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Crime Writing Masterclass with Pierre Lemaitre

Saturday 21 September 2019, 17:30

Event completed

Language

French

Entrance

CHF 20.-, on registration

The Crime Writing Masterclass, created by the Jan Michalski Foundation together with Le Temps, proposes three sessions a year introducing the best international thriller and crime writers.

How do they investigate? How do they write? What are their sources?

In the course of an afternoon, masters of crime writing look behind their creative process and introduce a film that inspired them.

Pierre Lemaitre is the guest of this Crime Writing Masterclass.

Host

Lisbeth Koutchoumoff, journalist at Le Temps

Program

5.30pm: Interview with Pierre Lemaitre
6.30pm: Writing crime novels: top tips by Pierre Lemaitre
7pm: Screening of Les vestiges du jour, directed by James Ivory, inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel (2h14)