Programmes of the 23rd International Book Fair Budapest Thursday

Programmes of the 23rd International Book Fair Budapest

Thursday, 21 April

15.00–15.45

Teátrum

Opening ceremony

The book festival will be opened by Zoltán Balog, Minister of Human

Capacities and Marek Maďarič, Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic.

A short concert of Cellomania will follow.

16.00–17.00

Teátrum

On-stage conversation with Jostein Gaarder, Guest of Honour Writer of the

Festival and Anna T. Szabó

17.00–17.45

Teátrum

Presentation of the Budapest Grand Prize

Jostein Gaarder will receive the joint prize of the Municipal Council of

Budapest and the Hungarian Publisher's and Booksellers' Association from

deputy mayor of Budapest Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky and HPBA

president András Sándor Kocsis.

Laudation speech: György Dragomán

18.00

Stand B9

Exhibition

Opening of the exhibition Memory cut by Etamar Beglikter

(National Federation of the Hungarian-Israeli Friendship Societies)

Thursday, 21 April

Programs in the halls and at the stands

13.30–14.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

„…because reading is good!” – Irregular literature class with Főnix

Publishing

Participants: Anna Hertelendy and Holden Rose

(Főnix Könyvműhely)

17.00–18.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Paradicsomleves betűtésztával. The music show of Kompánia Társulat,

based on the book of János Lackfi

(Betűtészta Publishing)

Friday, 22 April


10.00–19.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Come, have fun with Eszter and us! Your place is where the surprises are.

Games, colouring sheets, interactive programs and balloon animals await

you, all connected to our exhibition Eszter in Israel

(National Federation of the Hungarian-Israeli Friendship Societies

10.00–10.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

GUEST OF HONOUR: SLOVAKIA

Interactive presentation of the Hungarian translation of the book Bobula

by author Margit Garajszki

(Terra Recognita, Slovak Institute, Centre for Information on Literature)

10.00–11.00

Stand B1


Historia magistra vitae. Discussion between historians Miroslav Michela

(Slovakia) and József Demmel (Hungary)

Moderator: András Forgó

(OSZÖK, Slovak Institute, LIC)

10.30–11.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom


Make your own book!

Craft session for kids with illustrator Miloš Kopták.

Also participating: Margit Garajszki

(Slovak Institute, LIC)

11.00–12.00

Szabó Magda

Hall

Introduction of Serbian authors

Participants: Dragan Velikić

(International Belgrade Book Fair)

11.00–11.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Let's have an adventure! The opening of the exhibition Eszter in Israel, with

the participation of a member of the Israeli diplomatic corps

11.30–12.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom


Boszimesék Újbanyavárról

Interactive presentation of the children's book of Jana Juráňová, with

the participation of the author and Anna Markó-Valentyik, actress

(OZ Phoenix, Slovak Institute, LIC)

11.30–12.00

Stand B1


Presentation of A feledés földje by Anton Baláž, and …és ne feledd a

hattyúkat! by Peter Juščák, with the participation of the authors

(Napkút Publishing, Kalligram Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

12.00–12.30

Stand B1


The contrast of a small story and "the great history", the pitfalls of

uncertainty and thought – false romanticism and barbarity

Participants: Dušan Šimko, László Márton and Ildikó Forgács

(Napkút Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

13.00–14.00

Márai Sándor

Hall

Introduction of the International Belgrade Book Fair

(International Belgrade Book Fair)

13.00–14.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Krtek and friends

Fun program for kids

(Czech Centre)

13.00–13.30

B1stand


Discussion of Gustáv Murín's book, Maffia határok nélkül – Roháč és társai

Budapesten

Participants: Gustáv Murín and Erika Vályi Horváth

Moderator: István Vályi

(Twister Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

14.00–15.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Interactive presentation of Steven Isserlis' Miért hordott póthajat Haydn

hajdanán? On classical music and themes for kids – with a side order of

music

Participants: editor-in-chief Gergely Fazekas and cellist Ditta Rohmann

(Rózsavölgyi és Társa Publishing)

