September 4

 

National Gallery of Armenia

11:00 Launch of the Reading Academic Year: How to Promote Reading in Schools — Tamara Sargsyan, Hayk Hambardzumyan, school principals; moderator: Lianna Puluzyan

12:00 Georgia: Regional Literature Expansion, Translation Strategies — Elisabed Pirtskhalava, Arevik Ashkharoyan, Asya Darbinyan; Palitra (English-Armenian)

13:00 The Influence of William Saroyan on Russian Literature — Lecture by Dmitry Lagutin (Russian-Armenian)

14:00 Presentation of the Armenian edition of Colm Tóibín's book "Nora Webster" — Newmag

15:00 Literature Accessibility — Naira Sultanyan, Rafik Khachatryan, Arevik Hovhannisyan, Shavarsh Karapetyan; Democracy Development Foundation

16:00 Presentation of the Armenian edition of John Berger's book "Ways of Seeing" — Focus

19:00 Festival Opening Ceremony: "E" performance based on Vladimir Nabokov's short story "The Word" (Hamazkayin Theatre), speeches, music, wine

20:00 Presentation of Ruben Hakhverdyan's book "Words": Meeting with the master

 

Library of the National Gallery of Armenia

13:00-18:00 Collaboration with Armenian and International Publishers (Fellowship): In-person meetings (B2B) — Armenia, France, Ukraine, Slovenia, Hungary, Georgia, Iran

 

History Museum of Armenia

12:00 Presentation of the poetry collection "My Shekoyan" — Actual Art

14:00 Presentation of Ani Chobanyan's book "Balcony" — Ari Literature Foundation

15:00 Russia: "If a Language is Disappearing, Write so the World Knows About It" — Zarina Kanukova (Russian-Armenian)

16:00 Presentation of the facsimile edition of Hrant Matevosyan's book "Our Run"

 

September 5

 

National Gallery of Armenia

11:00 Presentation of Armen Grigoryan's book

13:00 Georgia: Presentation of Tea Topuria's poetry collection "The Aviator's Word" and the novel "Near Jacob's Well" Armenian editions with the author's participation — Versopolis, Actual Art, Antares (Georgian-Armenian)

14:00 Presentation of the Armenian edition of Frank Herbert's book "Dune Messiah" — Zangak

15:00 Presentation of William Saroyan's collection of unpublished stories "Everything is Hotsy-Totsy Again" — Antares, Saroyan Foundation

16:00 Book Talks:

Does language define literature or limit it? — Jessah

Poetry and Language — Anahit Ghazakhetsyan

Literature as Language — Dato Turashvili, Georgia

Does language change literature, or does literature change language? — Alexander Chantsev, Russia

How Stories Cross Borders — Lee Geum-yi, South Korea

Can the literary foundation be part of film language? — Aram Khachatryan

Sound shifts, word polishing, and condensation: Or how language contains civilization — Morteza Barzegar, Iran

17:00 The Writer's Journey from National to International — Arevik Ashkharoyan (Armenia), Nerses Ter-Vardanyan (Armenia), Ivan Fedechko (Ukraine), Véronique Lani-Delatour (France)

18:00 Comedians Change the AfterWORD — Van Grigoryan, Armen Sargsyan, Tigran Gevorgyan, Tigran Karapetyan; Ameriabank

19:00 Presentation of Armen Sargsyan's book "Absences" — Vernatun

20:00 Presentation of Lilit Altunyan's book "The Girl Who Knew How to Fly" and a performance featuring actors from the "Small Theatre"

 

Library of the National Gallery of Armenia

15:00 "Aylkerp" intellectual game tournament for students — Ameriabank

17:00 Russia: Creative meeting with Marina Moskvina (Russian-Armenian)

18:00 Norway: Meeting of Kristin Roskifte, author of the book "Everybody Counts", with children — Mayrik

19:00 Georgia: Meeting with Dato Turashvili, author of the bestseller "Flight from the USSR", and Artur Saribekyan, director of the eponymous play (English-Armenian)

 

History Museum of Armenia

14:00 Bulgaria: Presentation of the Armenian edition of Emanuil Vidinski's book "The House of the Newcomers" with the author's participation — Edge (English-Armenian)

15:00 Russia: Family History as Material for a Documentary Novel: A dialogue between Liana Shahverdyan and Pavel Ponomarev (Russian-Armenian)

