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SUMMARY:European Writers' Festival 3
DESCRIPTION:The European Writers’ Festival returns to the British Library for its third edition \n\n\n\nLeading and debut writers from 26 countries\, from Spain to Ukraine\, the Faroes to Turkey\, gather to discuss love\, war\, humour\, nature\, crime\, myth and memoir and the power of literature and translation to help navigate the challenges facing Europe today. \n\n\n\nWith Nino Haratischwili\, Vincenzo Latronico\, Gonçalo M. Tavares\, Sara Stridsberg\, Christy Lefteri\, Jáchym Topol\, Fiston Mwanza Mujila\, Wendy Erskine\, Artem Chapeye and many more. \n\n\n\nThis is the perfect chance to catch up on what’s hot in contemporary European writing\, to meet authors\, translators and publishers over one special weekend. Most of the writers appearing present their latest novels but it’s fascinating to note how broad the fiction genre is in Europe today and how all these writers juggle genres\, topics and styles\, from the play-writing memoirist to the crime-writing screenwriter and the war-reporting short story writer. \n\n\n\nDay and Weekend Tickets to attend in person are available\, with a 30% discount to attend on both days. Online Tickets include the livestream on both days and catch up viewing for 14 days. \n\n\n\nThe European Writers’ Festival is organised by EUNIC London (European Union National Institutes for Culture) in partnership with the British Library and the European Literature Network. Chair of Programming Panel\, Rosie Goldsmith. The festival is supported by the EU Delegation to the UK and the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK. \n\n\n\nFull programme details are below. \n\n\n\nSaturday 16 May\n\n\n\n11.00 – 12.15: Turning Points\n\n\n\nWendy Erskine (Ireland)\, Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Austria)\, Jente Posthuma (Netherlands) \n\n\n\nChair: Rosie Goldsmith \n\n\n\nLively wit\, dark humour\, daring literary formats and unconventional characters distinguish these three novels from three writers at the top of their game. Stories of life-changing events and the impact on individual lives\, from regime change in 1990s Zaire\, a sexual assault in modern Belfast and a devastating medical diagnosis in Dutch suburbia. \n\n\n\n12.45 – 14.00: Back To Nature\n\n\n\nZdravka Evtimova (Bulgaria)\, Małgorzata Lebda (Poland)\, Carolina Pihelgas (Estonia) \n\n\n\nChair: Antonia Lloyd-Jones \n\n\n\nThree award-winning\, multi-talented female writers (aka poets\, translators\, marathon runner and photographer!) return to nature to tackle the threat of climate change\, violence\, war\, poverty and injustice. But these exceptional books are far from depressing\, elevating these stories of girls\, women and grandmothers\, with profound emotional truths\, sharp satire\, glowing prose and the solace of nature. \n\n\n\n14.30 – 15.45: Secrets And Lies\n\n\n\nJørn Lier Horst (Norway)\, Makis Malafekas (Greece)\, Krisztina Tóth (Hungary) \n\n\n\nChair: Noreen Masud \n\n\n\nSecrets and lies abound in small town Norway\, big city Athens and a near-future central European dystopia. Three renowned writers bring us the twists\, turns and treacheries of an autocracy under surveillance\, a ‘washed-up writer and philosopher of Athens nightlife’- turned sleuth\, and then there’s P.I. Wisting\, the only person small town Larvik can trust to track down the mysterious ‘Night Man’. \n\n\n\n16.15 – 17.30: Tales Of The City\n\n\n\nSulaiman Addonia (Belgium)\, Beatriz Serrano (Spain) \n\n\n\nChair: Toby Lichtig \n\n\n\nAddonia is a British-Eritrean-Ethiopian novelist living in Brussels\, running a writing school for refugees; Serrano is a journalist and debut novelist from Spain. In dazzling works depicting the trials and tribulations of modern life\, we meet refugee Hannah in London and young creative Marisa in Madrid\, navigating identity\, belonging and the complexities of contemporary urban life. \n\n\n\n18.00 – 19.00: Saturday Night Fever\n\n\n\nNino Haratischwili (Georgia/Germany) and Vincenzo Latronico (Italy). In conversation. \n\n\n\nChair: Maya Jaggi \n\n\n\nNino Haratischwili and Vincenzo Latronico are two of Europe’s most successful writers\, both back home in Germany and Italy and also internationally in translation. Born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia\, today living in Berlin and writing in German\, Nino is nicknamed Germany’s Elena Ferrante for her page-turning epics of female friendship. She is also a well-known playwright and director\, and outspoken champion of independent Georgia. Vincenzo was born in Rome\, lives in Milan and spent many years in Berlin. He is an art critic\, novelist and Italian translator of George Orwell\, Oscar Wilde and many others. His breath-taking psychological study of a woke millennial couple in Berlin\, Perfection\, was a major critical success. