In this first EU Prize for Literature digital masterclass, Ciler İlhan, the Turkish laureate of the prize in 2011, will introduce you to ReadAct, a practice that she describes as "a unique way of reading", at the crossroad of reading and acting.
During the hour-long session, İlhan will ReadAct excerpts from her EUPL-awarded book "Exile" while teaching you how to improve your speaking skills and enrich your storytelling experience.
On Tuesday, 26 November 2019, EUPL laureate Beqa Adamashvili will participate in a very unique event for lovers of literature and puzzles hosted by the Writers' House of Georgia in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Participants will have an opportunity to compete in solving a series of puzzles and win a surprise reward.
The event will also feature a discussion of Beqa Adamashvili's prize-winning novel ამ რომანში ყველა კვდება ("Everybody Dies In This Novel").
Four EUPL laureates will take part in the International Literary Festival of Sofia these coming 7 to 12 December. As the festival will be held online, all talks will be accessible to watch via a livestream on the fair's Facebook page.
Make sure to catch the following conversations:
7 December at 3:45 pm EET - Lidija Dimkovska (North Macedonia, 2013)
10 December at 4:00 pm EET - Claudiu Florian (Romania, 2016)
Our next book club discussion will revolve around mystery fiction, where we will dive into the world’s created by our authors and explore the secrets they hide. Our next chat will be hosted on 28 October from 4pm onwards.
We will be joined by EUPL 2020 winning author Nathalie Skowronek for our next discussion. Join in by sending us your questions on our social channels by using #EUPLbookclub or through our Book Club group on Facebook. Please note this month's discussion will be in French.
Listen in live:
On 25 April 2019, at Brussels’ Bozar, from 8pm, EUPL winners Jelena Lengold (Serbia), Faruk Šehić (Bosnia) and Lada Žigo (Croatia) will join Slovenian author Suzana Tratnik for a literary discussion on whether and how the idea of being ‘formerly Yugoslavian’ affects their work. This event is part of the programme for Balkan Trafik 2019, a festival which for the past 12 years has highlighted the cultural richness and diversity of the Balkan nations as well as their relationship with Brussels.
A few days ago, Matthias Nawrat (Germany, 2020) and Magdalena Parys (Poland, 2015) met in the buch|bund bookshop of Berlin to discuss their books and experiences as European writers. The interview will be streamed online on 14 October. You can catch it on the Goethe Institute’s YouTube channel, or as part of the Krakow Book Fair’s online programme.
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.