16:00 Presentation of the Armenian editions of the novellas "Crows" by Laura Vinogradova, "Friend’s Tariff" by Astra Filipsone, and "Ice Ocean" by Dace Vīgante — Newmag

17:00 Presentation of new editions of the "21st Century Prose" series — Ashot Stepanyan, Mher Israyelyan, Hayk Sirunyan, Vahe Vayan; Antares

18:00 Mark Grigoryan is in the Square — Epigraph

19:00 Norway: The World in Illustrations: Master class by Kristin Roskifte for illustrators and fine art enthusiasts (English-Armenian)

 

Museum of Literature and Art

18:00 Opening of the exhibition "Writer's Study" dedicated to Ruben Filian and book presentation — MLA

 

Outdoor Event

20:30 Poetic Storm — Hasmik Simonyan, Hamlet Arakelyan, Yer Kar, Aram Avetis, Narek Cosmos

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September 6

 

National Gallery of Armenia

11:00 Presentation of Simon Abgaryan's book "Penelope, Oh, Penelope" — Nairi, Hamazkayin Theatre

12:00 The Writer's Journey from National to International — Anna Chitchyan (Armenia), Nane Manukyan (Armenia), Szilvia Kucsogi (Hungary), Gabriela Babnik Ouattara (Slovenia)

13:00 France: Yekta, Poetic Rituals (French-Armenian)

14:00 "Press 1 for Armenian": Game for school students — Ameriabank

15:00 Multilingual poetry readings for visually impaired individuals — Anahit Ghazakhetsyan, Aram Avetis, Yekta, Zaruhi Batoyan, Tea Topuria, Shahen Araboghlian; Democracy Development Foundation

16:00 Lecture by Hasmik Simonyan: "The Literary Salon as a Room of One's Own for the Rebellious Subclass: From Elizabeth Montagu to Srpouhi Dussap" — Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

17:00 Presentation of new publications from the "Yeraz" series — Fredrik Backman, Megan McDonald, Jeff Kinney, Anna Starobinets, Annabel Steadman; Newmag

18:00 Presentation of the Armenian edition of Nora Ikstena's novel "Celebration of Life" — Vernatun

19:00 "Book of Flowers": Pantomime performance for hearing-impaired individuals — Democracy Development Foundation

20:00 Festival Closing Ceremony and Award Ceremony

 

Library of the National Gallery of Armenia

13:00 Interactive reading of Claudio Gobetti's fairy tale "The Dream Grower" — Arevik

15:00 The Individual and the Public: Texts on Interrelations — Socioscope Research Center

18:00 Around Wine: Water Like Fire — Frunze Sargsyan, Hasmik Simonyan; Lusarev

 

History Museum of Armenia

12:00 Iran: Meeting with prose writer Morteza Barzegar (Persian-Armenian)

14:00 Women Writers on War: Four Countries, Four Voices, One Conversation — Alice Ter-Ghevondyan, Mariam Gurzadyan, Anush Kocharyan; moderator: Arevik Ashkharoyan; Edge

15:00 Fathers and Sons: Hrachia Acharian 150: Meeting with the linguist's grandson Hrachia Acharian and great-granddaughter Ani Acharian; moderator: Tigran Grigoryan

16:00 Slovenia: Presentation of the Armenian edition of Sebastijan Pregelj's book "In Elvis's Room" with the author's participation — Edge (English-Armenian)

17:00 What Changes a Person: The Book, the Thought, or the Action? Discussion around Joe Dispenza's books "Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself" and "Becoming Supernatural" — Bookinist

 

Museum of Literature and Art

14:00 Presentation of the Armenian editions of Swedish writer Sven Nordqvist's books "Poor Pettson", "Pancake Pie", and "The Fox Hunt" — Antares

 

September 13, Meghri

Book Fair in the inner courtyard of the House of Culture

Events at Loft

 

12:00-20:00 Book Exhibition and Fair

12:00 Yerevan International Book Festival donates books to the Meghri Library

12:30 Creative Writing Workshop for school students

15:00 Women's Resistance in Western Armenian Periodicals: Lecture by Hasmik Simonyan — Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

16:00 Storytime: Read by Ani Khachikyan

17:00 "Aylkerp" intellectual game championship with prizes

18:00 "Press 1 for Armenian": Game for school students with prizes

19:00 Poetic Storm — Hasmik Simonyan, Hamlet Arakelyan, Gevorg Kaas, Ani Tonoyan