Wicked Issue 1
Monday 16 April 11.30 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. (Thames Room)
Growing audiences for live literature
Chair: Roger Robinson, poet and writer
Speakers:
Geraldine Collinge, Director, Apples and Snakes
Malika Booker, performance poet
Ruth Borthwick, Director, Planet Poetry

IYPY book pitch session
Monday 16 April 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (Thames Room)
The finalists will once again be ‘pitching’ a book from their country which is not yet published in the UK, with a slight twist: actors will be performing excerpts from the chosen books, and the audience will be able to vote for their favourite international title

Wicked Issue 2
Tuesday 17 April 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Thames Room)
A spotlight on Egypt: cultural bridges and the translation of Arabic literature
Chair: Professor Sabry Hafez, Egyptian poet and author
Speakers:
Ahdaf Soueif, author
Catherine Cobham, translator
Bahaa Taher, author

Wicked Issue 3
Wednesday 18 April 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Wellington Rooms)
Spain through its writers
Chair: Gary McKeone, literary consultant
Speakers:
Adam Feinstein, author
Eduardo Mendoza, author
Javier Sierra, author

IYPY Awards Ceremony
Wednesday 18 April 1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (Conference Centre)
Announcement of this year's winner