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Flipside – Other Carnivals – New stories from Brazil

This last event at Flipside, was introduced by Liz Calder, as a celebration of some of Brazil’s writers.  Everyone attending the workshop was given the book “Other Carnivals – New stories from Brazil”.  This is a book of 12 short stories and four of the authors, were not only present, but they read parts of…

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Flipside day 2 – Brazilian Literature and Music Festival

The sun and smiles came out for the 3rd day and final day of the Flipside Festival.  Identity was the theme that permeated the day yesterday and dislocation and exile is the undercurrent to the first session today.  Adriana Lisboa and James Scudamore both shared aspects of their novels that delve into this rich source…

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Flipside – Brazilian Society through Football

In the lunchtime event on Sunday at Flipside, the author Alex Bellos talked to Susie Nicklin from the British Council, about the Brazilian defeat in the 1950’s World Cup to Uruguay.  As old footage was shown, Bellos commentated and explained the coverage which focused both on the pitch and the animated and excited crowd.  He…

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Flipside – Festival of Literature and Music – Looking for the Portuguese – Day 1

What is so refreshing about Flip and now Flipside, its English new born baby, is the opportunity to see and feel the contrast of cultures.  The first encounter of the day was a discovery and sharing of inspiration between Milton Hatoum and Ian McEwan, two masters of their craft.  They explored how different political and…

Flipside – Festival of Literature and Music – Looking for the Portuguese

The Snape Maltings setting for this International Festival is full of contrasts with Paraty, the home of FLIP.  Arriving early on Saturday morning, meant I was able to not only see the setting up of the Festival, but I also wandered around, a very English Farmer’s market.  The market did have echoes of Portugal and…

Flipside – Brazilian Literature and Music – the start

Snape Maltings, in west Suffolk, is the home of Aldeburgh Music, which is renowned as an outstanding year-round performance centre.  On Friday evening, the Flipside Literature and Music Festival opened with “The boys from Ipanema”, by paying tribute to the composer and essayist Vincius de Moraes and the musician Antonio Carlos Jobin.  They “boys” (actually…