14.00–14.30

Stand B1


Discussion of Maroš Krajňák's Carpathia

Participants: the author; Péter Böszörményi translator and Zsolt Láng

(Lector Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

15.00–16.00

Osztovits

Levente Hall

Earth Day – Mini-conference about global warming – With Jostein Gaarder's

lecture Ethics for the Future

Participants: Ámon Ada and István Bart (ENERGIAKLUB)

(Noran Libro Publishing)

15.00–16.00

Szabó Magda

Hall

Presentation of the book A menekültipar

Participants: Udo Ulfkotte, the author

(Patmos Records)

15.00–15.30

Stand B1


Discussion of Jana Bodnárová's Insomnia and Dušan Mitana's Jelenés

Participants: Slovak literary critic Radoslav Passia and Tamás Böröczki

(Gondolat Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

15.00–16.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Birds and men

BOOKR Kids presents Sas és az ember, an interactive children's book,

created in cooperation with Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi

Egyesület (BirdLife Hungary). Accompanied by a craft session and

interesting facts.

(BOOKR Kids)

15.30–16.30

Márai Sándor

Hall

Courage and the East awaited with arms closed

Participants: historians Stefano Bottoni and Sándor Horváth

Moderator: Csaba Katona

(HAS Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of History)

16.00–16.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Michal Sznunit's A lélekmadár by the students of Lauder

and pantomime artist Veronika Karsai


16.00–16.30

Stand B1


Discussion of Ondrej Štefánik's Ujjatlan város and Jaroslav Rumpli's

Gabonakörök

Participants: the authors; Lajos Jánossy writer and Balázs Horváth editor

Moderator: Lilla Proics

(Typotex Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

16.30–17.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Little Mimi becomes a big sister (for 3-5 years of age)

Story session and movie with the author, Zsuzsa Tamás; bunny game with

the illustrator, Ildi Horváth.

(Naphegy Publishing)

17.00–18.00

Supka Géza

Hall

A talk with the German, Austrian and Swiss guest authors of the European

First Novel Festival

Participants: Juan S. Guse, Dagny Gioulami, Richard Schuberth and

Wilhelm Droste

(Goethe-Institut, Austrian Cultural Forum, Embassy of Switzerland)

17.00–17.50

Márai Sándor

Hall


Discussion of Veronika Šikulová's books Menettérti and Hiányos fiasítás

Participants: the author; translator Tünde Mészáros, movie director Ibolya

Fekete and writer Pál Závada

Moderator: Judit Görözdi

(L’Harmattan Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

17.00–18.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Ez nem az apu hangja. Musical presentation of the book of Danny Bain.

African stories, accompanied on a special Ghanaian musical

instrument.


18.00–19.00

Stand B1


Round table and book presentation with Slovak and Hungarian historians

Participants: János Poór, Miroslav Michela, Eva Kowalská and József

Demmel

Moderator: László Szarka

(OSZÖK, Slovak Institute, LIC)

Friday, 22 April

Off-site programs

From early

afternoon to

midnight on

various sites

A Bookish Night 2016 – Night of the independent bookstores

In 2016 we are celebrating the wide range and excellent services offered

by independent bookstores for the 5th time.

Nearly 30 bookstores in Budapest and in the countryside is organizing

programs for this night, many of them working together with foreign cultural

institutes.

Those who love the uniqueness of small bookstores and like to discover new

places – especially after sunset –, will be able to choose from a wide variety

of programs.

If you want your trip between each bookstore to be extraordinary, you can

sign up for one of our three book-themed city walks.

Bookish Night starts in the afternoon and lasts until midnight. All programs

are free!

The list of the participating bookstores and their programs can be found at

kiskonyves.blog.hu and facebook.com/kiskonyvesej

10.00–17.00

Európa Pont

Millenáris

1024

Budapest,

Lövőház u. 35.

