30-18.15 hrs: Bath Literature Festival, England
Panel debate w. Alexia Casale

9-13 October: Frankfurt Bookfair, Germany
10. Oct, 13.00 hrs: Arte-stand, Halle 4.1 L1
Dinge die die Welt verändern/ Du hast die Wahl
Im Gespräch m Jenny Friedrich-Freksa (Zeitschrift „Kulturaustausch“)

12. Oct, 10.30-11.30 hrs: Frankfurt Bookfair, Weltempfang - Zentrum für Politik, Literatur und Übersetzung)
The Appeal for Peace;  With Boualem Sansal; Moderator: Martin Schult 

20 Oct, 16.30-17.30 hrs: Monterrey International Bookfair, Mexico
Presentation: Nada / Ven
17.30: Book signing, Planeta Stand

21 Oct, 12.00-14.00 hrs: Monterrey International Bookfair, Mexico
Presentation for students, Sala Cultural del Campus, Eugenio Garza Sada Prepa Tec

22 Oct, 10.30-12.00 hrs: University Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mx.
Ethic and moral conflicts of Nada / Ven

23 Oct, 19.00 hrs: Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Mexico
Book presentation, Nada / Ven

24 Oct, 13.00 hrs: Claustro de Sor Juana University, Mexico City Book presentation, Nada

27. Oct, Tranquebar Boghandel
Danish/Palestinean writers

28 Oct. 20.00: The Royal Library, Sorte diamant, Dronningesalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Palestine Edition: Debate on international writer identity, 7 Palestinean and Danish writers.

8-9 December, Milan, Italy (Closed event)
New Narrative for Europe
Hosted by Chairman of European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso and Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta.

10. December, 10.00 hrs, Berlin
Press Conference - Writers Against Mass Surveillance

12-13 Dec, Copenhagen
Publication of 'ALT' (Dansklærerforeningens Forlag)

PAST EVENTS  2012

26-31 January: Hay Festival, Cartagena, Columbia
Ven & Nada, presentations and debates

16. April: Frankfurt University, Germany
Presentation of KOMM

17-22 April: Budapest Literature Festival, Hungary

23-27 April: Reading Tour, Germany
Presentations of KOMM

17-20 May, Milan, Rome, Firenze, Italy
Presentations Niente & L'Isola di Odino

22. May, Düsseldorf, Kanslerei, Germany
Europe - speech

26. June: Literaturhaus München, Germany
Presentation & Debate about KOMM

1-3 July: Hay Festival, Beirut, Lebanon

17-22 August: Edinbugh Literature Festival, Scotland
World Writers' Conference
(Chair: The Future of The Novel)

International Literaturfestival Berlin, Germany:

- Friday 7 September, 12.00 hrs; Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Reading: NICHTS & KRIEG; Moderator: Shelly Kupferberg

- Friday 7 September, 17.00 hrs; Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Panel debate: Welche Kinder- und Jugendliteratur braucht Europa?

- Monday 10 September, 18.00 hrs; Schwarzkopf Stiftung
Panel debate: Which young adult literature does Europe need?

- Friday 14 September, 19.30 hrs: Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Panel debate: European Idea & Identity;
Janne Teller with Peter Schneider, Camille de Toledo.

- Sat 15 September, 16.00 hrs; Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Panel debate: Europe - Isolation vs. Opening; JT w. Azouz Begag

- Sunday 16 September, 15.00 hrs: Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Reading: KOMM; Die Macht des Schreibens
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28-30 September 2012: Gothenburg Book Fair, Sweden;
For details: please see Book Fair programme

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4-7 October 2012: Xalapa Hay Festival, Mexico
For details: please see Festival programme

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Monday 15 October 2012, Vienna:

09.30-11.00: NICHTS & KRIEG, Hauptbücherei
12.00-13.30: All books of JT, Wien University, Scandinavistic Institute
19.00-20.30: KOMM & EUROPA; Hauptbücherei
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25-29 November 2012; Guadalajara Book Fair, Mexico
Nada & Ven
For details: Please see Book Fair programme
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30. November: Biblioteque Nationale du France, Paris
Presentationn Guerre

1 December; Montreuil Salon du Livre, Paris, France
For details: Please see Salon Programme

2. December: Reims Literature Festival, France
Stage presentation Guerre

 EARLIER PRESENTATIONS - selected:

* 13. november 2008: Danmarkshuset, Paris, France
JT speaks about her literary works  

* 13. november, kl. 15.30: La Sorbonne University, Paris, France
JT speaks about her literary works

 * København, 10. november: JT præsenterer Kom og taler om KUNSTENS MAGT, KUNSTENS ANSVAR, i Det Kgl. Biblioteks Sorte Diamant.

* 25. september, kl. 18.30: JT præsenterer Kom i Tranquebar boghandel, Borgergade 14, København K

* 15. september, kl. 19.00: JT præsenterer Kom på Katapult Teater i Århus.

* 5-10 maj 2008, Madrid: JT præsenterer den netop udkomne spanske udgave af Odins ø.

* 28.2 -2.3 2008, Rom: JT deltager som danmarks repræsentant i konferencen TransEuropeExpress.

* 21.2.2008, København: JT i samtale om hendes litteratur med Kristina Stoltz, Litteraturhaus.

* 14-20 november 2007, Montreal: JT præsenterer sine bøger og deltager i debatter på Montreal bogmesse.

* 18. august 2007: JT præsenterer Odin's Island på Edinburgh Literary Festival.

* 22-25 maj 2007: JT er på rejse i England med Odin's Island.

* 24-29 April 2007: JT deltager i PEN World Voices Festival i New York.

* 5-6 december 2006: JT præsenterer Odin's Island i London.

*  10-11 februar 2006, præsenterer Janne Teller Intet i Finland.

*  20. januar 2006 præsenterer Janne Teller Intet og andet i samtale med Jens Raahauge til Børnelitteraturseminar i Forum i København.

*  14 december 2005, præsenterer Janne Teller Odins ø og interviewes af prof. Massimo Ammaniti ved Natale All'Auditorium i Rom.