-Days and Nights of Literature in Mangalia
Mangalia, Romania
6-9th June
Almost eighteen months after they first met on the Word Express journey, Anahit Hayrapetyan, Baris Mustecaplioglu and Ognjen Spahic will be re-united at Days and Nights of Literature festival in the Black Sea resort of Mangalia, Romania.
They join over 50 writers, translators, publishers, critics and literary
press editors from Romania, Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Israel Japan,
Great Britain, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, the US and Hungary.
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.