EUROPEAN WRITER'S MEETING

Slovakia in the Visegrad region, Slovakia in Europe Participants: Pavel Vilikovský, Martin Bútora, Martin. M. Šimečka, Miroslava

Vallová and Katarína Kucbelová

Moderator: Julia Sherwood

(10:00–11:30)

Winners of the European Union Prize for Literature – the role of literary prizes

and the connection between success and literary quality

Participants: Kristian Bang Foss (Denmark), Jana Beňová (Slovakia), Ugljesa

Sajtinac (Serbia), Faruk Sehic (Bosnia), Pavol Rankov (Slovakia), Viktor

Horváth (Hungary) and Katarína Kucbelová (Slovakia)

Moderator: Benedek Totth

(11:30–13:00)

The growing East-West, North-South divide in Europe

Participants: David Wagner (Germany), Jochen Schmidt (Germany), Marta

Šimečková (Slovakia), Aram Kebabdjian (France), Olivier Willemsen

(Netherlands), Viktorie Hanišová (Czech Republic), Weronika Murek

(Poland), Dino Bauk (Slovenia) and Nadia Terranova (Italy)

Moderator: Imre Barna

(14:00–15:30)

On the Road – Young writers and nomads, migrants, hybrids, expats all over

Europe

Participants: Morten Pape (Denmark), Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

(Portugal), Juan S. Guse (Germany), Zuska Kepplová (Slovakia), Velina

Minkova (Bulgaria), Gabriela Ybarra (Spain), Kris Van Steenberge (Belgium),

Nataša Skazlić (Croatia), Petra Soukopová (Czech Republic) and

Szczepan Twardoch (Poland)

Moderator: Gábor Csordás

(15:30–17:00)

(Hungarian Publisher's and Bookseller's Association)

Friday, 22 April

Book signings

13.00–14.00

Stand B31

Anton Baláž is signing A feledés földje

(Napkút Publishing)

16.00–17.00

Stand B4

Book signing with Petra Soukupová

(Czech Centre)

17.00–18.00

Stand K15 GUEST OF HONOUR: SLOVAKIA

Jaroslav Rumpli is signing Gabonakörök; Ondrej Štefánik is signing Ujjatlan

város

(Typotex Publishing)

Saturday, April 23


10.00–19.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom




(National Federation of the Hungarian-Israeli Friendship Societies

10.00–18.00

Stand K18

Get to know your rights – interactive presentation for kids of all ages,

organizes by the Hungarian National Committee for UNICEF

(Bookline)

10.00–11.00

Szabó Magda

Hall

Presentation of the books Nothing and Minden by Janne Teller, with the

participation of Zsuzsa Emese Csobánka

(Scolar Publishing)

10.00–12.00

Márai Sándor

Hall

Noran Matinee. Presentation of the series "K-európai történetek”, with the

participation of authors David Wagner, Jochen Schmidt, Vít'o Staviarsky,

Ugljesa Sajtinac and their literary translators

Moderator: József Kőrössi P.


10.00–10.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of A három kismalac, the latest paper theatre

book of Csimota Publishing

Writer and illustrator: Kata Pap. Paper theatre as a genre comes from

Japan, and it makes storybooks into small theatre stages. From 4 years of

age.

Participants: Tamara Zsigmond

(Csimota Publishing)

10.00–11.30

Stand B1


Matinee of literary journals – Presentation of the special issues of literary

journal, focused on Slovak literature

Participants: authors and editors of the journals Jelenkor, Látó, Kalligram,

Revue svetovej literatúry, OPUS and Irodalmi Szemle

Moderator: Viktor Horváth


10.30–11.30

Lázár Ervin Hall

Cukrozott omlett, or five Janis in one family

It's not magic! Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, author of Cukrozott omlett and

magician and mother Anikó Ungár are discussing life with five kids and

whether books and everyday life needs (magic) tricks or not.

(Manó Books)

10.30–11.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Kerekítő – Fun and games for kids with Judit J. Kovács and Kerekítő, the elf,

accompanied with the violin music of Judit Papp (for children aged 1-6

years)

(Móra Publishing)

11.00–11.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom




11.00–12.00

Stand K18

Everyone can draw with Zsófi Barabás

(Bookline)

11.30–12.30

Osztovits

Levente Hall

We Wept Without Tears. Presentation of the book of Israeli historian Gideon

Greif

Participants: the author; László Nemes Jeles and Alinda Veiszer

(Európa Publishing)

11.30–12.30

Lázár Ervin Hall

Two tales about mother surviving the Holocaust. Discussion of Chaja

Polak's Salka and Péter Gárdos' Hajnali láz

Participants: the authors and Kata Pető actress

Moderator: András Büchler

(Park Publishing)

11.30–12.15

Children's Lit

Kingdom

How to be a naturalist

Can you build a better nest than a bird? Can you guess what the

owl had for dinner? Can you piece together the skeleton of a

predator? Can you identify an animal by its coat or its skeleton?

