ProgramProgram

Meeting in the hotel lobby and walk to the port

Departure to St. Anastasiya Island

Panel – Black Sea Book Markets, a Year of Turbulence – Gvantsa Jobava, Liviana Tane, Svetlozar Zhelev, Olena Odinoka, Nermin Molaoglu – moderator: Alex Popescu

Lecture of Koukla Maclehose – Literature as a treasure hunt – finding a diamonds into unknown territories

Lunch

Leave the island

Official opening. Discussion and reading in the Library – Elena Vladareanu, Eka Kevanishvili, Firat Sunel, Roman Budanov, Vladimir Poleganov, Rene Karabash

Meeting in the hotel lobby and walk to the library

Building Bridges and Sharing Experience
moderator: Niki Théron

International Festivals and Programmes:
How to create networks?
– Oleksandra Boiko (Book Arsenal, IBAF Fellowship, Ukraine)
– Ivana Hitkova (Literary Talks Sofia, Bulgaria)
– Luka Grigolia (Publisher, Sulakauri Publishing & Polynomial Publishing, Georgia)
– Stilyan Deyanov (translator, Alumnus of Professional Programme in Bucharest, Romania)

International Literature Promotion:
How to make our authors more visible?
– Anhelina Trofymchuk (Literary Agent, Ukraine)
– Alican Saygı Ortanca (Publisher, Tersine Publishing, Turkey)
– Lora Nenkovska (translator, Alumna of Professional Programmes in CEE, Bulgaria)
– Svetlozar Zhelev – National Book Center, National Palace of Culture, Bulgaria

Q & A with the audience

Break

Lecture of Katharina Raabe – Surkamp and the South East and Eastern Literatures.

Lunch break

The other life of books – From Book to Screen, Stage and Audio
moderator – Nermin Mollaoglu

Focus on Book-to-Screen Adaptations
– Niki Théron (Senior Manager International Projects & Film, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Germany)
– Teodora Dimova (Writer, Bulgaria / Film Adaptation)
– Tarik Tufan (Writer, Turkey / Film Adaptation)

Focus on Stage & Audio
– Marjana Savka (Publisher, Old Lion, Ukraine)
– Maria Kassimova-Moasse (Writer, Bulgaria /Stage and Audio Adaptation)
– Dan Coman (Writer, Romania /Stage and Audio Adaptation)

Meet the author:

Galin Nikiforov,
moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Nikolay Terziyski,
moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Rene Karabash,
moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Andrei Kourkov,
moderator: Olena Odinoka

Discussion and reading – the Library – Writers special readings for the Burgas audience: Dan Coman, Ekaterine Togonidze, Salome Benidze, Tarik Tufan, Marjana Savka, Maria Kasimova-Moasse, Makvala Kharebava.

Black Sea Speaks Freedom – Freedom of Expression, Freedom to Publish – Jessica Sanger, Nata Dzvelishvili, Nevena Panova, Nermin Molaoglu, Livia Stoya, Ostap Ukrainets, Oksana Hmelyovska, moderator: Gvantsa Jobava

How to succeed on the big markets – Koukla Maclehose, Katharina Raabe, Elizabeth Kostova, Ekaterine Togonidze, Andrei Kourkov, Teodora Dimova, moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Lunch

Meet the author:

Teodora Dimova,
moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Elena Vladareanu,
moderator: Lora Nenkovska

Ahmet Umit,
moderator: Nermin Molaoglu

Elizabeth Kostova,
moderator: Svetlozar Zhelev

Final ceremony. Discussion and reading – on the boat in the Burgas bay – Fatih Erdogan, Elza Gurgenidze, Dumitru Crudu, Ostap Ukrainets, Teodora Dimova , Beka Kurkhuli