H.A.L.D. 2012

[Housing Authors & Literature, Denmark]

The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators proudly presents H.A.L.D. 2012 (Housing Authors & Literature, Denmark), the fourth “International Summer Residency for Writers at Hald”.

The H.A.L.D. program will select four fiction authors from abroad* to live and work alongside selected Danish fiction authors in Hald Hovedgaard’s main building during the period of July 16 – August 13, 2012.

The foreign authors will live and work at Hald under the same conditions as writers during a working residency at Hald normally do. Each author will work on the writing project that he or she has brought along to Hald and will be responsible for providing his/her own food and toiletries. The principal purpose of this international cultural and literary encounter is the informal meeting of professional writers, living door to door in an inspiring environment.

The H.A.L.D. 2012 program might include some organized group activities, such as eating meals together and an excursion to the neighbouring town of Viborg. Authors are also expected to participate in writers’ “sessions” and give readings during The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators’ literature festival - “St. Bogdag” (The Great Book at Hald) - which will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012.

Participation in the H.A.L.D. program is determined by written application on the part of the author.

The application deadline is April 1, 2012 for foreign authors and May 15, 2012 for Danish authors.

Application details may be found here.

Update: the four foreign writers have been chosen - look here!

* Writers of all nationalities are welcome, but Nordic speaking writers are referred to our normal residency program.