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Program

Find here all the events of the Poetik Bazar festival. We can't wait to welcome you to the Halles de Schaerbeek and surrounding areas for a long weekend filled with poetry. As a reminder, the market and daytime events are free, but registration is required. Events on Monday, Friday, and Saturday evenings require tickets. Clicking on "Tickets" will display everything and allow you to make your reservations.

Monday 14 September

Visuels SITE PB Chair Poetique

Chair poétique, où la poésie s’incarne et se transmet

Reading|19:00 - 20:30
Ahead of Poetik Bazar

Friday 18 September

Autobiographies des lieux

Exhibition: An Autobiography of Places

Exhibition|10:00 - 19:00
Writing and Drawing Exhibition
Post Horaires Soin du visage Elegant Beige 3

Programme Scolaire au Poetik Bazar

Workshop|10:00 - 15:30
At the Poetik Bazar on Friday, September 18, more than 500 students visited the book fair to explore books and meet publishers, and took part in workshops, performances, concerts, and more.
Visuels SITE PB point Of View

Ongoing workshop : POINT OF VIEW

Workshop|10:00 - 19:00
A participative - creative - collaborative - workshop presented by La Bûche
Autobiographical writings

Workshop: Autobiographical Writings as Personal Manifestos

Workshop|14:00 - 17:30
This workshop navigates the necessity of autobiographical writing, of documenting our lives, the way we go about our day as a form of resistance against absurdity.
Visuels SITE PB Transpoesie

Transpoésie : Where Voices Meet

Talk|16:00 - 19:15
poets from across Europe and beyond whose work is shaped by place, language, memory, and movement.
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Atelier ouvert - Sans alphabet

Workshop|16:00 - 19:00
Pass by for a few minutes or a few hours for a visual poetry workshop
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Introduction to this season of Midis poésie

Talk|16:00 - 17:00
Come discover what Les Midis has in store for this new season and meet their team.
Visuels SITE PB deracinement

Readings : Déracinement (Uprooting)

Reading|17:00 - 17:45
Three readings on the theme of uprooting
Visuel soigner

Talk : Soigner est une variante du verbe aimer

Talk|18:00 - 19:00
a talk in French with three poets who are also active in the field of care
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Walk - Mijn oude wijk

Outdoor|18:00 - 18:45
a poetic walk in Schaerbeek with Lisette Ma Neza (in Dutch)
Visuels SITE PB opening night

Opening night : a multilingual evening with performed readings

Evening|20:00 - 23:00
with an incredible lineup: Xenia Gould, Mackenzy Bergile, Itziar Ziga, Asmaa Azaizeh, al baylac, Nour Beetch, Constant Spina & Lylybeth Merle

Saturday 19 September

SE RELIER

Se relier : yoga & poetry workshop

Workshop|11:00 - 12:00
an invitation to come and take care of yourself
Autobiographies des lieux

Exhibition: An Autobiography of Places

Exhibition|11:00 - 21:00
Writing and Drawing Exhibition
Visuel hope sweet hope

Writing workshop: Hope Sweet Hope

Workshop|11:00 - 13:00
a writing workshop in French co-led by Aurélie Olivier and Nelly Slim
Visuels SITE PB point Of View

Ongoing workshop : POINT OF VIEW

Workshop|11:00 - 21:00
A participative - creative - collaborative - workshop presented by La Bûche
Rencontre Editrices de poesie 3

Readings : À quatre voix

Carte blanche|11:15 - 12:15
Carte blanche to publishers Bruno Doucey & 10 pages au carré
Visuel ce qui emerge de linvisible

Rencontre : Ce qui émerge de l'invisible

Talk|11:30 - 12:30
How can we bring to the page what remains buried, what eludes language?
Visuels SITE PB

Mahmoud Darwich Poetry Day

Reading|13:00 - 14:00
Call for submissions from July 16 to August 16 and open mic night at Poetik Bazar
Rencontre Editrices de poesie

Talk: Poetry Publishers

Talk|13:15 - 14:15
A unique opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look at these publishing houses that are shaping contemporary poetry.
Camille se reveille visuel

Open workshop : Camille se réveille

Workshop|14:00 - 17:00
Open workshop in French to explore circularity, repetition, and everyday life
CARTE BLANCHE AU KVS

Carte blanche to the KVS

Performance|14:00 - 15:00
KVS is coming to Les Halles de Schaerbeek for the Poetik Bazar
Visuels SITE PB Kaddish Des Mouches

Musical reading : Kaddish des Mouches

Reading|14:30 - 15:00
Olivia Tapiero explores how fascism affects language and takes its breath away.
Balade La Roue Des Poetes Plan

Poetik walk : La roue des poètes (the wheel of poets)

Outdoor|15:00 - 17:30
Four poets, four texts about Brussels. Let us guide you!
Echoes to disappeared voices

Talk- Poetry, Remembrance: Echoes to Disappeared Voices

Talk|15:00 - 16:00
poetry & resistance
Visuels SITE PB A Toi Qui Est La

Poetry readings for children : À toi qui es là

Reading|16:00 - 17:00
a lovely, relaxing time with children
Visuel identites et liberte