Participant: Gergely Kovács (Farkaskölyök Foundation)

(HVG Books Junior)

12.00–12.30

Stand B1


Presentation of Daniela Kapitáňová's Samko Tále – Könyv a temetőről

Participants: the author; Lajos Parti Nagy and Zoltán Németh

(Magvető Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

12.00–13.00

Stand B5

Poetry Reading and discussion with Ana Donţu and Noémi László

Participants: Marius Mihet and Nagy Lajos translator

(Ministry of Culture Romania)

12.30–13.30

Hess András

Hall

Presentation of the books From Hungary With Love and Egy Széchényi

varázsa

Participants: dr. György Szele and Ágnes Marsall

(Olchai Press)

12.30–13.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Interactive magic show with Anikó Ungár – not only for the kids


13.00–14.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

An afternoon with Gondri

Gondri is a small puppy with black fur, who always gets into

adventures... An interactive presentation with a craft table and a

photo session with Gondri. Come and meet the real Gondri!

(BOOKR Kids)

13.00–13.30

Stand B1


20th century Hungarian literature in Slovak

Participants: Karol Wlachovský, Mihály Szegedy-Maszák and László

Szörényi

(LIC)

13.30–14.30

Osztovits

Levente Hall

Presentation of Herman Koch's Summer House With Swimming Pool

Participants: the author and Alinda Veiszer


13.30–16.30

Lázár Ervin Hall

European First Novel Festival

First stage interview

Moderator: András Forgách

Participants: Dino Bauk (Slovenia), Viktorie Hanišová (Czech Republic),

Aram Kebabdjian (France), Velina Minkova (Bulgaria), Richard Schuberth

(Austria), Nataša Skazlić (Croatia), Kris Van Steenberge (Belgium), Olivier

Willemsen (Netherlands) and Gabriela Ybarra (Spain)

13.30–15.00

Second stage interview

Moderator: Anna Gács

Participants: Peter Balko (Slovakia), Dagny Gioulami (Switzerland), Juan S.

Guse (Germany), Weronika Murek (Poland), Morten Pape (Denmark),

Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (Portugal), Nadia Terranova (Italy), Benedek

Totth (Hungary) and Saara Turunen (Finland)

15.00–16.30

(Hungarian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association)

13.30–14.30

Márai Sándor

Hall

Morfium – Varsó 1939: nők, kábítószerek, árulás

Participants: author Szczepan Twardoch and Márió Nemes Z. poet

Also contributing: Tibor Fehér, actor of National Theatre


14.00–14.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Fun music session with illustrator Panni Bodonyi and DJ-Panda

(Móra Publishing))

14.00–14.30

Stand B1


Presentation of Jana Juráňová's Rendezetlen ügy and Uršul’a Kovalyk's A

hűtlen nők utálják a tojást

Participants: the authors; Noémi Kiss and Lilla Bolemant

(AB-ART Publishing, Phoenix PT, Slovak Institute, LIC)

14.30–15.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Léghajó a Bodza utcában by Ottó Kiss and Tibor Kárpáti,

and Bence és a türkiz Nabu by Péter Magyari and Mátyás Lanczinger

(Pozsonyi Pagony)

14.30–15.15

Children's Lit

Kingdom

The shadow of Peter Pan

Craft session with illustrator Cecília Simonyi

(Alexandra Publishing)

14.30–15.30

Stand K18

Balloon twisting

(Bookline)

14.45–15.45

Osztovits

Levente Hall

Joris Luyendijk's Vakrepülés

Participants: the author; Péter Felcsuti economist, former president of the

Hungarian Banking Association; translator Tibor Bérczes and editor

Levente Király

(Corvina Publishing)

15.00–15.30

Stand B1


„To be Slovak is wonderful...”

