You should live without formulas, be open to the world.
These words by Lithuanian artist Jonas Mekas will be the focus of the 21st International Vilnius book fair. On the 21st of February, the Lituanian Publishers Association invites EUPL laureates Jan Carson (Ireland), Meelis Friedenthal (Estonia), and Daina Opolskaitė (Lithuania) for a discussion in English and Lithuanian moderated by writer and literary critic Virginija Cibarauskė.
From the Book to the Screen: Conference with Marta Dzido, Selja Ahava, Delphine Lehericey, and Amish Tripathi
Moderated by: Carlo D'Ursi
Date: 24 November 2020
Time: 6-8 pm IST
Participant Bios:
Selja Ahava has written film scripts, a TV series and a radio play. Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016, its translation rights have been sold to 25 territories.
On Tuesday 28/05, from 4pm, in the heart of Copenhagen, at Bogladen ved Søerne, EUPL laureates Kristian Bang Foss (DK), Meelis Friedenthal (EE), and Riku Korhonen (FI) will discuss their lives as authors and the impact that translation has had on their literary prominence in the wake of winning the EUPL.
This September, our EUPL laureates will be at the Plzen Book Fair in Czech Republic:
Thursday 24
Opening party: presentation and public reading of the last books of Afonso Cruz (Portugal, 2012) & Gunstein Bakke (Norway, 2012) - (withtout the authors)
Saturday 26
14h: Debate with Marta Dzido (Poland, 2019) on the theme « Women, pleasure, intimacy », based around her EUPL winning novel 'Frajda'.
On 15 September at 7.00pm CEST, EUPL 2021 laureate for Slovenia Anja Mugerli will present her winning book 'Čebelja družina' (Bee Family) at the Booksa bookshop in Zagreb, Croatia.
Missed the event? Listen to the audio recording here.
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On 13 May at 7PM UK time, our laureates Gabriela Babnik (Slovenia 2013) and Piia Leino (Finland 2019) will talk about their journeys to writing with the female-led online book club Women's Writes.
As part of the Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture programme, join our 2019 Irish laureate Jan Carson on a discussion of her winning novel 'The Fire Starters' for the Wild Atlantic Women weekend marking Internation Women's Day 2020.
Wowing critics with its magic realist take on modern-day Belfast, the book has been hailed as ‘gripping, affecting and surprising’ (Lisa McInerney), ‘the best book I’ve read all year’ (JosephO’Connor), ‘spectacular’ (Donal Ryan) and ‘exhilarating’ (Roddy Doyle).
The effect of literary awards on the European exchange of ideas
On Thursday 09/05, from 7pm, in the heart of Madrid, at Librería La Buena Vida — Café Del Libro, EUPL laureates Luka Bekavac (HR), Raquel Martínez-Gómez (ES), and Undinė Radzevičiūtė (LT) will discuss their lives as authors and the impact that translation has had on their literary prominence in the wake of winning the EUPL.
Five EUPL laureates will be appearing during the 2021 BookForum of Lviv. Catch the virtual events with:
Isabelle Wéry (Belgium, 2013)
Kallia Papadaki (Greece, 2017)
Irene Solà (Spain, 2020)
Gerda Blees (Netherlands, 2021)
All in conversations with Haska Shyyan (Ukraine, 2019)