Readings : identities and freedom

Reading|16:00 - 17:15
Four queer artists share their words with power to explore different facets of transidentity, each with their unique perspective, their own path, their own words.
Rencontre la joie comme force politique

Talk: Joy as a Political Force

Talk|16:30 - 17:30
A talk to celebrate collective energies
Ruth en yasmin

Talk : Taal en identiteiten

Talk|16:30 - 17:30
a talk in Dutch about two poets who talk about their work and language as a bridge to our multiple identities
Cri de terre

Cri de terre: Acadian Poetry Today

Talk|17:30 - 18:45
A dialogue among unique voices, paying tribute to a literature that is vibrant, inventive, and firmly rooted in its time.
Visuel agitation du monde

Readings: L'agitation du monde

Reading|18:30 - 19:30
This event, entitled "Le tremblement du monde" brings together four authors whose intimate yet universal texts explore the tensions and hopes that run through our societies.
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Performance : Where do sunflowers turn to when it rains?

Performance|19:15 - 20:15
A solo performance written and performed by Dima Mikhayel Matta
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Jag & Johnny (theater) + Ceux qui me restent (screening)

Evening|20:30 - 23:30
An evening composed of a theater play, followed by a film screening. All in French.

Sunday 20 September

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WORKSHOP : Archives de Secours

Workshop|11:00 - 12:30
Atelier danse et poésie Cet atelier propose une approche de l’écriture à partir du corps, du souvenir et de l’image mentale. Les participant·e·s seront invité·e·s à explorer différentes manières de faire émerger un texte à partir de traces, de sensations, de souvenirs incomplets ou de récits transmis. L’atelier s’adresse à des personnes déjà engagées dans une pratique d’écriture, de poésie ou de création artistique et privilégie l’approfondissement plutôt que l’initiation.
Autobiographies des lieux

Exhibition: An Autobiography of Places

Exhibition|11:00 - 20:30
Writing and Drawing Exhibition
Visuels SITE PB point Of View

Ongoing workshop : POINT OF VIEW

Workshop|11:00 - 19:00
A participative - creative - collaborative - workshop presented by La Bûche
Visuels SITE PB atelier Expo

Atelier autour de l'exposition : Auto-biographies des lieux

Workshop|11:00 - 13:00
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Talk - Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine : The Poetry of The Free Man

Talk|11:15 - 12:15
Visuels SITE PB A Toi Qui Est La

Poetry readings for children : À toi qui es là

Reading|11:15 - 12:15
a lovely, relaxing time with children
VISUEL dans nos chairs

Readings in the garden: Dans nos chairs

Reading|12:15 - 13:15
four authors read about bodies, our flesh, our homes, and what they go through.
Frederic DUMOND perf2 avec Guillaume Laidain c Mathieu Harel Vivier

Performance : Glossolalie

Performance|13:00 - 13:45
Glossolalie is a musical and visual journey through more than 40 languages
Visuel de seizoenen les saisons

Lecture bilingue : Les saisons / De seizoenen

Reading|13:15 - 13:45
Bart Vonck lit des extraits du texte de François Jacqmin "Les saisons" ainsi que la traduction en néerlandais qu'il en a faite dans "De seizoenen" (Uitgeverij P)
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Performance: Khawal, le privilège de la beauté

Performance|13:45 - 14:30
unique musical performance with Nour Symon and Pak Yan Lau
Lecture Bilingue Lucas Samantha

Bilingual reading: Finjo que finjo

Reading|14:00 - 14:30
Bilingual reading French and Spanish
Medor atelier ouvert petites annonces poetique

Atelier ouvert : écriture de petites annonces poétiques

Workshop|14:00 - 17:00
with Nana Quinn, in partnership with Médor magazine
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Performance: À la place du pétrole (Instead of oil)

Performance|14:30 - 15:15
a long, gently cynical poem that recounts attempts to escape capitalist violence
Restitution Atelier Reianne et Simeon visuel

Workshop restitution - donner soin: anatomie d'une lutte

Reading|14:30 - 15:30
Readings poetry & care
1er de couv Jaquette 30 ans

30 ans de Maison - Roundtable & readings

Talk|15:15 - 16:15
Carte blanche to the publisher : Les Carnets du Dessert de Lune
Michikusa Dao Cao Herbes folles et arbres dans la ville 2

Walk : Michikusa - Wild grasses along the way

Outdoor|15:30 - 16:30
Poetic walk
Visuels SITE PB Perf Nelly Slim

Performance: Tout ce à quoi je dois m'attendre

Performance|16:15 - 17:00
Nelly Slim, performing solo, weaves a poetic work about exile and the desire to belong
Visuels SITE PB armando

Armando

Reading|17:00 - 17:30
Trilingual reading in Dutch, French, and Italian. Conversation in Dutch and French.
PB X Litterature Supersport

Littérature Supersport

Carte blanche|17:30 - 20:00
closing event: readings, performance, concert