The Ukrainian BookForum of Lviv is moving online from 16 to 20 September. Over these 5 days, the event will feature 5 of our EUPL laureates across various digital talks: Haska Syyan (Ukraine, 2019), Jan Carson (Ireland, 2019), Lana Bastašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020), Maša Kolanović (Croatia, 2020), and Marta Dzido (Poland, 2019).
Keep an eye out for these conversations on 18 September here (2.30 to 3.30 pm local time) and here (4 pm to 5 pm local time).
A new season of "Spotlighting the EU Prize for Literature" is starting this Sunday, 12 September, at 6.00PM CEST on Trafika Europe radio. Tune in to hear interviews with our fantastic laureates!
LINE-UP
September
12 September: Tatiana Țîbuleac (6pm CEST / 7pm EEST)
19 September: Haska Shyyam (6pm CEST / 7pm EEST in Ukraine)
Looking for new reading material to keep you entertained while you #StayAtHome? Want to engage with readers from all over the world? Want to discover books from emerging fiction writers? Join us for a digital EUPL Book Club! Our first book club will spotlight dystopian fiction, and we are bringing three novels to the table. To be able to participate in the book club, you only need to read once. But if you have time, you can definitely read two, or even all of them!
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) has the pleasure of inviting you to the Frankfurter Pavilion at the Frankfurt Buchmesse on Friday, 18 October 2019.
The 2019 EUPL winners Haska Shyyan (Ukraine), Nikos Chryssos (Greece) and Beqa Adamashvili (Georgia) will take part in a panel and discuss their writing, winning the EUPL and the importance of the EUPL in encouraging the development of European literature.
The event will be moderated by the German author Lena Falkenhagen.
On Friday, 26 November at 5.00pm local time, as part of the Thessaloniki Book Fair, Vakxikon Publications is inviting EUPL laureates Inga Zolude (Latvia, 2011), Gabriela Babnik (Slovenia, 2013), and Isabelle Wéry (Belgium, 2013) to present their EUPL-awarded books. The event will be moderated by author and literary critic Lilia Tsouva, with excerpts of the books read by actor Angelos Kourepis.
In collaboration with: Latvian Literature, Slovenian Book Agency, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Location: Thessaloniki Book Fair, Room: Dionysios Solomos (Kiosque 13)
Our next conversation with feminist bookclub Women's Writes is pushed to November. This time, it will feature our EUPL laureates Maria Navarro Skaranger (Norway, 2020) and Ida Hegazi Høyer (Norway, 2015). Join these two wonderful women in an online discussion with Women's Writes founder Sophie McDermott.
Details & registration: https://ourwomenswrites.co.uk/event/womens-writes-in-conversation-with-the-eupl-2/
On Wednesday, 24 April 2019, from 7pm, in the coastal city of Koper, Slovenia at Knjigarna Libris, EUPL laureates Selja Ahava (FI), Lidija Dimkovska (MK) and Jasmin B. Frelih (SI) will discuss their lives as authors and the impact that translation has had on their literary prominence in the wake of winning the EUPL.
Portuguese writer and EUPL 2015 laureate David Machado will be participating in the Panama International Book Fair 2020, which will take place online.
Who will be the winners of #EUPL2021? Join us for a livestreamed announcement on 18 May from 2.00PM CEST to discover Europe’s best emerging fiction writers!
Join the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/510579476970646
On 15 April at 7PM UK time, our laureates Evie Wyld (UK 2014) and Bianca Bellová (Czech Republic 2017) will do a Q&A with the female-led online book club Women's Writes.
Listen to the recording from the event here: https://anchor.fm/eupl/episodes/Womens-Writes-In-Conversation-With-Evie-Wyld-and-Bianca-Bellov-eet8t4
