This year, BookForum will be held in a semi-closed mode.
Despite the war, the 29th International BookForum book festival, but this year it will change its format. In particular, only one hundred special guests will be able to attend the event by personal invitation, reports NV with reference to the organizers of the book fair.
As part of the event, which will take place next week – September 6-9 – 20 events are planned with the participation of more than 40 authors from Ukraine, Great Britain, the USA, Mexico, Syria, Portugal, France, Iran and Tanzania.
All events will be broadcast live to the whole world thanks to the support of one of the world's largest literary festivals, Hay Festival (Great Britain), therefore, those who wish will be able to join them regardless of their location.
Also, the Lviv International BookForum will take place within the framework of the Britain/Ukraine Culture Season with the support of the British Council.
The goal of this year's forum is to explain foreigners, what and why is currently happening in Ukraine and with Ukraine, and to raise important and uncomfortable topics that should become the foundation for building a new democratic world.
“Ukraine today is a key bastion in the struggle for world peace and values. We are preparing an event during which powerful voices from almost all continents will be heard in support of it, and Ukrainian voices are the most important among them,” said Sofia Chelyak, program director of the Lviv International BookForum and curator of the festival.
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BookForum is a book fair and international literary festival that has been held every fall in Lviv since 1994. Since 2018, the Forum of Publishers in Lviv has changed its name to BookForum.