A presentation of the Tiszatáj anthology of Slovak poetry and prose Participants: authors Daniela Kapitáňová and Michal Habaj, and editor

Zoltán Németh

Moderator: Zoltán Csehy

(Tiszatáj, Slovak Institute, LIC)

15.30–16.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom


Interactive presentation of Alexandra Salmela's Mimi és Líza,

Zsiráf mama és a többiek

Participant: Anna Markó-Valentyik, actress

(Scolar Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

15.30–16.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Browse and do sports (for 3-5 years of age)

Browsing the book Nagy sportböngésző with the author, Csilla Kőszeghy.

(Naphegy Publishing)

16.00–17.00

Hess András

Hall

Your home is your world – is the world your home?

Discussion of Katerina Durica's Szlovákul szeretni and Dóra Galgóczi's

Válaszok háza

Participants: the authors

Moderator: Andrea Oláh

(Libri Publishing)

16.00–16.30

Librarian's

Club

Presentation of the books From Hungary With Love and Egy Széchényi

varázsa

Participants: dr. György Szele and Ágnes Marsall

(Olchai Press)

16.00–16.30

Stand B1


The Slovak question. Slovakia: closed or open?

Presentation by the collection of essays by editor Rudolf Chmel, Martin

Bútora, Martin M. Šimečka and László Szigeti

(Kalligram Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

16.00–17.00

Stand K18

Make a colouring sheet and then colour it together with Orsi

Parádi, creator of Pandala-szigetek

(Bookline)

16.30–18.00

Szabó Magda

Hall

#nemcsakhrabal – presentation of contemporary Czech authors

Participants: Kateřina Tučková, Viktorie Hanišová, Petr Hruška and Radim

Kopáč

Moderator: István Vörös

(Czech Centre)

16.30–17.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Dr. Seuss' Kalapos Macska and Ha lenne egy cirkuszom

Participants: Anna Szabó T. translator; Eszter Anna Balázs, editor-in-

chief of Kolibri Publishing; and the actors, actresses and cat puppets of

Budapest Bábszínház.

After the presentation, we will be making our own cat in a hat!

(Kolibri Publishing)

16.30–17.30

Stand B66

Translated by Bernard Adams – Kelemen Mikes' Törökországi levelek (in

English)

(Hungarian Association of Literary Translators)

17.00–17.50

Osztovits

Levente Hall


Presentation of Pavel Vilikovský's Első és utolsó szerelem, Peter Juščák's

…és ne feledd a hattyúkat!, and Balla's Az apa nevében

Participants: Pál Závada, Ákos Szilágyi and Gábor Németh

Moderator: Zoltán Csehy

(Kalligram Publishing, Szlovák Intézet, LIC)

17.00–18.00

Kner Imre Hall

Presentation of Polish author Piotr Paziński's Panzió

Participants: the author and Gábor Szántó T.

(Noran Libro Publishing, Polish Institute)

17.30–18.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

A könyv, amibe bement egy óriás. An unusual author-reader-lead

character meetup with András Dániel and Izom Ozi, the giant


18.00–19.00

Supka Géza

An elated Polish and two shocking Slovaks – new picks from Central

Europe

Hall Participants: Szczepan Twardoch, Ondrey Štefánik and Jaroslav Rumpli

Moderator: translator Krasztev Péter


18.00–18.45

Children's Lit

Kingdom

How to be a naturalist

Experience the wonders of nature and test your knowledge about it!

Participant: Gergely Kovács (Farkaskölyök Foundation)

(HVG Books Junior)

18.00–18.30

Stand B1


Sokszínű városaink – city essays from 20 Slovak authors

Participants: Rudolf Chmel, László Szigeti, Daniela Kapitáňová, Pavel

Vilikovský and Peter Kerekes

Moderator: Gábor Hushegyi

(Kossuth Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

18.30–19.30

Márai Sándor

Hall

Presentation of Giuseppe Lupo's Felhőutazók

Participants: the author; Margit Lukácsi and Péter Váradi

(L’Harmattan)

19.00–19.30

Stand B1


Presentation of Peter Pišťánek's Irodalmi szakácskönyv

Moderator: Gergely Péterfy

Gastro-happening with refreshments

(Kossuth Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

19.30–19.50

Stand B1


Book signing session with Slovak authors, accompanied by a glass of wine


Saturday, 23 April

Programs in the open-air theatre and in the park

11.00–12.00

Open-air

theatre


Bartók and the Wooden Prince

An interactive musical performance for children with clowns and

tomfoolery and great acting, dancing, singing and musical performances.

