BALTIC WRITERS COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN VISBY
APRIL 25–26th 2025
at Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators, Uddens gränd 3, 62156 Visby, Sweden
Friday, April 25th 2025
12.00–16.00 General Assembly
* Opening of the General Assembly. Short presentation of all participants
* Approval of the agenda
* Election of a chairperson and secretary of the GA
* Activity report by Malin Kivelä, chair of BWC
* Membership questions. Membership fee for the following year.
13.30-14.00 Coffee break
* BCWT (Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators) news and retrospectives by Lena Pasternak, director
* Reports from member organisations
16.30 – 17.30 Early dinner at the Centre
18.00 Brännande uttryck i Sápmi – Burning Expressions of Sápmi starts!
(Location: Folkets bio, Adelsgatan 39)
Introduction by the working group
The Finnish media artist Marja Viitahuhta’s art videos for the Sápmi musician Ánnámáret
The film Sameblod by Amanda Kernell (English subtitles), Folkets bio
21.00 Night by the fire, shared stories about burning issues, with Ánde Somby
(Location: On the beach. We will meet at the Centre at 21.00.)
Dinner continues…
Saturday, April 26th 2025
10.00–14.00 General Assembly
* Reports from member organisations
* Treasurer’s report by Anna-Säflund Orstadius, treasurer of BWC
* Auditor’s report by Johanna Sandberg, auditor of BWC
* Approval of the 2024 finances of BWC and the budget for 2025
* Election of the auditor
* Plans for next year
* Date of next GA
* Other issues
* Closing of GA 2025
14.00–15.00 Lunch at Gotlands museum
16.00 Brännande uttryck i Sápmi – Burning Expressions of Sápmi continues (Location: Almedalen Library, Cramérgatan 5)
16.00–16.50 Sápmi children’s author Anna Nuutti Wiandt and translator Are Tjihkkom discuss Sápmi literature now and before as well as translations into small languages. Led by Sofia Ahlberg and Suzanne Ericson from Uppsala University
17.00–17.50 Challenges and possibilities concerning life and art in Sápmi today with poet, queer activist Timimie Märak and activist, writer, musician Petra Laiti. Led by Ánde Somby
18.30 Readings by Timimie Märak, Petra Laiti, Are Tjihkkom, Anna Nuutti Wiandt
19.30 Concert Ánde Somby & DJ Petra Laiti
Dinner at the Centre
The programme is with reservation for some minor adjustments that are announced on the spot.