BIBF
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Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF)
New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC)
No. 88, Yuxiang Road
Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone
Shunyi District
Beijing
www.bibf.net
www.ciec-expo.com
Programme
Wed 31 August
Time: 11.30 am Venue: BIBF
Opening exhibition Robert van Gulik - the Dutch Mandarin
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Thomas van Gulik opens the exhibition entitled The Dutch Mandarin with a lecture on the work and life of his father, the Dutch diplomat, author and Sinologist Robert van Gulik.... >>>> read more
Wed 31 August
Time: 13.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Book launch: Writers See More
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Twenty-two writers were requested to write a short story inspired by one of the highlights of the collection of 17th-century paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The result is the marvellous Writers See... >>>> read more
Wed 31 August
Time: 02.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Kai Kang in conversation with Salomon Kroonenberg and Sander Bais
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Salomon Kroonenberg, geologist, and Sander Bais, theoretical physicist, are two writers who make complex scientific processes and theories accessible to a general reading public by successfully establishing links between art and culture. Kai... >>>> read more
Wed 31 August
Time: 03.30 pm Venue: BIBF
In Europe - Prof. Zhang Ning in conversation with Geert Mak
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Geert Mak spent a year travelling through Europe, tracing the history of the continent from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Auschwitz. He set off focusing on one question in particular: what was... >>>> read more
Thu 1 September
Time: 01.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Pan Jun talks to Fik Meijer and Herman Pleij
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Fik Meijer is a much-read and lauded author of countless articles and books on classical antiquity. Gladiators and Emperors Do Not Die In Bed are his most recent books in Chinese translation. Herman... >>>> read more
Thu 1 September
Time: 01.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Tim Enthoven and Hanco Kolk
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Hanco Kolk and Tim Enthoven will work in Beijing in conjunction with Chinese comic-strip artists and animators, including Sun Xu, Chen Xi and Wang Haiyang. The artists will work jointly in a studio... >>>> read more
Thu 1 September
Time: 2.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Book Launch The Walker by Adriaan van Dis
BIBF, E01.A08 Book Launch The Walker by Adriaan van Dis... >>>> read more
Thu 1 September
Time: 02.00 pm Venue: BIBF
The letters of Vincent van Gogh
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 With Alex Rüger, Leo Jansen, Robbert Dijkgraaf Vincent van Gogh was not only a pioneering painter but also a fervent letter writer. His surviving letters are an account of Van Gogh’s quest for... >>>> read more
Thu 1 September
Time: 03.30 pm Venue: BIBF
Fang Xuxiao interviews Midas Dekkers
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 In Physical Exercise, his first title in Chinese translation, biologist Midas Dekkers concentrates his fire on the contemporary cult of fitness. All those hours spent in gyms and sports clubs he sees as... >>>> read more
Fri 2 September
Time: 10.00 am Venue: BIBF
Book launch Dick Swaab We are our Brain
Digital Activity Centre, BIBF Book launch Dick Swaab We are our Brain... >>>> read more
Fri 2 September
Time: 11:00 am Venue: BIBF
HRH Laurentien of the Netherlands - Lecture
Sustainability: a dialogue across generations “What we do now, impacts our common future. Putting sustainability into practice requires a fresh look at the way we travel, produce and consume goods, and do business. We all have a role to play... >>>> read more
Fri 2 September
Time: 02.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Xu Zechen in conversation with Margriet de Moor
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 This event brings two acclaimed authors of Chinese and Dutch literature together on stage: Xu Zechen and Margriet de Moor. Both have gained an international readership with their refined and subtle storytelling. Margriet... >>>> read more
Fri 2 September
Time: 03.30 pm Venue: BIBF
Zhu Wen in conversation with Herman Koch
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 How far can a parent go in protecting his or her child, knowing that this child has perpetrated a terrible crime. This complex moral question is the focus of Herman Koch’s international bestseller... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 10.00 am Venue: BIBF
Zhang Xiaohong interviews A Lai and Kader Abdolah
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 The much-honoured writer A Lai has been praised for his lyrical style and his stories deeply rooted in Tibetan culture. The Iranian-Dutch author Kader Abdolah has also received international praise for his poetic... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 11.30 am Venue: BIBF
Leonard Blussé discusses Bitter's Bride
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Leonard Blussé (born in Rotterdam on 23 July 1946) is a Dutch Sinologist and historian concerned with the field of Asian-European relations. His book Bitters bruid (Bitter’s Bride), which Blussé will discuss at... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 11.30 am Venue: BIBF
Liu Zhenyun in conversation with Gerbrand Bakker
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 The landscape and rural life play an important role in the work of Liu Zhenyun and Gerbrand Bakker. They discuss these and other shared themes on the basis of the appearance of Bakker’s... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 01.00 pm Venue: BIBF
J. Bernlef and Xu Zechen in conversation
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 The writer and poet J. Bernlef is known for his terse style and the refined psychology by means of which his characters are drawn. Bernlef’s best-known novel is Hersenschimmen (Out of Mind), about... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 02.00 pm Venue: BIBF
Anna Enquist discusses The Masterpiece with Xu Kun
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Anna Enquist, whose The Masterpiece recently appeared in Chinese translation from Shanghai Literature and Arts, draws inspiration for their literary work from music and the visual arts. Enquist will discuss literature and the... >>>> read more
Sat 3 September
Time: 03.30 pm Venue: BIBF
Murong Xuecun talks with Adriaan van Dis
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Murong Xuecun’s work generally concern relationships between young men and women in modern urban China. He is a writer with a reputation for describing the changes of personality that his characters suffer under... >>>> read more
Sun 4 September
Time: 10.00 am Venue: BIBF
Lecture Dick Swaab We are our Brain
Auditorium of the Dutch Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 Lecture Dick Swaab We are our Brain... >>>> read more
Sun 4 September
Time: 11.00 am Venue: BIBF
Zhang Xiaohong in conversation with Douwe Draaisma
Auditorium of the Netherlands Pavilion, BIBF, E02.A02 With four titles translated into Chinese, psychology professor Douwe Draaisma is one of the best-read Dutch authors in China. That will come as no surprise, in view of the fact that his work... >>>> read more