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Munich Literature Festival
Munich celebrates the tenth anniversary of its literary festival for 18 days this November. The Literature Festival in Munich consists of forums and authors, in association with the Munich Book Fair and the festival program of the Literaturhaus Munich with the market of independent publishers. The awards for the Geschwister-Scholl Prize and the LiteraVision television award will also be presented during the literature festival. The curator program forum reinvents itself every year with a new theme. It is designed by changing writers who set individual priorities in cooperation with Literaturhaus. Jan Wagner followed in 2018 with his motto Beautiful Babel. European literatures as the ninth curator presents Doris Dörrie, Elke Schmitter, Albert Ostermaier, Clemens Meyer, Dagmar Leupold, Thea Dorn, Matthias Politycki and Ilija Trojanow. For two and a half weeks, (inter-) national authors meet to explore non-fiction, literature, music, classics, thrillers, bookbinding, writing workshops and more.
Find out more »Reykjavik Book Fair
The Reykjavik Book Fair has been an annual event in the City of Literature since Reykjavík became a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2011. The fair is jointly hosted by the Icelandic Publishers Association and the Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature office. It is held during one weekend in late November. The fair is open to all and entrance is free of charge. The first few years it was located at the Reykjavik City Hall but moved…
Find out more »35th Slovenian Book Fair
The 35th Slovenian Book Fair is more than just a fair. It is the largest meeting point for publishers, book marketers, authors, and readers of all ages. The air vibrates over these six days with book and culture talks. There are more than three hundred free companion events, talks, signatures, presentations, awards where visitors can meet their favorite authors face-to-face.
Find out more »Montreuil Children Book Fair (Salon du livre de jeunesse à Montreuil)
The Montreuil Children Book Fair is an annual appointment organized around various themes: comics, art, cinema, teens, small-children’s books, digital books, media and voice. Meet exhibitors, authors and illustrators who will be waiting for you in this children’s literature adventure. Every year, workshops are organized as well as meetings with authors for autograph-signing sessions, dedications and readings. Guided visits are proposed to visitors, individuals, school groups and groups from leisure centers. So visit the Montreuil Paris children’s book fair, an annual event which features exhibitions…
Find out more »Pula Festival of Books and Authors
The book and author fair in Pula responds to contemporary literature and social complexity of a country that, from a Croatian perspective, is quiet and alone in dealing with its multilayered features: from multilingualism, through ethnic motifs. With a fair theme of freedom and a regional focus on Macedonia, creating an transnational discourse between these two Balkan states. More than 200 publishers from Croatia and other countries will exhibit at the Fair, with hundreds of books and programs, including up to 60,000 visitors altogether. Talks, conferences, tribunes and roundtables, exhibitions, concerts and theatrical performances feature dozens of voices, many of which have become part of the cultural memory of the city such as: Umberto Eco, Orhan Pamuk, Péter Esterházy, Luko Paljetak. The program of the Fair centers around multiculturalism, affirmation of internal and European regionalism, and the maintenance and promotion of the peculiarities of literary culture. Never fully classified, always in dialogue, the creators and guests of the Fair meet in Pula, the marginal point of that social reality, clinging to the catalog of ideals being shared - namely freedom.
Find out more »Più libri più liberi / More Books More Freedom
Più libri più liberi (More Books More Freedom) is the National Fair of small and medium publishing, taking place in Rome from the 4th to 8th December 2019. Starting in December 2002 from an idea of the Piccoli Editori Group (Small Group of Editors) of the Italian Publishers Association. The goal is to offer the greatest possible number of small publishers a space to bring their production to the forefront, as they are often "obscured" by larger companies, guaranteeing them the window they deserve. Since 2017, the event has been held at the new congress center in the capital, La Nuvola (The Cloud), designed by the famous architect Massimiliano Fuksas. Più libri più liberi is the only trade fair in the world dedicated exclusively to independent publishing, where every year around 500 publishers, coming from all over Italy, present their news and their catalog to the public. Five days and over 600 events in which to meet the authors, attend readings and musical performances, listen to debates on the issues of the sector.
Find out more »Vild med ORD Literature Festival, Aarhus
Let's meet about something we love. Word. Those quirky things that come out of your mouth, out of your body like clapping fingers on your keyboard, or a dancing pencil on a piece of paper. If you not only love books, but are also quite happy with the feeling of coziness and good company, then Wild of Words is for you. Since 2009 we have put the literature on the Danes agenda. With a dedicated team of literature lovers whose only wish is to…
Find out more »Latvian Book Fair 2020
The International Exhibition Centre in Ķīpsala will transform into an inspiring town of books, where writers, translators, publishers and readers will meet. For three days, Ķīpsala will host the most essential book event of the year – the international book and publishers exhibition known as the Latvian Book Fair, where a diverse range of books will be offered by Latvian and international publishing houses.
Find out more »Brussels Book Fair / Foire du Livre de Bruxelles
The Brussels Book Fair has become, in 50 years, a major cultural event. Publishers from France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Quebec meet their French-speaking colleagues from Belgium. But if the Fair is a place of French expression, it also defends with ardor and persuasion its international dimension and turns to the inexhaustible wealth of authors around the world.
Find out more »Leipzig Book Fair
March is all about reading in Leipzig. The Leipzig Book Fair and its Reading Festival Leipzig are the spring event of the book and media industry. Authors, readers and publishers meet to inform, exchange and discover new things.
Find out more »Paris Book Fair / Livre Paris
Livre Paris, created in 1981 by the National Union of Publishing, has become a rich and varied event opening to major catalogs of contemporary publishing. This literary festival invites the big names in literature while also anticipating the books of tomorrow. The show has a strong international dimension, celebrating leading foreign authors.
Find out more »Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The Bologna Children's Book Fair is the world’s leading professional event dedicated to the children's publishing industry, attracting over 1,400 exhibitors and more than 29,000 visitors from around 80 countries. The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is an industry leading event that has succeeded in bringing together a unique and diverse global audience over the past 50 years. The result is the world’s premium copyright exchange hub when it comes to publishing, extending to current multimedia and licensing businesses for children’s stories, illustration, animation and related areas. Publishers, illustrators, graphic designers, literary agents, authors, translators, mobile developers, licencors and licensees, packagers, printers, distributors, audiobook professionals, booksellers, brands, librarians and teachers all flock to the event each spring to experience the world of books and multimedia products in thousands of booths across six huge halls. The world famous Illustrators BExhibition and industry recognized BolognaRagazzi awards are some of key pillars that make this event so special: BCBF is a unique mix of a cultural book show and an international rights business forum for all types of content for children.
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