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to hear this dynamic duo in conversation as they discuss their multi-cultural\, multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary creative lives with award-winning writer and critic Maya Jaggi. \n\n\n\nSunday 17 May\n\n\n\n11.30 – 12.45: Personal Histories\n\n\n\nFabio Andina (Switzerland)\, Liliana Corobca (Romania)\, Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (Faroes) \n\n\n\nChair:  Bidisha  \n\n\n\nMighty\, moving and prize-winning literature\, and rare insights into the history of three smaller European regions\, Ticino\, Moldova and the Faroes. Andino shares the story of his Ticino grandfather\, imprisoned in WW2 for helping Jews escape; Corobca’s protagonist Ana recalls the hardship when Soviet soldiers forced her to leave Bukovina\, and Kjelnaes lifts our spirits with powerful personal stories from the Faroes. \n\n\n\n13.15 – 14.30: Coming Of Age\n\n\n\nPirkko Saisio (Finland)\, Goron Vojnović (Slovenia)\, Kotryna Zylė (Lithuania) \n\n\n\nChair: Dan Richards \n\n\n\nIntimate family stories from three prominent storytellers\, reflecting the historic reality of 1960s Finland\, when teenage Pirkko can’t decide which she hates most\, God\, her communist Dad or her growing breasts; a multigenerational family epic from 1950s Yugoslavia to today; and\, in a modern day Vilnius apartment bloc\, Ona defies the Soviet past and alien present with folklore and ancient ritual. \n\n\n\n15.00 – 16.15: Stranger Things\n\n\n\nAnne-Marie Reuter (Luxembourg)\, Sara Stridsberg (Sweden)\, Jáchym Topol (Czechia) \n\n\n\nChair: Tim Beasley-Murray \n\n\n\nThese three acclaimed authors have been novel-writing\, painting\, publishing\, translating or writing plays and lyrics and active in public life for decades. Known for their bold\, often unsettling ideas\, join them for science fiction from Luxembourg\, blurred fact\, fiction and fantasy from Sweden\, and\, a picaresque romp through Europe from the Czech master of satire and the strange. \n\n\n\n16.30 – 17.45: On The Road\n\n\n\nArtem Chapeye (Ukraine)\, Christy Lefteri (Cyprus)\, Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal) \n\n\n\nChair: Bee Rowlatt \n\n\n\nAll the writers in our closing event have contributed in stunning ways to the literature of their countries and to the understanding of Europe’s most pressing problems\, whether through accounts of ordinary lives on the move in war-torn Ukraine from soldier-writer Chapeye\, refugee tales from bestselling Cypriot novelist Lefteri\, or from Portugal\, the story of Hanna wandering round the rubble of post-WW2 Europe.
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SUMMARY:Culture as security: how culture protects us
DESCRIPTION:An evening of conversation exploring the ways in which culture protects\, provokes and sustains societies. Together with a distinguished panel of speakers we will examine the role of culture in national security\, the ways in which cultural narratives strengthen resilience\, civic identity and democracy\, and what it means when culture itself comes under attack. \nHosted by Kirsty Lang (BBC Radio 4)\, this crucial conversation will feature Mariam Naiem (Ukrainian writer\, researcher and educator)\, Charlotte Higgins (The Guardian) and Yassmin Abdel-Magied (Sudanese diaspora writer and social advocate). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nFull price – £15.00Concession – £7.50Young person (16–25) – £6.00Universal Credit / Pension Credit (ID required) – £6.00  \n  \n\n\n\n\nBook here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\nMariam Naiem \n\nMariam Naiem is a Ukrainian writer\, researcher\, and educator examining Ukraine through a post-colonial lens. Since 2015\, she has been educating global audiences about Ukrainian society and culture. Her work includes the graphic novel A Brief History of a Long War (available in multiple languages) and The Guide for Self-Decolonization (Ukrainian). She co-hosts award-winning podcasts on decolonial practices\, has spoken at Harvard\, Penn State\, and international conferences\, and her commentary appears in The New York Times\, Politico Europe\, and Der Spiegel. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\nYassmin Abdel-Magied \n\nYassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese diaspora writer and broadcaster. Yassmin is the author of the essay collection Talking About a Revolution (2022)\, and her debut novel At Sea\, (May 2026). Founding Youth Without Borders at 16\, Abdel-Magied is now an award-winning speaker on social justice\, delivering keynotes and workshops in 25 countries. Her TED talk has over 2.8 million views and is one of TED’s top 10 ideas. She created the website eyesonsudan.net and supports sudandigitalarchive.com\, a free\, open source digital archive for Sudanese collective memory. \nPhoto Credit: Alex Cameron \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\n\nCharlotte Higgins \n\nCharlotte Higgins is the chief culture writer of The Guardian\, contributing work across the paper on art and the politics of culture. Since 2022\, she has been reporting regularly from Ukraine. Her book Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War (Jonathan Cape)\, is published in August 2026\, with a Ukrainian translation expected the following year. With Mary Beard\, she is co-host of the podcast Instant Classics\, and most of her books draw on her interest in classical history\, literature and culture. Her works include Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain and Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths. Her most recent book\, Greek Myths\, with illustrations by Chris Ofili\, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021. \nPhoto Credit: Nastya Telikova \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator \n\n\nKirsty Lang \n\nKirsty Lang is a journalist and broadcaster who works for BBC Radio and Television. She was formerly on the staff of The Sunday Times and Channel 4 News\, working as a presenter and reporter. Lang was a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York for several months at the beginning of 2012. She chairs the Board of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead and since 2014 has been on the board of the British Council.
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