Adapted from a story by the Slovak-Hungarian author Margit Garajszki in

which she takes part together with Júlia Urdová.


13.00–14.00

Open-air

theatre


Presporok Impressions

Words and Music: songs in Slovak, Hungarian and German performed by

the Kempelen Biomatic Orchestra


Saturday, 23 April

Book signings

11.00–12.00

Stand B65

Book signing with Nick Thorpe

(Scolar Publishing)

11.30–12.30

Stand D16

Book signing with Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod

(Manó Könyvek)

12.00–13.00

Stand B21 David Wagner, Jochen Schmidt, Horia Ursu, Vit'o Staviarsky and Ugljesa

Sajtinac are signing their books

(Kossuth Publishing Group)

12.30–13.00

Stand B19

Book signing with Chaja Polak

(Park Publishing)

12.30–13.30

Stand B20

Book signing with Gideon Greif


13.00–14.00

Stand B22 Book signing with Daniela Kapitanová

(Magvető Publishing)

14.00–15.00

Stand B4

Book signing with Kateřina Tučková

(Czech Centre)

14.00–15.00

Stand B31

Oldrich Knichal is signing Az isten harsonája


14.30–15.30

Stand B20

Book signing with Herman Koch


14.30–15.30

Stand K16 Szczepan Twardoch is signing Morfium


15.00–16.00

Stand B16

Renjeet Singh Dhillon and Richárd Salinger are signing Élettitkok


15.00–17.00

Stand B21 Jostein Gaarder is signing Anna and The Solitaire Mystery


15.00–16.00

Stand B65

Book signing with Janne Teller

(Scolar Publishing)

15.45–16.45

Stand B22

Book signing with Joris Luyendijk


16.30–17.30

Stand B65

Book signing with Alexandra Salmela

(Scolar Publishing)

17.00–17.30

Stand B19

Book signing with Katerina Durica and Dóra Galgóczi

(Libri Publishing)

Sunday, 24 April


9.30–10.15

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of the book Ancsa és Pancsa a fürdőszoba

fogságában, accompanied by music

Afterwards we are making our own Ancsa and Pancsa.

Participants: Mihály Dés, András Dés and editor-in-chief Eszter Anna

Balázs

(Kolibri Publishing)

10.00–19.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom





10.00–18.00

Stand K18

Get to know your rights – interactive presentation for kids of all ages,

organizes by the Hungarian National Committee for UNICEF

(Bookline)

10.15–11.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Szívünk rajta, the joint book recommendation project of

the Hungarian National Committee for UNICEF and Bookline, with the

participation of Dóra Szinetár

Reading theatre: Ottfried Preußle's A kis boszorka Participants: the actors and actresses of Katona József Theatre

(Bookline, Kolibri Publishing)

10.30–11.30

Márai Sándor

Hall

Dreamcake. Presentation of A halál Audival jár by Kristian Bang Foss

Participants: the author and Ágnes Bogdán, translator

Moderator: editor Vera Tönkő

Also contributing: Dollár Papa Theatre Company

(Park Publishing)

11.00–12.00

Osztovits

Levente Hall


Lettre – L'Harmattan Matinee

Presentation of the 100th issue of the journal Lettre, dedicated to Slovak

literature, and the new books of L'Harmattan Publishing

Participating authors: Veronika Šikulová, Jana Beňová, Zuska Kepplová, Ilma

Rakusa and Gábor Németh

Moderators: Gábor Csordás and Éva Karádi

(Lettre, L‘Harmattan Publishing, LIC)

11.00–12.00

Supka Géza

Hall

Presentation of Giorgio Pressburger's Trieszti elbeszélések

Participants: the author himself and movie director Mauro Caputo

(Instituto Italiano di Cultura)

11.00–11.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Music and fun with Péter Mikola, author of Zorka mesék


11.00–11.30

Stand B1

Presentation of the books of Alexandra Salmela's: 27 – avagy a halál teszi a

művészt, Mimi és Liza, and Zsiráfmama és a többiek

Moderator: Orsolya Karafiáth

(Scolar Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

11.00–12.00

B4 stand

Choose your job

Book presentation with Silvie Sanža

(Czech Centre)

11.00

Stand B9

Exhibition

Memory cut

Guided tour by the artist, Etamar Beglikter


11.30–12.30

Szabó

Magda Hall

Does the future really belong to e-readers?

