Booktown / Literature week
On 17 and 18 September, the well-known SPENS in Novi Sad becomes the city of books and brings literary and musical programmes, book exchange and sales, literary evenings, and performances, with the best regional artists.
Booktown is part of the Kaleidoscope of Culture Literature Week, and this year the guests will be the following artists: Végel László, Zoran Predin and Lačni Franz, Slavimir Stojanović Futro, Vladimir Pištalo, Petar Božović, Voja Brajović, Zijah Sokolović, Vedrana Rudan, The Books of Knjige and many others.
PROGRAMME AND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
SPENS, First floor
3 – 10 p.m. / Book Fair
3 – 10 p.m. / City Library Stand
4 – 10 p.m. / Book Exchange in Booktown
SPENS, Hall no. 8 (Entrance from Radnička Street)
3 – 10 p.m. / Multimedia installation ‘In Mika’s Handwriting’
SPENS, Main Stage
3 p.m. / Leontina and Čarolija Choir
4 p.m. / Conversation with Végel László, and the promotion of his book and translation ‘Neoplanta or the Promised Land’
5 p.m. / Presentation of 11 publishers from abroad, International Literary Festival ‘Fellowship Novi Sad’
9 p.m. / The Books of Knjige
11 p.m. / Farwell concert of Zoran Predin and Lačni Franz
SPENS, Amphitheatre
3 p.m. / Concert of Zvončići Children’s Choir
4 p.m. / Conversation ‘Literary Growing Up: From Children’s to Young Adult’
8.30 p.m. / Monodrama ‘Reče mi jedan čoek, ćeraćemo se još, kad budem mlađi’ performed by Petar Božović
10.30 p.m. / Film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
SPENS, Ground floor
5 p.m. / Nataša Kramberger (Slovenia), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Rosella Postorino (Italy), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Sophie Daull (France), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Radu Pavel Gheo (Romania), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Ljuba Arnautović (Austria), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Stefan Bradić (Serbia), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Cornelia Hülmbauer (Austria), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Ben Clark (Spain), Literature Night
5 p.m. / Vojislav Voja Brajović Reads Children’s Poetry to Children
7.30 p.m. / Promotion of the book ‘Pomračenje Plavog Meseca’ by Milica Milanović
9.30 p.m. / Conversation with Stefan Mitić Tićmi
SPENS
6 p.m. / Promotion of books by PPM Enklava publishing ‘Enklava – Meeting the Verses of the Future’
SUNDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER
SPENS, First floor
3 – 10 p.m. / Book Fair
3 – 10 p.m. / City Library Stand
4 – 10 p.m. / Book Exchange in Booktown
4 p.m. / Bookbinding Workshop
SPENS, Hall no. 8 (Entrance from Radnička Street)
3 – 10 p.m. / Multimedia installation ‘In Mika’s Handwriting’
SPENS, Main Stage
2.30 p.m. / Concert of Kolibri Children’s Choir
3 p.m. / Promotion of ‘The Anthology of Poetry in Novi Sad, from the 17th Century to the Present Day’
4 p.m. / Conversation with Aleksandar Tanurdžić
5 p.m. / Promotion of the book ‘Značenje Džokera’ by Vladimir Pištalo
6 p.m. / Conversation with Slavimir Stojanović Futro
8 p.m. / Conversation with Vedrana Rudan, moderator: Tanja Peternek
9 p.m. / Special Presentation of the book ‘The River – A Different Danube Anthology’
SPENS, Amphitheatre
3 p.m. / Children’s opera ‘Little Red Riding Hood’
4 p.m. / Children’s Opera ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’
6 p.m. / Zijah Sokolović Reads Fairy Tales to Children
7 p.m. / Promotion of the book ‘Wine škola’ by Dejan Živkoski
8 p.m. / Spoken word programme ‘Enigma Variations’, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
9.30 p.m. / Film ‘Charade’
SPENS, Ground floor
3 p.m. / Promotion of the publication ‘Breviary of the Streets of Novo Naselje’
4 p.m. / Promotion of short-story collection ‘Srebrne Šume’ by Sara Zdravković
5 p.m. / The conversation about the book ‘The Pyramids of Days’ by Daina Opolskaitė
7 p.m. / Joint reading ‘Literary Machine’
Admission to all events is free of charge.
The Kaleidoscope of Culture lasts until 7 October, and after literature week, visual arts week follows, while at the end, applied arts week awaits us.
Partners of the Kaleidoscope of Culture 2022 are Erste Bank, IDEA, DDOR, A1 Srbija and Heineken Srbija.
Photo: Promo