10 February 2020
On Sunday February 2nd, WLE and LAF travelled to Mljet, Croatia, for the partners’ launch of ULYSSES’ SHELTER.
Representatives of the five participating partners of the residency programme were present: Milica Joksimović of Krokodil, Serbia; Thanos Gogos of Thraka (Greece); Nataša Čebular and Maja Kavzar Hudej from the Slovene Writers’ Association from Slovenia; Ivan Srsen and Matko Abramic from lead partner Sandorf (Croatia); and Cari Lake representing WLE/LAF (Wales). A presentation was held by Sandorf that included the partners, Staša Aras from the Art Workshop Lazareti in Dubrovnik, and the first two residents on Mljet.
The presentation included a reading from last year’s anthology by one of the participating poets, Thanos Gogos, as well as a conversation with and poetry readings by the two Greek residents currently staying in Mljet, Dimitros Karakitsos and Thomas Tsalapatis. The talk was led by award-winning Croatian poet Marija Dejanović.