Participants: Lilla Falussy, László Karvalics Z., László Bujtor (Digi-Book) and

Alexandr Kovalenko (PocketBook)

(PocketBook)

11.30–12.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Dani biciklizni tanul by Adrienn Vadadi and Igor Lazin,

and Szofi bújócskázik by Bálint Harcos and Christina Quiles

(Pozsonyi Pagony)

12.00–12.30

Stand B1


Presentation of Monika Kompaníková's Az ötödik hajó and Mélytengeri

mesék

Participating: Krisztina Tóth

Moderator: Andrea Lovász

(Kalligram Publishing, Naphegy Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

12.00–13.00

Stand B5

Discussion of Petru Cimpoesu's Simion, a panelszent and Radu Aldulescu's A

népirtás krónikái

Participants: Marius Mihet and Nagy Lajos translator

(Ministry of Culture Romania)

12.30–13.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of A kék ló, the latest paper theater book of

Csimota Publishing

Writer: Géraldine Eischner; illustrator: Élise Mansot. Paper theatre as a genre

comes from Japan, and it makes storybooks into small theatre stages. From

4 years of age. Participants: Tamara Zsigmond

(Csimota Publishing)

13.00–14.00

Hess András

Hall

Introduction of Croatian authors - Presentation of Mirko Ćurić's A gyermek

és a sárkány and Kristian Novak's Anyaföldnek nehéz sara

Participants: the authors; Antal Bognár and Endre B. Papp

Moderator: György Szondi


13.00–13.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom


Presentation of Mélytengeri mesék (for 5-8 years of age)

Participants: Monika Kompaníková author; Tímea Pénzes translator and

Anna Markó-Valentyik actress

(Naphegy Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

13.00–13.30

Stand B1


Presentation of Anthology of Slovak Contemporary Poetry

With editor László Tóth and poets Mila Haugová, Ivan Štrpka and Michal

Habaj

Moderator: Péter Váradi

(L‘Harmattan Publishing, LIC)

13.30–14.20

Márai Sándor

Hall


Modern Dekameron and Man, Women, Child – Presentation of an anthology

of 20th century Slovak short stories and an anthology of 21st century Slovak

short stories

Participants: editors Marta Součková and Radoslav Passia, authors Dušan

Dušek, Pavel Vilikovský, Marek Vadas, Jana Beňová, Zuska Kepplová, Peter

Balko and others

Moderator: József Kőrössi P.

(Noran Libro Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

13.30–14.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom


Author Petra Nagyová Džerengová presents the Hungarian editions of

her books Klára és az iglu and Klára és a mumusok

(Pagony Publishing, Slovak Institute, LIC)

14.00–15.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Starlight – Szandra and the Halott pénz

Szandra, the main character of Panna Balázsy's book series, became an

instant favourite of elementary school kids. Come and take a look at the

third book of the series – and Halott pénz, the favourite band of 3.b.

(Manó Books)

15.00–16.00

Osztovits

Levente Hall

Presentation of Faruk Sehic's Az Una folyó könyve and the surprise party of

Ex-Sympo

Participants: the author; translator Viktória Radics, Zoltán Danyi and many

others

(L’Harmattan Publishing)

15.00–15.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom




15.00–15.30

Stand B1


K4 Literary Cabaret

Central European literary cabaret with music

Participants: Margit Garajszki (Hungary), Tomek Grabiński (Poland), Petr

Minařík (Czech Republic), Silvester Lavrík (Slovakia) and Júlia Urdová

(Slovakia)

(K4 project)

15.30–16.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Storytelling, puppet show, paper and clay crafts for kids, presenting the

characters of the books Terka és a mandulakaland and Terka és a

Gyurmuki a városban

Participants: Ancsa Hohol author; Juli Boris illustrator; and the teachers of

Bilimbo's House

(Móra Publishing)

