Vladimir Jankovski, Petar Andonovski and Daina Opolskaite at BookStar Festival, Skopje

On 4 October at 19:00, BookStar Festival in Skopje, North Macedonia will bring together three EUPL authors for a discussion on the national vs. international context of literature. This year's EUPL nominee from Northern Macedonia, Vladimir Jankovski, will be present, as well as former laureates Petar Andonovski (Northern Macedonia, EUPL 2020) and Daina Opolskaitė (Lithuania, EUPL 2019).

EUPL x Trafika Europe: Daniele Mencarelli

EUPL partner Trafika Europe Radio has launched its sixth season, featuring 13 EUPL authors from the 2022 and 2021 editions.

  • 6:00pm CEST – Spotlighting the EU Prize for Literature ep. 28 – Italian poet and novelist Daniele Mencarelli: Always Return

    This is the third novel in Daniele’s autobiographical trilogy. Host Andrew Singer speaks with him all about this EUPL-recognized novel, the grand trilogy of which it plays a part, and his life in literature generally, and we enjoy an excerpt from this candid, tumultuous work.

Iva Pezuashvili at the Tbilisi International Festival of Literature

On 13 September, the Writers' House of Georgia in partnership with the Tbilisi International Festival of Literature, welcomed author Iva Pezuashvili for a presentation of his EUPL Prize-winning book ‘ბუნკერი’ (A Garbage Chute - Intelekti, 2020) to the general public, followed by a discussion moderated by his peer, the writer and poet Paata Shamugia.

Slađana Nina Perković's book presentation in Belgrade

We are proudly presenting to you a book presentation of this year’s special mention of The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) “In the ditch” by Slađana Nina Perković, on Thursday, 22nd of September at 7pm at Cultural Centre Grad (Brace Krsmanovic 4, Belgrade).

The discussion was moderated by Darko Tusevljakovic, writer and winner of the EUPL 2017, and excerpts from the book were read by actress Jelena Puzic.

In cooperation with Creative Europe and The European Prize for Literature (EUPL) within the platform Booking.

Iva Pezuashvili and Beqa Adamashvili in Athens

From 2 to 18 September, with the support of the Writers’ House, a EUPL 2022 nominating organisation, and the Embassy of Georgia in Greece, Georgia got a national stand and literary program for the first time at the Athens International Book Fair. Among the participating authors were Iva Pezuashvili (Winner of the EUPL 2022) and Beqa Adamashvili (Georgia, 2019). Both authors participated in meetings with readers and also met with members of the large Georgian diaspora in Greece.

The European Union Prize for Literature reveals 2022 Anthology

The EUPL Consortium, comprising the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), leading the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), is happy to reveal the 2022 edition of its yearly European Stories publication: the EUPL 2022 Anthology.

Featuring excerpts from the winning books of the year in both original versions and in English or French translations, the EUPL 2022 Anthology aims to be a window into the worlds, countries and cultures of the 14 EUPL authors of the year and their exceptional works.

Jacobo Bergareche at the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival

Jacobo Bergareche, EUPL 2022 Special Mention, is participating in two events of the 17th Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, taking place from 24 to 27 August 2022:

  • On 24 August, he was interviewed by David Schembri on his participation in the EUPL
  • On 27 August, in Fort St. Elmo, he shared the stage with poets Julia Musakovska, Lamis Saidi and Adrian Grima

The Festival is also collaborating with Creative Europe Desk.

See the full program here.

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