Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Irrawaddy Literary Festival is an annual not-for-profit event which celebrates Burmese and international writers. It is planned to take place on alternate years in Mandalay and Yangon, Burma/Myanmar in the month of February or March. It has been described by former British Foreign Secretary William Hague as having “achieved more for freedom of speech in one afternoon than most of us manage in a lifetime.”Previous venues include the Inya Lake hotel in Yangon, and Mandalay Hills Resort Hotel in Mandalay. The 2015 festival will be held at the Mandalay Hill Resort in Mandalay. The Festival was founded by Jane Heyn, wife of the former British Ambassador to Myanmar, in 2013, and is supported by Festival patron and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi. It is organised by an independent Board of Directors comprising Burmese and non-Burmese members. All events are free with entry on a first-come, first-served basis. The Festival presents three days of discussion panels, workshops and individual talks from the authors, along with a variety of cultural activities: film screenings, photography and art exhibitions and street entertainers. Local businesses join the three-day event by setting up food and handicraft stalls. The participating international authors' books are imported and available at the Festival's abundance of bookstalls alongside the works of hundreds of Burmese writers.Writing Competitions in the months preceding the Festival and ‘Speakers’ Corner’, which is open to anyone throughout the Festival, encourage active participation from attendees.The Irrawaddy Literary Festival has received significant attention from global news and journalism organisations such as the BBC, CNN, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the New York Review of Books."@en }
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- Irrawaddy_Literary_Festival abstract "The Irrawaddy Literary Festival is an annual not-for-profit event which celebrates Burmese and international writers. It is planned to take place on alternate years in Mandalay and Yangon, Burma/Myanmar in the month of February or March. It has been described by former British Foreign Secretary William Hague as having “achieved more for freedom of speech in one afternoon than most of us manage in a lifetime.”Previous venues include the Inya Lake hotel in Yangon, and Mandalay Hills Resort Hotel in Mandalay. The 2015 festival will be held at the Mandalay Hill Resort in Mandalay. The Festival was founded by Jane Heyn, wife of the former British Ambassador to Myanmar, in 2013, and is supported by Festival patron and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Aung San Suu Kyi. It is organised by an independent Board of Directors comprising Burmese and non-Burmese members. All events are free with entry on a first-come, first-served basis. The Festival presents three days of discussion panels, workshops and individual talks from the authors, along with a variety of cultural activities: film screenings, photography and art exhibitions and street entertainers. Local businesses join the three-day event by setting up food and handicraft stalls. The participating international authors' books are imported and available at the Festival's abundance of bookstalls alongside the works of hundreds of Burmese writers.Writing Competitions in the months preceding the Festival and ‘Speakers’ Corner’, which is open to anyone throughout the Festival, encourage active participation from attendees.The Irrawaddy Literary Festival has received significant attention from global news and journalism organisations such as the BBC, CNN, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the New York Review of Books.".