16.00–17.00

Osztovits

Levente Hall

Halott a bunkerben

Halasi Zoltán is interviewing Martin Pollack

(Austrian Cultural Forum, L’Harmattan Publishing)

16.00–17.00

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Presentation of Bódog és Szomorilla by Angéla Kolozsi and Edit Szalma,

and Milu az indiánok között by Petra Finy and Panka Pásztohy (Pozsonyi Pagony)

16.00–16.50

Stand B1


Round table of translators and publishers

Participants: the translators and publishers of the 30 Slovak books debuting

at the festival

(Magvető Publishing, Kalligram Publishing, Naphegy Publishing, Napkút

Publishing, AB-ART Publishing, Noran Libro Publishing, Lector Publishing,

Scolar Publishing, Kossuth Publishing, L´Harmattan Publishing, Typotex

Publishing, etc.)

16.30–17.30

Kner Imre Hall

Presentation of Ilma Rakusa's Love after Love

Participants: the author and Noémi Kiss, translator

Moderator: editor Turi Tímea

Sponsored by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia

(Magvető Publishing)

17.00–18.00

Szabó Magda

Hall

Translators of Hungarian books – On the translation of Szilárd Borbély's

Nincstelenek

Participants: Mari Alföldi, Éva Dobos, Mariarosaria Sciglitano and Mónika

Mesterházi

(Association of Hungarian Literary Translators)

17.00–17.30

Children's Lit

Kingdom

Interactive program for kids with Linda Verő Bán


17.00

Stand B1

Closing event of the Slovakian Guest of Honour presentation

A glass of wine with publishers, editors, translators and organizers


Sunday, 24 April

Programs in the open-air theatre and in the park

11.00–12.00

Open-air

theatre


Concert of the Slovak band Déviation Positive


13.00–14.00

Open-air

theatre


Presporok Impressions

Words and Music: songs in Slovak, Hungarian and German performed by

the Kempelen Biomatic Orchestra

(Slovak Institute, LIC

15.00–16.00

Open-air

theatre


Literary Circus

The realm of Kálmán Kertész: juggling with words, wizardry with wasps. A gig

by a jolly band of Slovak poets, actors and literary acrobats

(LIC)

Sunday, 24 April

Book signings

11.00–12.00

Stand B22

Book signing with Marianna D. Birnbaum


12.00–12.30

Stand B19

Book signing with Kristian Bang Foss

(Park Publishing)

12.00–13.00

Stand B65

Book signing with Alexandra Salmela and Orsolya Karafiáth

(Scolar Publishing)

13.30–14.30

Stand B65

Book signing with Janne Teller

(Scolar Publishing)

14.00–15.00

Stand B31

Kristian Novak is signing Anyaföldnek nehéz sara; Maja Pavicevic is signing

Jégkislány és más mesék, and Mirko Ćurić is signing A gyermek és a

sárkány


15.00–16.00

Stand B4

Book signing with Petr Hruška

(Czech Centre)

17.30–18.30

Stand B22 Book signing with Ilma Rakusa (Magvető Publishing)

Exhibitions

Building B

Entrance Hall

Faces of Slovak Literature

An exhibition of portraits of Slovak writers by the photographer Lucia Gardin

(LIC)

Stand B9

Etamar Beglikter: Memory cut


Building B

Gallery

Slovak Illustrators at the BIB

An exhibition of works by Slovak illustrators who have received accolades

at the BIB between 1967-2015.

(LIC)

Building B

Gallery

„Something is still in the works”. New artist's books.

(Hungarian Society of Artist's Book Creators)

Building B

Gallery

Trends in illustration

(Society of Hungarian Illustrators)

D31 Exhibition

and

interactive

corner

Let's have an adventure! Eszter in Israel


Building D

Gallery

Slovak-Hungarian Dictionary in Graphic Design

An exhibition of designs by students of Graphic Design at the University of

Fine Art in Bratislava for the cover of a bidirectional Slovak-Hungarian

dictionary

(LIC)

Documents

Programmes of the 23rd International Book Fair Budapest Thursday