56 result(s) for novelist
Hay Festival Budapest Highlights: 4 May
- 3 May 2012 2:55 AM
- community & culture
Jung Chang talks to John Kampfner, 18:00-19:00, CEU.
The author, and biographer of Mao, discusses her work and the changes China has seen in the decades since she wrote the global bestseller Wild Swans. Introduced by Markos Kounalakis (CEU), in association with Google. In English.
Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...
Xpat Interview: Ken White
- 6 Oct 2011 12:00 PM
Ken is an Englishman from Newcastle upon Tyne, who at this time has been living in Hungary for 8 years, splitting his time between Budapest in the Winter and Paloznak (Balaton North Shore) in the Summer.
Catherine Dickens, Catherine’s Cottages
- 20 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
A great-great-great granddaughter of iconic novelist Charles Dickens, Catherine is half-English and half-Hungarian.
Dave Thompson, International Comedian
- 28 Sep 2010 12:00 PM
Dave has appeared in three feature films. He played Dave the comedian in ‘Maybe Baby’, written and directed by Ben Elton, and a porn star in ‘I Want Candy’, directed by Stephen Surgit (sadly his scene didn’t make the final edit). Dave’s third film ‘Huge’, was directed by Ben Miller, and will soon be on general release.
'International Book Festival Of Budapest', 22 - 25 April
- 24 Apr 2010 4:00 AM
- community & culture
"The International Book Festival of Budapest is one of the largest book fairs in Central and Eastern Europe. The festival, held at the end of April, is in 20th largest in the world.
Xpat Interview: Dr. Ryan James
- 19 Oct 2009 12:00 PM
Ryan has a Masters degree in Social Work and still holds a California license as a Clinical Social Worker.
Sylvia Llewelyn, Artist, Jewellery Designer
- 2 Apr 2009 12:00 PM
I spend half my life in Budapest and half in central London. I call myself am artist these days as it incorportes all the things I do, such as performing in an English comedy play though this April and early May with Equus Productions at Picasso Point in Hajos utca and selling my designer jewellery made of buttons at the Wamp shows and Rhododrendron Art gallery as well as in London, also a little ...
Adam LeBor, Author & Journalist
- 13 Jan 2009 11:00 AM
Adam LeBor is a British author and journalist, based in Budapest. He started work as a foreign correspondent in 1991, covering the collapse of Communism and the Yugoslav wars.
Hay Festival Budapest Highlights: 4 May
- 3 May 2012 2:55 AM
- community & culture
Jung Chang talks to John Kampfner, 18:00-19:00, CEU.
The author, and biographer of Mao, discusses her work and the changes China has seen in the decades since she wrote the global bestseller Wild Swans. Introduced by Markos Kounalakis (CEU), in association with Google. In English.
Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...
Xpat Interview: Ken White
- 6 Oct 2011 12:00 PM
Ken is an Englishman from Newcastle upon Tyne, who at this time has been living in Hungary for 8 years, splitting his time between Budapest in the Winter and Paloznak (Balaton North Shore) in the Summer.
Catherine Dickens, Catherine’s Cottages
- 20 Oct 2010 12:00 PM
A great-great-great granddaughter of iconic novelist Charles Dickens, Catherine is half-English and half-Hungarian.
Dave Thompson, International Comedian
- 28 Sep 2010 12:00 PM
Dave has appeared in three feature films. He played Dave the comedian in ‘Maybe Baby’, written and directed by Ben Elton, and a porn star in ‘I Want Candy’, directed by Stephen Surgit (sadly his scene didn’t make the final edit). Dave’s third film ‘Huge’, was directed by Ben Miller, and will soon be on general release.
'International Book Festival Of Budapest', 22 - 25 April
- 24 Apr 2010 4:00 AM
- community & culture
"The International Book Festival of Budapest is one of the largest book fairs in Central and Eastern Europe. The festival, held at the end of April, is in 20th largest in the world.
Xpat Interview: Dr. Ryan James
- 19 Oct 2009 12:00 PM
Ryan has a Masters degree in Social Work and still holds a California license as a Clinical Social Worker.
Sylvia Llewelyn, Artist, Jewellery Designer
- 2 Apr 2009 12:00 PM
I spend half my life in Budapest and half in central London. I call myself am artist these days as it incorportes all the things I do, such as performing in an English comedy play though this April and early May with Equus Productions at Picasso Point in Hajos utca and selling my designer jewellery made of buttons at the Wamp shows and Rhododrendron Art gallery as well as in London, also a little ...
Adam LeBor, Author & Journalist
- 13 Jan 2009 11:00 AM
Adam LeBor is a British author and journalist, based in Budapest. He started work as a foreign correspondent in 1991, covering the collapse of Communism and the Yugoslav wars.