As part of the festival EUROPALIA Romania 2019, on 13 November 2019, a debate on Migration / Multilingualism will take place at the House of European History (Brussels, Belgium) in collaboration with The European Union Prize for Literature. Writers Tatiana Tibuleac who received this year European Union Prize for Literature 2019, and Claudiu Florian, who was also awarded the same prize in 2016, will participate in this encounter, moderated by Anne Bergman-Tahon, director of the Federation of European Publishers. 

From 19 to 28 February, six EUPL laureates will participate in the 2021 Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF).

On Thursday, 7 November, 2019 EUPL laureate Sophie Daull will participate in a special event at the Médiathèque in Chambray-Lès-Tours to present her most recent prize-winning novel Au Grand Lavoir (Éditions Philippe Rey, 2018).

Co-organised by the Médiathèque Chambray-Lès-Tours and Cultura, this event will be a unique opportunity for readers to discuss the oeuvre of Sophie Daull in the presence of the author.

Our next book club discussion will revolve around short stories, where we will dive into the world’s created by our authors and explore themes that bring various stories together. Our next chat will be hosted on 23 September from 7pm CEST onwards. 

On Wednesday, 9 October, EUPL heads to Athens: Located at the foot of the Acropolis, Little Tree Books & Coffee is hosting 2019 EUPL laureate Nikos Chryssos (GR) to present his award-winning novel New Day (Καινούργια μέρα, Kastaniotis Editions 2018).

Looking for new reading material? 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!

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). 

The 14 winning authors of the 2019 European Union Prize for Literature were announced on 22 May 2019 at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union. 

The 14 winning authors are:

• Laura Fredenthaler (Austria)

• Piia Leino (Finland)

• Sophie Daull (France)

• Réka Mán-Várhegyi (Hungary) 

• Beqa Adamashvili (Georgia)

• Nikos Chryssos (Greece) 

• Jan Carson (Ireland) 

Portuguese writer and EUPL 2015 laureate David Machado will be participating in the Panama International Book Fair 2020, which will take place online.

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.